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.”
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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.
Cappy (2000 – 2011)
Cappy, a sturdy, energetic Black Labrador Retriever was born on January 13, 2000 to a line of champion competition field dogs. When Ray Goodrich adopted him, Cappy seemed destined to carry on the family tradition. But Ray quickly realized that Cappy’s talents and temperament lay in another direction. Cappy’s physical …
When the unthinkable happens
New Barker | Marshia Hall and Trapper spring into action–join them for an interview.
SDF dogs help search for Missouri tornado survivors
CBS San Francisco | Huck and Jagger dig through piles of splintered homes and crushed cars for tornado survivors.