About W.W.L.

Wiltshire Wet Leo's Water Rescue Training Group was founded in the October of 2007, started due to geographical difficulties reaching other organised groups in the UK. We started training in the April of 2008 and are the 4th such specific group of Leonbergers and owners to do Water Rescue training in the UK.

As a member of the Leonberger Club of Great Britain's Working Sub Committee I turned to John Tyler of the LCGB Main Committe. John is also a seasoned Water Rescue Trainer and the primary organiser of the Hinchingbrook Wet Leo Water Rescue Training Group. John help guide me through the setting up of a group for the West of England and with the help of John and many other experienced Water Rescue Work enthusiasts, we finally have our group.

Once we threw open the opportunity of Water Rescue Training to any Leo owners near enough to attend, the requests to join our new group came flooding in. Our group of like minded entusiasts which consists of 35 humans members, 6 of whom are junior members under 16 yrs, and 18 dogs from puppies to fully mature adult Leo's, now meet regularly from April to October to train together and have loads of fun and laughs along the way.

Now based at the Cotswold Sailing Club (on Lake 9, part of the Cotswold Water Park) who's Commodore, Vice Commodore and Committee have kindly agreed to take us on board as a permanent fixture at their Club and let us use their wonderful lake and facilities as our new home, we train our dogs on and in their lake, we meet regularly to learn the valuable art of Water Rescue Work.

We are all volunteers, contributing to the costs involved and supported by our breed club, The Leonberger Club of Great Britain.

I hope you enjoy visiting our Groups Website and find the information of interest and help and thank you for taking the time to visit.

Becki Belcher

Founder of the Wiltshire Wet Leo's

Water Rescue Training Group