SAR Dog News

Dee Dillman and Marie Ginman, along with their K9 partners Rhum, Coke, and Booze, received recognition as the West Valley City, Utah 2023 Citizens of the Year on Friday, May 10th by the West Valley City Police Department and West Valley City Honorary Colonels Association. The department and association honored the quintet with the prestigious award,…

Colorado has recently launched a statewide coordination effort to streamline Search and Rescue K9 operations. Per Colorado statute, the Sheriff of each county is responsible for search and rescue operations. However, the Sheriff’s Departments in most counties have delegated that responsibility to local non-profit organizations to run these operations, a system similar to those operating…

I have worked SAR dogs for 45 years and yet had no idea of the history of dogs being used for search work and for war.  Records show dogs were taken into battle as early as the 7th century BC. This is a fascinating book which gives a wonderful insight into how different countries used dogs…

I first became interested in SAR K9s in 1993 when I read an article about Caroline Hebard and her SAR K9, Pascha, in our New York Sunday paper, NEWSDAY. I started looking for a German Shepherd that very week. I found my 9-month-old Jazz a few months later. That is when our training started.  However, the…