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Champlain Valley Search and Rescue K9 Unit raising money for their beloved injured canine pend on the service dogs like Oakland can provide. And, considering the unit of seven dogs and eight volKEESEVILLE — Oakland is a unteers serves a 100-mile search dog who spends his days radius from the village of training to save the lives of others. Keeseville — extending Now, he’s the one who needs saving. north to the Canadian borThe 2-year-old German Shepherd der and south to Warren is part of the Champlain Valley Shannon Bresett County and to points in beSearch and Rescue K9 Unit, an inde— Oakland’s surgery K9 Unit Co-founder tween pendent, nonprofit organization is crucial, she said. based in Keeseville. Recently, Oak“It’s just amazing that land was performing advanced obone dog equals the efforts of about a hundred peostacle training when he fell and severely tore his ple,” said Bresett. “Even volunteer organizations like Achilles tendon, said Shannon Bresett, a dog handler the fire departments realize that if you let the dogs and co-founder of the search and rescue unit. go in first [in a search and rescue operation], you’re Bresett and her husband, Christopher, a fellow dog covering a lot more ground and the percentage to handler and co-founder of the unit, were in the find the person alive becomes greater.” Adirondack Mountains with Oakland and other dogs “Maybe I’m biased, but I think it’s an important from the unit on a routine training exercise when the cause,” she added. “I’ve just seen the difference that injury occurred, she explained. having dogs on searches makes.” “We noticed he had a slight limp, but we didn’t Every day Oakland’s tendon remains unrepaired, think much of it because that happens from time to the more difficult his surgery will become, said Bretime on exercises,” she said. “Then, we noticed he sett. And, without the full use of his now injured leg, would not put any pressure on his leg whatsoever.” he will essentially become unable to serve the unit, Bresett and her husband took Oakland to a veterifor which he was just recently nationally-certified. narian for further examination where it was found “I think it’s important for people to realize that Oakland had a severe tear in his Achilles tendon. we’re a volunteer organization and though this is “It’s not completely severed, because if it were, something that’s like a hobby for us, we take it very he’d have no control over it,” said Bresett. “He can seriously,” Bresett emphasized. “We train these dogs keep it upright, but it’s hanging on by a thread.” at least four hours a day, plus work full-time jobs ... Though Oakland hasn’t shown signs of being in and we’re out there giving public presentations. pain — as much as a dog can show, said Bresett — he Hopefully, we’re a service people will never have to will need surgery to correct his injury. Estimates reutilize, but it’s good to know we’re there if they do.” ceived show the surgery will cost approximately Those wishing to make a contribution to the $2,500, with necessary rehabilitation therapy bringChamplain Valley Search and Rescue K9 Unit toward ing the expense to nearly $5,000. Oakland’s surgery may do so by sending tax-de“I have no problem putting that much money into ductible donations in care of the organization to 27 him,” said Bresett, “it’s just being a nonprofit, we run Beach St., Keeseville N.Y. 12944. primarily on donations and mainly on funding For more information, contact the unit at 314-6756 through our own pockets.” or visit their Web site at While their main concern is for Oakland’s well-bewww.champlainvalleyk9unit.com. ing, said Bresett, the search and rescue unit does de-
By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com
Oakland, a two-year-old German Shepherd with the Champlain Valley Search and Rescue K9 Unit, was recently injured during a training exercise. The cost of a surgery to repair his severely torn Achilles tendon and rehabilitation is estimated at as much as $5,000. Photo submitted by Shannon Bresett
“Maybe I’m biased, but I think it’s an important cause. I’ve just seen the difference that having dogs on searches makes.”
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