Von der haus Gill German Shepherds
16863 Boundry Rd
Wapakoneta, OH 45895
voice: 419-568-9400
fax: 419-568-9405
Al & Susan Gill - Owner
Taz von der Haus Gill
" I have never dealt with more
honest, good people. We couldn't have gotten a better dog anywhere. Her
training was way beyond what we had ever hoped for. Thanks Al, you have a
great team.
Sincerely, Johnny Unser"
Johnny Unser is a member of the Unser racing family
and has won several championships as well as competing in five Indy 500's.
Johnny lives in the mountains of Idaho near Sun Valley and is an avid snowmobiler
and skier. " I had a couple of buddies get killed while snowmobiling
in the mountains so I figured I'd better get myself more informed about avalanche
dangers and snow conditions. As soon as I picked up Taz from Al Gill's place
in Dec. of 2003 I realized how valuable she could be to our community as search
and rescue dog. I joined Blaine County Search and Rescue and adapted the training
Taz already had from Kristen at Von Der Haus Gill's to avalanche search and
rescue. Avalanche search work came so easy for Taz that I decided to work
her year around and continued her work in man trailing. What a great dog and
what great people at Von Der Haus Gill Kennel's!"
Johnny Unser
Taz and I just returned from 4 days of avalanche dog team training in Alta and Snowbird, Utah. The school was great with 28 dog teams from all over the US and Canada. The instructors were the best avalanche forecasters and dog teams in the business. We spent each day training in avalanches, searching for victims, articles ect., in the evenings we had various speakers. Our final test was to helicopter in, get dropped off at an avalanche sight, evaluate the situation and go to work. Taz found the guy who was buried about 5 feet deep in two minutes after starting the search. We continued to search the avalanche and she found a buried backpack within the next couple of minutes. I was really happy with the results!
On our final morning they had us respond to a highway
scenario in which an avalanche had covered a car. The sheriff's dept. and
the highway dept. had completely covered a car on the road heading into Alta.
Taz alerted and started to dig, we probed the spot and found the roof of the
car. The
rescuers came in and dug they guy out. Taz was digging right above the closed
drivers window....it is amazing how they can smell a guy inside the car with
the windows closed!
Hopefully someday she can help out someone!
Johnny Unser
Please send any questions or requests to
me via email, and I will get back with you ......
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