A train conductor contacted authorities on August 8 after the train he was driving hit a man near downtown Oklahoma City and he saw the man hurled into tall grass. Dane Yaw & Salsa were called out at 1:00pm to search for the man.A police canine worked the west side …
Dennis DiMarzio & Ty, Gary Durian & Tanker, and Andy Olvera & Stetson were deployed at 12:00 pm on August 4 to search a mudslide triggered by flooding in the Mt. Baldy, CA region. The teams were called out after a cry for help was heard from the mud and …
Aspen, a male Yellow Labrador, was rescued by the Humane League when he was just a puppy and then raised by SDF supporters Jeff and Jill Wenig of Santa Paula, CA. The family had heard about the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF) and knew something about the kind of …
Just after 8:00 am on July 25, SDF Search Team Cynthia Sato & Roxy and teammates Mike Gross & Journey responded with L.A. Firefighters to a partial collapse of an underground parking structure. The dogs searched a 50′ x 100′ area – Roxy searched the lower levels and crawl spaces …
Aberdeen News | Taylor’s journey in becoming a search dog started in Aberdeen, where she was known as Sandy.
Andy, a handsome Golden Retriever, came to the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF) by way of Golden Retriever Rescue of Wisconsin (GRRoW). Andy had lived with two different families prior to ending up in a midwest shelter, because his energy and enthusiasm were more than either could handle. GRRoW …
Gator was one of a select few canines accepted to the Search Dog Foundation program as a puppy in the early 2000’s. He was donated by Mary Jane Hunt, a breeder from Florida—hence his name—and an acquaintance of SDF’s lead trainer at the time, Pluis Davern. As a breeder, Mary …
Girl was a German Wirehair Pointer, born on May 22, 2001 and donated to the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF) by Rhonda Ridgley of Daisy Dog Rescue in San Jose, California. She was a very stubborn and determined dog, and her intense toy-drive was an immediate draw for SDF …
Sandi, a male Border Collie born on December 5, 1998, was blessed with a great opportunity as a young dog: to train for the job of his dreams. He was first adopted as a pet from the Orange County Rescue Center by someone from Anaheim, California. It soon became clear …
