Category Archives: Search and Rescue Dogs

Our friend and companion, Hasty, was deployed on his final mission at 1600 on April 10, 2000. Since January, Hasty had endured seven grand mal seizures, which became increasingly debilitating with each event. Dan called me to come home on Monday, because Hasty had had another seizure. When I took him for his last walk,Continue reading “SAR Hasty’s Eulogy”

Anyone can go visit Hasty in Dillon. He’s always there, right next to the tennis courts, atop a boulder, looking vigilantly outward — a statue, forever holding a noble pose. In Summit County, Hasty is a canine celebrity, the first trained search-and-rescue dog to call the county home. His owner, Patti Burnett, was a skiContinue reading “Hasty”

Anyone can go visit Hasty in Dillon. He’s always there, right next to the tennis courts, atop a boulder, looking vigilantly outward — a statue, forever holding a noble pose. In Summit County, Hasty is a canine celebrity, the first trained search-and-rescue dog to call the county home. His owner, Patti Burnett, was a skiContinue reading “Summit County’s First Avalanche Search and Rescue Dog”