SAR Dog News

Triple-Threat K-9 Rex Locates Missing 7-Year-Old Girl in Under Twelve Minutes, Showcasing the Power of Scent Tracking and Therapy In a powerful demonstration of specialized training and canine capability, K-9 Rex, a five-year-old black Labrador Retriever, and his handler, Deputy John Gray, successfully located a missing seven-year-old girl in Arapahoe County, Colorado. The swift twelve-minute…

Heroic K9 Team Locates Missing Hiker in Rugged Mountain Terrain, Underscoring Vital Role of Volunteer SAR In a testament to the unwavering dedication and specialized skill of volunteer search and rescue teams, K9 “Tracker,” a seasoned German Shepherd, along with his handler, Emily Davison, successfully located a missing hiker this past weekend in the dense…

Miraculous Recovery: SAR K9 Locates Missing Hiker in Rugged Terrain The Deployment: A Race Against Time In a remarkable display of canine capability and human dedication, a volunteer Search and Rescue (SAR) K9 team successfully located a missing hiker deep within the dense, rugged wilderness. The hiker, who had been missing for over 48 hours…

In a remarkable display of skill, endurance, and the unparalleled capabilities of canine olfaction, a trained K-9 Search and Rescue (SAR) team successfully located a missing 64-year-old woman in a dense, heavily wooded area earlier this week. The deployment, which spanned several hours under fading daylight and challenging topographic conditions, underscores the critical role that…

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…