In December of 2007, the East Bay SPCA in Oakland, CA called Julia Ford, a local woman who rescues dogs and trains them for Drug and Explosives Detection. They thought she might be interested in an unruly Chocolate Lab named Huckleberry Hound. Although she liked what she saw, he was …
On June 18, SDF-trained Search Teams Brian Girard & Keila and Greg Gould & Dax answered the call when a storm caused a seven-story building collapsed into neighboring structures, causing a total of five buildings to come down. Rescuers immediately discovered one woman alive in the rubble but the destruction …
Koda was originally rescued from a shelter by Lab Rescue OK, Inc. before being homed with a fellow firefighter who recognized his Search Dog potential and contacted Jason Smith, a former Handler in Oklahoma City with Oklahoma Task Force 1. Jason evaluated Koda and he quickly noticed this Yellow Lab’s …
Koda was originally rescued from a shelter by Lab Rescue OK, Inc. before being homed with a fellow firefighter who recognized his Search Dog potential and contacted Jason Smith, a former Handler in Oklahoma City with Oklahoma Task Force 1. Jason evaluated Koda and he quickly noticed this Yellow Lab’s …
On Friday, June 8, 2018, the Search Dog Foundation (SDF) received a Helping Heroes Award from the Petco Foundation at their annual Awards Gala. It is a great honor to receive this award – given the vast reach of the Petco Foundation and the many organizations they work with throughout the United States – …
Team Info Task Force: California Task Force 7 (CA-TF7) Agency: Sacramento City Fire Level: DHS/FEMA Certified Most Recent Certification: May 30, 2015 Search Dog Info Breed: Golden Retriever Sex: Female Born: March 23, 2009 Donated by: Gordon Family Recruited by: Heidi Miller Prep Home: Marshia Hall Pup Raiser: Tina Brennan Guardians: Marybeth Little, Carol Sidlow Kari …
WOOF! The 2018 Rachael Ray Rescue Brigade is our most successful yet! Please join us in a round of “a-paws” for our SDF Family that contributed to The Rachael Ray Rescue Brigade this year. With a final surge of support in August, we blew past our original goal and raised …
KTLA | Rescue Dog Being Put Down Receives Hero’s Farewell After Saving Lives of Haiti, Japan Earthquake Victims
Hunter was a bundle of energy who couldn’t wait to get to work every day with his handler Billy Monahan, a Captain with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Because Billy and Hunter were located at an Urban Search and Rescue station, one of only two designated in Los Angeles …
Thanks to your voting, Search Dog Skye is one of three semifinalists for the Hero Dog Awards in the Search and Rescue category!
Now, we need to keep voting daily to make sure that he’s the winner in the SAR category and possibly wins the official Hero Dog title this year!
Visit: http://herodogawards.org/dog/skye/
Scroll to the bottom and fill in your info.
Check the box that proves you’re not a robot then click “VOTE!”
You can vote everyday between May 16 and July 11. Thanks for your support and best of luck to Search Dog Skye!
