News, SDF in the Media Finding a home for our nation’s Search Dogs August 1, 2011 June 8, 2018 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.” Rescued dogs rescuing people Duke (1997 – 2011)