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The use of dogs for mountain rescuing began with the fi rst attempts in the 70s to train canine units for
interventions, especially for avalanche searches. The fi rst offi cial meeting to decide which race is more suitable for
mountain rescue activities was organized in 1977, its conclusions being that the German Shepherd is better suited
than the more famous St. Bernard.
In the last years canine units are seen more and more within Salvamont structures, and
TiberiuKrizbai from Salvamont Alba takes a canine sport avalanche search course in
Austria, together with Inata, a 6 years old Golden Retriever.
In 2013, following the cooperation between Salvamont Argeș and the mountain
rescuers of Savoy, a Border Collie cub is donated, with which Ion Sănduloiu obtains
the French national patent for avalanche intervention canine units.
Ion Sănduloiu proposes at ANSMR the creation of schools for specializing
canine conductors for avalanches in Salvamont Romania, thus in 2015 we
have the fi rst school and the fi rst national patent for avalanche intervention
canine units.
The avalanche intervention canine units school continuously develops,
necessary equipment for such interventions are acquired, dog kennels
are built at the Salvamont Base Cota 2000, and 13 canine units are
patented in Alba, Argeș, Bacău, Caraș, Gorj, Mureș, Neamț and
Sibiu, other units being prepared in Bihor, Hunedoara, and Prahova.
The dogs belong to effi cient races, successfully used everywhere
in the world: Border Collie, Dutch and German Shepherd, Golden
Retriever, Malinois, and Labrador.
On the other hand, in 2017, ANSMR – the Avalanche
Commission signs with the Department of Emergency
Situations a collaboration protocol regarding
interventions using avalanche dogs, and internal
regulations are elaborated concerning
the training, equipment, feeding, and
medication necessary for a canine
unit, and a law project regarding the
Salvamont dogs is initiated, waiting in
2019 to be approved in the Romanian
Parliament.