Santa Barbara News-Press | Eric Gray & Riley, and Linda Tacconneli & Joe travel to help in Japan.
Category: SDF in the Media
Dog from Longmont among search-and-rescue teams in Japan
Longmont Times-Call
Joe is finally making his international debut.
A dogged determination
Miller-McCune | The canine-handler teams produced by SDF are the gold standard in their field.
Rescued dog now an award-winning rescue dog
Ventura County Star
In Haiti, Pearl ventured deep inside collapsed buildings, into gaps in the rubble too small for her 6-foot-6 handler, to sniff out survivors of that country’s devastating earthquake.
Search Dog efforts on 9/11 are recounted
Ventura County Star
If tears shed during the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation’s salute Saturday to those who died and those who searched the piles of rubble that once were the World Trade Center could count as dollars, the Ojai-based nonprofit would have no problem raising the $10.6 million needed to build a national training facility for search dogs and handlers.
Search Dog Teams set sights on new national training facility
Noozhawk
Local teams called in after a gravel truck crashed into a Santa Barbara home recently will attend Saturday’s groundbreaking ceremony.
Portraits of help
Westlake Malibu Lifestyle | Search Dog Foundation teams look for survivors of disasters around the world.
Dogged determination to save people’s lives
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Stella’s pink tongue hangs out of her mouth, her tail wags furiously, her demeanor is as friendly as any other black Labrador retriever, but the life of this obedient 3-year-old ball of energy is decidedly more complex than most other canines.
Search Dog Team sniffs out hope in Haiti
The Orange County Register
Gary Durian and Baxter work around the clock in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake in hope of finding signs of life.
Thousand Oaks man, dog help save lives in Haiti
Ventura County Star
In his 12 years as a search dog handler, Ron Weckbacher has witnessed the devastation wrought by many disasters, but the destruction caused by the earthquake in Haiti was the worst he’s ever seen.