Mounted search and rescue

["Barbara" <BLACK_TOBIANO@MSN.COM>]

Una, 
I was contacted by William Herdon at White Mountian Search and Rescue it 
seems that new people there are interested in starting a Mounted unit. Can 
you e-mail him and give him all the ins- ands outs. I suggested that maybe 
someome in your group could go down and talk with them. Wiliam's e-mail is  
william@netmdc.com as well as connect him with the MSAR-Riders group. Thanks 
Barbara
>From Jorene@CEOates.com  Fri Aug 25 14:12:24 2006
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Parade - particularly parading with drills - is excellent experience for the
MSAR horse and rider. The horse gains more experience in noisy and
challenging crowd conditions. The rider practices better control over the
mount. As Pam mentioned, this just better prepares horses for calm
reliability in MSAR.

The more precise riding required for speed control and to maintain position
for parade, parade drills and Drill Team is also great training for search
formations. (Drill Team training starts by practicing at the walk, then
gradually increases speed.)  The rider with less experience holding position
during a search in formation may be distracted (reduced focus as a searcher)
by the riding aspect of holding position, or may drift out of position if
those skills aren't acquired during training.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Jorene Downs
www.ceoates.com/msar


----- Original Message -----
From: "The Hitchn Post" <hitchnup@msn.com>
> I've decided after a couple of weeks reading all the different opinions
> that I'd throw mine in.
> Can a drill horse make a good search horse? We are under the Sheriff
> Department so they want us doing parades and security along with SAR, we
> drill in the parades doing wheels, columns of two's, fours, sixes, and
> other fun things, we do not run the horse's. Our mounts must learn to work
> in tight groups stirrup to stirrup, they must remain clam even with loud
> noises, little kids running in and out getting candy thrown from the
> floats ahead of us, fire trucks or marching bands behind us. With security
> we have to move in and out of traffic the horse's must remain still while
> we stop and talk with people on foot, in cars, or wheelchairs. our horses
> all must be approachable. These skills serve to enhance our SAR horses to
> be clam and steadfast in the field.
>