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 …
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 …
Late in the afternoon of March 16th, Dennis Clark & Rugby and Gary Durian & Tanker were deployed to search for a vehicle that had plunged 800 feet over the side of a cliff in Mt. Baldy, in Southern California. One person was airlifted out immediately, but Rugby and Tanker …
In the early afternoon of Friday, March 6th, Eric Darling & Ben were called out to search for a missing teenager in Newtown Township, PA. Together with 7 other local canine search teams, the team scoured 20 acres in snowy conditions all day Friday and Saturday. Eric also served as …
In June of 2008, Karen Klingberg, SDF’s then Program Manager, made her first trip to Idaho to look at a few canine candidates and build partnerships with shelters and breed rescue groups there. Guided by Jan Peterson and Nick Demarco, both puppy raisers for Canine Companions for Independence (CCI), she …
At 9:00 pm local time, Trevor Lawrence & Taylor responded to their first deployment to search a frozen canal two miles long for an elderly woman reported missing. They searched barns and other structures along the way before police received a report that the woman was found just two blocks …
Around 8:30pm local time, Luis Garcia & Maxim and Fidel Gomez & Rosie were activated to search a collapsed office building in the Villas del Real neighborhood in the eastern part of Tijuana. The building was used by a real estate company and while no employees were on site at …
At 1:00am local time, New York Search Teams set off for Erie County, NY to assist rescue crews in finding any residents stranded in their homes by huge snow drifts. With six feet of snow cover and more on the way, Greg & Dax searched nearly 150 mobile homes in a …
