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Dee and Pastis joined RMRD in March 2006 and became members in January 2007. Pastis started when she was just a puppy and loves everything about search work. If she didn’t search, Dee would be doing marathon training to keep her busy. She excels at agility, article searching, building searching and wilderness. Her mode of working is to do figure eights out in front of Dee and out to the sides about 100 yards. She chooses the track or air that she thinks is the most direct. If she finds the track while doing a grid search then she takes off on the track or if she is tracking to leave the track to go straight to the victim or jumps to a hotter section of track. Dee used to have a difficult time determining her search strategy, but always trusts her and allows her to search her way. Dee and Pastis are certified as a Level III Rocky Mountain Rescue Dog team as well as Tactical Tracking Teams, Level II Area Searching and Level III Tracking with NASAR. Dee is fortunate to be self-employed with many clients who support his need to leave at a moment’s notice to attend a search.
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