Cesar’s Way | Abby, canine partner to SDF Executive Director and FEMA Certified Canine Search Specialist Debra Tosch, happily enjoys her retirement ten years after searching the rubble at the September 11th tragedy.
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Abby (1997 – 2011)
Partnered with Debra Tosch Search Dog Foundation Executive Director Former Handler with Los Angeles City Task Force 1 Abby, a female Black Lab, was born October 30, 1997- the only girl in a litter of seven. She was born in the bedroom of the Search Dog Foundation (SDF) founder Wilma …
Searching for life
The Santa Ynez Valley Journal
The dark shadow of aftermath looms heavy in the morning air as search dogs pace, eager to begin the task of converting hope into promise, of finding life below the rubble.
Locals who helped with rescue tell of the devastation: digging, searching, hoping
Ventura County Star
When Deresa Teller arrived at ground zero on the night of Sept. 12, 2001, smoke was rising from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, and bits of paper and dust were still floating around.
Responding to a need
Oklahoma News9 | The number of certified canine search-and-rescue teams grows with Wilma Melville’s efforts.
To the rescue — finding a purpose for rejected shelter dogs
CNN | When disaster strikes and people are buried in rubble, there’s often no better search tool than a dog’s nose.
Working canine heroes of 2011
Dog Fancy | Search Dog Hunter is honored for his bravery on the front lines of some of the world’s most terrible disasters.
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 …