Special award for search and rescue heroe James
His faithful trained search dog Venka has been accompanying him on many searches.
18 June 2009 - Westerham County Border News - front page

NORTH KENT: Search and rescue dog charity needs volunteers
- features a picture of James and Venka
28 May 2009 - Newshopper - Dartford edition

Although Venka showed typical Hovawart ability, which could have resulted in a good trials dog, Caroline and her husband James decided to branch out in another direction and joined a search and rescue group in Lincolnshire in the hope of making Venka into a qualified search and rescue dog. After much dedicated training they not only qualified Venka in 2007 but also started their own SARDA branch in the South East where they live.
19 February 2009 - Dog World - feature by Wendy Beasley

New Search & Rescue Dogs first stop Dover
- features a picture of James and Venka
2 September 2008 - This is Kent

James Dunn from Westerham and three year old Venka successfully passed their level 3 area assessment for NSARDA (National Search & Rescue Dog Association) at Londonthorpe, near Grantham.
27 March 2008 - Westerham County Border News - front page

Search and rescue services in Kent have a new secret weapon to help them find missing people: She's called Venka and she's a search and rescue dog
... It is important we have a dog on the ground
... Venka only qualified last year but already she's been called out 8 times. And of course as well as a working dog, she is a very much loved family pet
25 March 2008 - ITV Meridian - Lunch and evening news - Story by Holly Lewis

Rescue Pooch Voted Top Dog
KENT'S best qualified search and rescue dog has passed yet more tests, allowing it to search wider area.
22 March 2008 - Saturday Observer - page 5

Exam success for rescue dog
...Three-year-old Venka and owner James Dunn became the first operational search team in Kent to hold a national Search and Rescue Dog Association qualification last summer.
20 March 2008 - Westerham Chronicle - page 3

The National Search and Rescue Dog Association has a new recruit and... she's from Kent!
Venka has just passed her final assessments with flying colours and she's on call 24 hours a day seven days a week
July 2007 - ITV Meridian - Evening news - Story by Glenn Thomson

Family pet is set to join search teams
Kent Police search advisor Sgt Glenn Craddock said: "The availability of the search and rescue dog and the volunteers give Kent Police an additional element to successfully finding people who might not otherwise be found safely."
19 July 2007 - Sevenoaks Chronicle (Westerham & District edition) - Story by Harriet Cooper - page 14

Venka is county's first search dog
Venka the hovawart dog from Westerham has become the first accredited search and rescue dog in Kent.
12 July 2007 - This is Courrier

...Which brings us to Venka (Pines Piccolo avec Spicemill), owned by Caroline & James Dunn, who has just qualified as a Search & Rescue dog with the National Search & Rescue Dog Association in Kent, where she will be on call to find any missing persons etc.
12 July 2007 - Dog World - Breed notes by Elaine Betts