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18 <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
NEWS<br />
<strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
FESTIVE LIGHTS GO ON IN DOWNTOWN ASHBURTON<br />
Light up the Night celebrations in <strong>Ashburton</strong> drew 5000 people on Saturday.<br />
PHOTOS JOANNE MCCLOY PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
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DEDICATED: <strong>Ashburton</strong> dog handlers Chris Pansters (left) and<br />
Murray Bowden, with their search and rescue dogs Goose and Buck.<br />
PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS<br />
Search expertise<br />
From Page 1<br />
New Zealand Land Search and<br />
Rescue Dogs chair Murray<br />
Bowden said he and Chris<br />
Pansters and their dogs were<br />
ultimately only asmall part of the<br />
expertise on any given search.<br />
‘‘It’s always quite satisfying<br />
when you are able to do what you<br />
are trained for really,’’ Bowden<br />
said, referring to the successful Mt<br />
Peel search the weekend before<br />
last.<br />
Bowden added training was a<br />
bigpart of what dog handlers and<br />
their canine charges did.<br />
Dogs started at the age of eight<br />
to 10weeksold. They undertook<br />
1000 hours of training with their<br />
handlers each year, becoming<br />
operational at the age of 18<br />
months to two years.<br />
Chris Pansters with dog Goose.<br />
PHOTO JANE DUNN PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
Soon members of Rakaia Land<br />
Search and Rescue would be<br />
fundraising, as the two handlers<br />
aimed to attend North Island<br />
assessments and get new dog<br />
harnesses.
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