Ventura County Star
Pearl, a four year old Black Lab, was considered a lost cause. A Houdini of sorts, she had been picked up running loose on the street and wound up at the Plumas County Animal Shelter near Truckee, CA.
Manny, a male Border Collie, was born December 6, 1996. He was purchased by Bobbie Farquhar, the head of Border Collie Rescue (BCR), as a stud dog. But during his stay with BCR, he displayed all the characteristics of a disaster search dog. Bobbie called the Search Dog Foundation (SDF) …
By SDF Firefighter Dan Solis – Kern County Fire DepartmentAt around 11:00am on April 19, Sandi and I were called to the scene of an accident on State Highway 58 between Keene and Tehachapi, CA. The Highway Patrol suspected the accident had happened the previous night. It was a high-speed, single-vehicle rollover …
By SDF Firefighter Gary Durian, Los Angeles County Fire DepartmentBaxter and I were deployed on the night of April 1, 2009 to a traffic accident in the city of La Cañada-Flintridge. At approximately 6 p.m., a truck loaded with vehicles was driving down Angeles Crest Highway—a steep mountain road—and was …
Ana, a female Golden Retriever, was born on Independence Day, July 4, 1995. She was very special to all of us at the Search Dog Foundation as the first dog in our program. Ana was in a litter that we call “a backyard breeding.” The owners of Ana’s mom were …
SDF Canine Search Teams Deployed to Chatsworth Train WreckOn Friday, September 12th at approximately 4:30pm PST, a Metrolink commuter train collided with a freight train in the city of Chatsworth, near Los Angeles, killing 25 and injuring over a hundred others. Three Search Dog Foundation canine teams were deployed to …
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