AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CANINE WATER RESCUE INC
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Mission Statement
To create, educate and nurture the bond between Dog and Human, as a team, towards the end goal of a canine/human unit which can achieve an actual real-life rescue of a person in distress in the water. To endeavor to eliminate death by drowning, via education and raising public awareness as well as training dog/handler teams as first responders in water rescue.
About This Cause
The overall goal of the American Academy of Canine Water Rescue is to reduce or eliminate occurrences of unintentional deaths by drowning. The method to realize this goal utilizes a multi-pronged approach. Training dog/handler teams to affect actual rescues of persons in distress in the water is one aspect of realizing our goal. This requires working together with local lifeguards, law enforcement and military establishments. This technique has been successfully employed in Italy, by the SICS (Squola Italiana Cani da Salvataggio, Italian School of Water Rescue Dogs) a Civilian Protection Unit, which currently has over 400 operational dog/handler teams that patrol the beaches of Italy and that work with the Italian Coast Guard to facilitate actual rescues of people in distress in the water. I have trained directly with the SICS, the Italian Coast Guard and Italian Fire Departments, both in Italy and here in the USA, over the past 5 years and am seeking to bring their techniques and methodologies to the United States. My service dog, Angel, is the only American dog certified by the SICS! These dogs are currently featured in the IMAX film, SuperPowerDogs. The second aspect of the approach involves educational seminars to convey the important message of safe practices in the water. Unintentional death by drowning is among the leading cause of fatalities worldwide (~400,000 people die from drowning globally worldwide, World Health Organization) In the United States 10 or more people die from drowning every day (Center for Disease Prevention). To put these numbers in perspective they approach deaths caused by malnutrition and malaria. These deaths are nearly 100% preventable, sadly public awareness is not where it might be.