HEMSI
Search Dog
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Prize Patrol |
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Prizes For Poop |
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HEMSI Search Dog Unit
The Search Dog Unit of the Huntsville Emergency Medical Services, Inc. (
HEMSI),
provides specially trained dog/handler teams to assist in searches for missing persons
in wilderness and urban settings, both on land and in water.
Dogs are trained in four specific disciplines: mantrailing, air-scenting, human remains
detection, and disaster search and rescue.
Training these dogs to the level required for the various certifications requires a
great commitment of time from this all-volunteer unit.
Visit with them during the Dog Fair to learn more about their roles and capabilities,
and look for demonstrations of these exceptional dogs in action.
Prize Patrol
Can your dog do a trick?
Shake hands, roll over, bark on command?
Anything will satisfy the Prize Patrol.
The Prize Patrol will be roving through the grounds with prizes to give away for even the simpliest of tricks.
Look for the people with the red ball caps and the bags marked PRIZE PATROL and let your dog show his stuff!
Prizes For Poop
All the dogs in attendance at the Dog Fair no doubt create a lot of poop,
but thanks to the innovative PRIZES FOR POOP program, the grounds are kept clean
throughout the day.
How does it work?
Simple, if you see dog poop, put it in a poop bag and take it to the Information Booth
near the Pavilion, or to the HQ tent located between the Obedience Ring and Kid Central.
Volunteers there will happily exchange a prize for it.
Bags are available at the entrances to all rings, at the Information Booth and the HQ tent,
and are also attached to many of the signs requesting exhibitors to clean up after their dogs.
If you don't know how to do it, just ask any volunteer in a Dog Fair tee-shirt.
It doesn't even have to be your dog's poop, just turn it in and get a prize!
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