Hard decisions......

So the problem was ....I had got as far as Fargo North Dakota in reasonable time, the weather reports for the final part of my journey were not good,and exploratory journey on Tuesday ,200 miles to Bismarsk,was bad the roads being compacted ice and snow,it took nearly 7 hours to do this ,so return to the relative safety of Fargo.
Watching the weather is a British obsession ,but watching the hourly updates for possible breaks in conditions which would not become good ,just treacherous i not much fun.
I was in contact with the people in Canada and keen to get there but the chances of any breaks in the conditions were remote , with even more snow forecast,so regrettably I made the decision to do like the duck and head south.
Whch i did ,I have contacted the Indianna state SAR teams who are vry accomidating and ar heading ther , but was given the details of a team in Wisconsin at the Great Lakes K9 SAR who would be able to meet and have a chat etc.
On Wednesday 13/3 I stopped in Oostlberg,about 10 miles south of Sheboygan Wisconsin.
To meet up with Julie Cramer,who is the training director for the team.
 http://www.glsark-9.org/index.html  

After an afternoon of chatting and going over some things that they do issue that they have come across ,.I have been invited to their training day today, which should be great and a chance to see how they and local and sates police work and liaise.
They run trailing/air scenting dogs (bloodhounds) they are also able to provide HRD (Human remains detection dogs) as well as open area search options.

And this is where things differ ...they are called to burglaries and crime scenes and are used to great effect.........Discuss!?!

Their training options are different again some of which we could use others I’m guessing we wouldn’t/couldn’t .

Today promises to be an interesting day,