Sue Webb co-founded Search Dogs Northeast with Annabella Morse in 1990, and is a Senior Training Officer. She started training Tiwat, (b.12/90), her first Golden Retriever to air scent the day she brought him home. Together they attend many specialized trainings and workshops. From the national k9 school in Maine in 1991 and the Canada/USA first advanced k9 school in 1992, to NASAR Response trainings, they continue to further their understanding of SAR work. Her bloodhound Luke (b.94) came from the Bloodhound Rescue. Sue maintains that she is learning more about trailing and scent discrimination from Luke than she did from her first Bloodhound, Nosey Dawg Jake Baru, because Nosey Dawg was a natural where Luke needs more direction and training. Sue's latest search dog is Hatiya, a golden retriever (b.4/00). Sue has been on a number of searches in different capacities and maintains she learns something at every incident. Tiwat has found scent which has lead to finding the missing person and he has also found, though Sue won't get into the number of finds since she believes it doesn't give a whole picture. Sue was in Florida in the aftermath of hurricane Andrew and at the Atlanta Olympics as a member of a Massachusetts based FEMA team. Sue Webb is the recipient of many State, Regional, and National awards, recognizing her various humanitarian works. She is the spark behind the formation of MEART the Massachusetts Emergency Animal Rescue Team and the founder of S.P.I.N., Stray Pets In Need. She is also a member of Berkshire SAR. Technical credits and memberships include: FUNSAR; MSF; Rope Tech 1; SAR Tech II; DMAT-RI; 1st Responder. 1st Animal Rescue Responder and Basic Swift water rescue. and Completed Level 1 Land Navigation.

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