"Training the Trusted Canine"

Michelle L. Limoges is one of the founding members of the Search and Rescue Dog Association of Alberta® (SARDAA) situated in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She has been a dog handler, and has held the position of secretary since the association's inception in 1989.

Michelle is currently a co-trainer with SARDAA; has responsibility for annual Active Team evaluations; and, regularly conducts aptitude assessments on SAR Dog candidates. She has trained and shown her Dobermans in conformation, obedience, tracking, and Schutzhund since 1976, and is currently training her fourth and fifth Dobermans for search. She has participated in dozens of searches during her 19 years with SARDAA; and, prior dogs were accomplished in both lost person search, and land/water human remains detection. Michelle is past-president of the United Doberman Club based in the United States of America.