It was with great sadness that the Search Dog Foundation (SDF) family said goodbye to Search Dog Jazz last week as he crossed the Rainbow Bridge. After seven years with his handler Luis Garcia, and 11 deployments as part of Baja California Task Force 3, Jazz was a wonderful ambassador for …
Sherman, a male chocolate Labrador born in March of 1996, began his life’s journey as a family dog. After just a short time with that family, they found Sherman’s energy and tenacity to be overwhelming, and decided they could not keep him. Diana Davis, who routinely looks for dogs that …
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) …
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 …
As all of you know by now, we in the Metro family, NDSDF, OES, FEMA, and CA-TF7 have suffered a huge loss. On March 12th at about 7:30 in the evening, Dusty, one of our veteran search canines, was struck by a vehicle in front of Station 62. Dusty was …
In 1996, a very special Golden Retriever came into my life. A friend had heard that I was looking for three dogs to start a program of placing professionally trained dogs with volunteer firefighters. “Go check out the local Humane Society,” she said. “There’s a very energetic, high-drive male Golden …
