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Mocha (2003 – 2018)
Mocha was a female Chocolate Labrador Retriever born on March 22, 1999. She started her professional career as a dog-in-training for Guide Dogs of America (GDA). It was soon apparent that Mocha and her sibling Marc had too much energy to be guide dogs. So GDA decided to contact the …
Duke (1997 – 2011)
Duke, a male Chocolate Lab, was born on August 22, 1997. Purchased by Doris and Larry Bilderback of Salinas as a hunting dog, Duke demonstrated very early on that he had other aspirations—he knew he was much better suited to the life of a Search Dog. That’s when they decided …
Finding a home for our nation’s Search Dogs
Dog Fancy | SDF Founder Wilma Melville says, “After 9/11, donations from people all over the country helped launch the Search Dog Foundation. The nation responded once, and I believe they’ll do it again.”
Rescued dogs rescuing people
Dog’s Life
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation: Transforming rejected shelter dogs into skilled heroes
Building a wreck: SDF breaks ground on 125-acre National Training Center
Pacific Coast Business Times | The construction of a one-of-a-kind training facility for America’s search and rescue personnel and their canines begins in Santa Paula, CA.
Tornado in Joplin, Missouri
On Tuesday evening we received this text message from our handler Jason Smith in Missouri:”Brent and I are leaving Joplin now after almost two full days of searching. Our Task Force has completed its work in the area assigned to them and has been released by Command. We are headed …
Tsunami & earthquakes in Japan
March 11, 12:15 PM PST – 9.0 Earthquake strikes Japan! SDF Search Teams activated Six Canine Disaster Search Teams trained by the Search Dog Foundation have been activated to respond to the deadly earthquake and Tsunami in Japan as part of Los Angeles County Task Force 2. The L.A. Task Force was …
Rescue dogs get disaster training in Tulsa, OK
Oklahoma NewsOn6 | Oklahoma Task Force One welcomes Search Dogs Justice, Royce, Magnum, and Danni.
