In May of 2011, Dog Adoption Welfare Group (DAWG) of Santa Barbara, CA contacted SDF’s Canine Recruiter Heidi Miller about a Yellow Lab named Grumps. DAWG had evaluated Grumps’ adoptability when his owners could no longer keep him in their home, and they instantly saw the characteristics that SDF is …
WOOF! The 2018 Rachael Ray Rescue Brigade is our most successful yet! Please join us in a round of “a-paws” for our SDF Family that contributed to The Rachael Ray Rescue Brigade this year. With a final surge of support in August, we blew past our original goal and raised …
KTLA | Rescue Dog Being Put Down Receives Hero’s Farewell After Saving Lives of Haiti, Japan Earthquake Victims
Hunter was a bundle of energy who couldn’t wait to get to work every day with his handler Billy Monahan, a Captain with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Because Billy and Hunter were located at an Urban Search and Rescue station, one of only two designated in Los Angeles …
Thanks to your voting, Search Dog Skye is one of three semifinalists for the Hero Dog Awards in the Search and Rescue category!
Now, we need to keep voting daily to make sure that he’s the winner in the SAR category and possibly wins the official Hero Dog title this year!
Visit: http://herodogawards.org/dog/skye/
Scroll to the bottom and fill in your info.
Check the box that proves you’re not a robot then click “VOTE!”
You can vote everyday between May 16 and July 11. Thanks for your support and best of luck to Search Dog Skye!
SDF hosted our first Canine Wellness workshop for working dog handlers at our National Training Center (NTC) on May 5 and 6, 2018! Handlers from California Task Force 1, Indiana Task Force 1, Oklahoma Task Force 1 and Texas Task Force 2 attended the two-day workshop, which focused on the …
CNN | Impact Your World: K9 handler creates a foundation that trains shelter dogs to respond to disasters
In April 2018, three Search Dog Candidates graduated from our training program, joining our nation’s roster of canine heroes. Along with their new First Responder-Handlers, they are now taking their first steps in a career dedicated to serving the nation when disaster strikes. SDF’s newest Canine Disaster Search Teams joining …
Amber is from a private donor in nearby Fillmore, California. This gorgeous and sweet-natured Belgian Malinois has been stealing the hearts of trainers and staff alike. She is learning to connect a strong bark alert with the reward of a fire hose tug toy – one of her favorites! Amber …
It’s not a matter of if, but when the next natural or man-made disaster will occur. To stay prepared, Canine Disaster Search Teams must constantly hone their skills through rigorous training exercises – and what better place to do that than SDF’s National Training Center, specifically designed for Disaster Search …
