Why I Decided to Try Search and Rescue

I needed something new in my life. Something which would be a challenge, interesting and most of all, involve my fab standard poodle, Cino.
I have done obedience with him, he gets bored quickly. I tried tracking last year, but its all on-leash, and not very interesting, really. So, why not Search and Rescue? What could be better than helping to find somebody lost in the wilderness? Why not see if my dog could do this? I went on my first training session just over a month ago, and am still going - so that's something! But more and more it seems as if my darling poodle is not really the right kind of dog for this. No matter. I will pursue this until somebody tells me not to. I won't give up. So this is the story of each weekend's exploits.