Water Rescue

The Newfoundland instinctively possesses strong natural abilities for water rescue. Throughout history heroic Newfoundlands have saved countless human lives through their feats of bravery in the water. The Newfoundland Club of America’s water rescue test was created to promote and encourage the innate rescue skills of the breed.

Newfoundland Club of Seattle has hosted an annual Water Rescue Test since 1975 under the sanction of our parent club, the Newfoundland Club of America. The Newfoundland Club of America Water Test Titles are a series of exercises designed to develop and demonstrate the abilities of purebred Newfoundland dogs in the water.

water4NCA Water Rescue Titles:

Water Dog (WD)
Water Rescue Dog (WRD)
Water Rescue Dog Excellent (WRDX)

Junior Division Exercises:

water5Basic Control and Obedience
Single Retrieve
Drop Retrieve
Take a Line
Tow a Boat
Swim With Handler

Senior Division Exercises:

water6Directed Retrieve
Retrieve from a Boat
Life Ring
Underwater Retrieve
Take a Line/Tow a Boat
Rescue

Excellent Division Exercises:

water3Search for an Abandoned Boat
Multiple Person Rescue
Rescue of an Unconscious Victim
Rescue of Victim under Capsized Boat
Delivery of Line from Stranded Boat
Rescue of Multiple Victims

Information and Resources on Water Training from the NCA