Callie taking her FEMA Basic Test, for the 1st time - May 1997 Indianoplis,Indianna
From the moment I laid my eyes on this little black tri bitch I knew that she was special - she has my heart. Callie came into my life in February 1996 and nothing has been the same since. In December of 1996 Callie and I were accepted to be members of Maryland Task Force One - aFEMA Urban Search and Rescue Team. In May of 1997 we were sent to Indianna, to attend a week long school for Disaster Search Dog Training. A Level II test was given before the start of the school and the tender age of 17 1/2 months Callie passed the FEMA Level II Test.
Callie and I assisted in locating three missing people. The first was a man who did not return home from a fishing trip, Callie alerted along w/two other canines at the waters edge. Divers were put in the water and his body was recovered. The next was a man who worked at a trash distribution center - he was buried by a trailer full of trash. And in January 2000 Maryland Task Force One was called to assist with a train derailment w/a missing boy.
September 11, 2001 Callie and I were deployed with MD TF1 to the Pentagon after the terrorist attacks. We train for disasters, but I never thought I would see anything like this - our country had been attacked, it was a numbing experience to be a part of. Unfortunately none of the canines at the pentagon had any live finds. In the darkness of this horrible act there was light - seeing our country come together and be united - Proud to be Americans! Click on below to go the Pentagon Page
Caliquin
Australian Shepherds
11/2000 Callie working a problem on rubble - she has found the victim - waiting for her reward!!.
2/19/01 - Doing some agility work at the VA TF1 site in Fairfax, VA
Check out the 1999 Australian Shepherd Annual - there is an article written about Callie by Sheila Boneham - Perennial Australian Shepherds. Callie is also featured in the Special Edition of Dog Fancy's Magazine on Australian Shepherds (Vol. 15) again written by Sheila Boneham. And she's also in Sheila's new book - The Guide to Owning an Australian Shepherd.
Ros-Mar's
Callie
Callie is now, in retirement is enjoying some competitive agility!!! It's not rubble but she's having almost as much fun. Callie is awesome at whatever she does.
