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Search Dog: TASHA

Handler/Owner: Susan Purvis

PO BOX 2708

Crested Butte, CO 81224

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Tasha and her owner Susan Purvis received Congressional Recognition for there successful efforts in recovering avalanche victims in two separate accidents three days apart.

Certifications

  1. Avalanche Certified 3/97- Search and Rescue Dogs of Colorado (SARDOC)

  2. Wilderness Airscent Certified 5/98- Search and Rescue Dogs of Colorado (SARDOC)

  3. Water Certification-Certified 2001 Search and Rescue Dogs of Colorado

Wilderness Search Missions

  • Missing bow hunter, Gunnison County, 9/02

  • Missing campers, Gunnison county 7/02

  • Missing hiker, Gothic Colorado 07/02

  • Suicide Victim, Flat Top Wilderness, Garfield County, 8/02

  • Missing Bow Hunter, Monarch Pass, Gunnison County, 09/02

  • Called to Paonia, Colorado for overdue hunter 09/02

  • Called to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park 09/02

  • Called for missing hunter 10/02

  • Called by SARDOC to Great Sand Dunes National Monument, missing hiker 10/02

  • Four overdue hikers/climbers, Gunnison County, CO 11/01

  • Located Missing 12 year old Hunter, Gunnison County, CO 10/01 LIVE FIND!

  • Missing Fisherman,Gunnison County, CO 9/01

  • Missing Hiker, Gunnison County, CO 6/01

  • Missing Child, Gunnison County, CO 10/00

  • Missing Hunter, Garfield County, CO 10/99

  • Missing Hunter, Gunnison, CO 10/99

  • Missing Hikers, Gunnison County, CO 8/98-10/98

  • Car Accident, missing person, Gunnison, County, CO 9/98

  • Missing Hiker, Gunnison County, CO 7/98

  • Missing Hiker, Eagle County, CO 1997

  • Missing Hunter, Gunnison County, CO September 1996

Avalanche Search Missions

  • Avalanche, Located 1 snowmobiler buried 6 ft deep, Chaffee County, CO 3/9/03FIND!

  • Avalanche, Located 1 snowmobiler buried and killed, Chaffee County, CO 3/6/03 FIND!

  • Reported Avalanche, Missing skier, Gunnison County, CO 3/00

  • Reported Avalanche, Missing skiers, Gunnison County, CO 4/99

  • Reported Avalanche, 3 caught, buried and killed, Gunnison County, CO 2/99

  • Reported Avalanche, Missing person, South Arapaho Peak, CO December, 1999

Water Search

  • Located Drowning Victim, Lake Fork Bridge, Gunnison County, CO 8/11/01 FIND!

Specialized Courses

  • 3 day Human Remains Detection Course, Shirley Hammond, Cortex, CO 6/02

  • 3 day Wasatch Backcountry Rescue Avalanche Rescue Dog Seminar, Alta, UT 4/97

  • 3 day Urban Trailing Seminar- Andy Rebmann, Colorado Springs, CO 5/01

  • 7 day Basic Canine Cadaver Course with Andy Rebmann, Seattle, WA 9/ 01

Canine Training

  • SARDOC Wilderness Training 1995- Present: Training schedule is weekly in various disciplines including wilderness, water, avalanche, articles, cadaver and obedience.

  • Ski Patrol Area Training: Loveland, Aspen Mountain, Crested Butte, Copper Mountain, Alta, and Monarch Ski Areas from 1996 – Present

  • Backcountry avalanche training and demos include Irwin lodge, Monarch Pass, Vail Pass, Elk Mountain Grand Traverse

  • Colorado SAR Board Conference, NASAR Conference

  • Building searches

  • Water searches with dive teams and cadaver scent

  • Cadaver imprinting

  • Urban Avalanche training with local fire department

  • Helicopter Hot loads with US Military

  • Scent Discrimination Line ups with Law Enforcements

  • Agility and rubble training

  • Trained with Dog handler teams in the following states: CO, MI, MT, UT, WA, WI, WY

 

Work Related and Volunteer Experience

  • Avalanche Dog Team for Elk Mountain Grand Traverse 1998, 99, 2000, and 2001

  • Crested Butte Professional Ski Patrol, Crested Butte, CO 1996, 1997

  • Backcountry Ski Guide, Irwin Lodge, Crested Butte, CO 2001,2002

  • Crested Butte Search & Rescue, Dog team handler and team leader 1995- Present

  • Mountain Rescue Association (MRA) Reaccreditations, Crested Butte SAR, 1996 and 2001

  • Called to be on Stand by for the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001

Publications

  • Featured in Smithsonian Magazine, August 1997

  • Featured in Crested Butte Magazine, July 1999

  • Featured in The Gazette Newspaper, Colorado Springs, CO Feb 1999

 

Updated March 8, 2003

 

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Last modified: December 10, 2008