TROTSAR Mounted Search and Rescue Team, Inc

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The Horses

The TROT Search & Rescue Team horses are privately owned by Team members. Before becoming operational, each horse is evaluated for a basically safe disposition in the presence of people and other animals. Team members do additional training to prepare their mounts for many circumstances, including but not limited to traffic, different types of terrain, startling objects, and crowds of people, in order to ensure each horse performs safely and efficiently in a search incident.

The primary value of horses in search is the enhanced strength and endurance they provide the trained searcher riding them. The horses enable the TROT Search & Rescue Team to move themselves and their equipment over a variety of terrain and distances with minimal effort.

The horses on the Team are of different ages and many breeds, but the individual animal's temperament is the deciding factor in its suitability for Search work.

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 8:38 AM