Ojai Valley News | SANTA PAULA, Calif. – Last Thursday, the Petco Foundation announced a $2.5 million “Pathway to Completion” challenge grant, to help the Ojai-based Search Dog Foundation (SDF) build America’s first National Training Center for canine disaster search teams.
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SDF welcomes the Navy to the NTC
DVIDS | SANTA PAULA, Calif. – Local civic, reserve and active duty military leaders toured the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation’s (NDSDF) National Training Center (NTC) to see first-hand the naval construction efforts there, July 9.
Oklahoma City tornado strike
Brent & Moxie search tornado wreckage overnightLast night, while the six Search Dog Foundation teams deployed to Nepal were assisting in humanitarian assistance operations in that country, Brent Koeninger and his SDF-trained Search Dog Moxie were sent out to search for people buried alive in the aftermath of an F3-level tornado …
Earthquake in Nepal
Second major quake in Nepal, SDF Search Teams redeployed May 12, 2015 The death toll is rising again in Nepal in the wake of a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the country at 12:35pm Tuesday, local time, causing more widespread damage. The 12 Canine Disaster Search Teams deployed by the …
Disaster Search Dogs make a live find in Nepal
According to Norwegian media, Geere and Mir, together with their handlers Morten and Kristin, used their noses to find a 24-year old woman in Kathmandu who had been buried deep under rubble (4 floors down) for 5 days. The rest of the Norwegian team together with rescue workers from Israel and France were able to pull out the young woman alive and give her medical care.
SDF salutes canine teams combing Nepal wreckage for survivors
Deployment update: According to the UN, the death toll from the April 25 earthquake now stands at 5,006 with an additional 10,194 people injured. An estimated 8 million people remain affected across 39 of Nepal’s 75 districts. Authorities expect these figures to rise as rescue efforts continue. Today, members of …
Lola (2003 – 2015)
Lola, a Black Labrador Retriever, began her saga as so many of our dogs do – at a shelter. Lola was on 24-hour euthanasia alert, meaning she had just that amount of time left to be adopted. She was sick with kennel cough, a common contagious illness among shelter dogs, …
Hula (2008 – 2015)
In June of 2009, Hula, found herself in the Humboldt County Animal Shelter in McKinleyville, CA, picked-up as a stray. The shelter staff evaluated this energetic Catahoula and thought she might have some of the qualities we look for in a Search Dog. Hula’s evaluator had these things to say …
Sand Springs, Oklahoma Tornado
Jeff & Justice and Vincent & Magnum search for survivors in OklahomaTwo SDF Search Teams were deployed overnight to a deadly tornado in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, just outside Tulsa. It was reported that one person was killed and 12 people injured in the storm. The teams arrived at the scene …