'Dogs Of Courage' Book Reveals Hardworking Canines Behind Hurricane ...
New York Times bestselling author Lisa Rogak researched Search and Rescue Dogs for her new book "Dogs of Courage: The Heroism and Heart of Working Dogs Around the World.www.huffingtonpost.com
Show honoring local search, rescue dog airs tonight
Soot, an 8-year-old black Labrador retriever from Big Chimney, received the star treatment when he flew from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles in October for the American Humane Association's Hero Dog Awards show. Soot, who works with the WV K-9 Search and ...www.dailymail.com
Hero Dog Awards: Host Kristin Chenoweth happily goes to the dogs
Tatiana II of Plantation, Fla., won in the hearing dog category for alerting the family of her handler, Cristina Saint-Blancard, that the woman had stopped breathing.blog.zap2it.com
Scranton woman still missing; police deploy search-and-rescue dogs
Scranton police continue to search for a city woman who has been missing since Oct. 27 after she was last seen walking out of a West Side beauty parlor.thetimes-tribune.com
Monroe City Search and Rescue saves dog who now can save others
The two brothers own and operate the Clarence, Mo., branch of Phantom K9, a company that trains dogs for drug and bomb identification, private security, and search and rescue. The twins have trained hundreds of dogs for the military but started their ...www.whig.com
South Bend woman's guide dog honored for work
Other Hero Dog categories include search and rescue dog, hearing dog and service dog. The program was hosted by actress Kristin Chenoweth, and Betty White appears as well.www.seattlepi.com
2nd annual Happy Hounds Dog Walk successful for all
After raising money for the Rockford Dog Park last year, this year's walk successfully raised funds for both Girls on the Run and the Kent County Search and Rescue K9 unit. Volunteers from both recipient organizations pitched in to help with tasks from ...rockfordsquire.com
'Rescued' dog now certified rescue dog
A 3-year-old German shepherd was just one week away from his scheduled death for being too aggressive, when a search and rescue organization in Monroe City was able to save his life and bring him to Missouri to be trained as a rescue dog. Now, 10 ...www.therolladailynews.com
Rescue My Heart - An enjoyable romance with a war survivor
He makes a living teaching and training search and rescue personnel and dogs and is very accredited; however he had not been involved in an active rescue in two years, not since Afghanistan when he and his unit had been called to rescue a group of ...voices.idahostatesman.com
Center seeks dogs able to work in search and rescue
During a search and rescue operation, a search dog must be able to walk on elevated surfaces and climb over rubble. Here, Tim Matthews, a recruiter with the South Dakota Canine Center, shows how to test a dog for that quality using Diesel, his own dog.www.jamestownsun.com
How Reliable Are Sniffing Dogs?
Let me begin by acknowledging a bias; I love dogs. There seems little doubt regarding the utility of these animals in search and rescue, body recovery, and even sniffing contraband and explosives. I want to be clear that this is not an attempt to ...www.science20.com
Search continues for man missing from Aptos Hills retreat center, deputies say
Monday, sheriff's deputies requested help from surrounding counties and numerous search and rescue teams, including dogs and motorcyclists, began scouring the area, Mitchell said. Red Cross officials were assisting as well, she said. Monte Toyon is on ...www.mercurynews.com
Rescue team saves woman's life
Police officers and the force helicopter were called out to the search around Baldhu and volunteers from the Cornwall Search and Rescue Team (CSRT) combed five hectares of countryside. ... 5. St Ives councillors vote to ban dogs from bathing beaches ...www.thisiscornwall.co.uk
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Hosts K-9 Search And Rescue Clinic
The Search and Rescue dogs of the United States have been holding clinics and evaluations around the country since 1992. This is the first year that SARDUS has come to Camp Towles in Grafton.www.wboy.com
A&M veterinarian students put to test in simulated emergency
Veterinary Technician Dana Whitaker (left) records data as Texas A&M veterinary student Susanna Mae Dold cuddles Twist, a search and rescue dog, at an emergency preparedness exercise at Lake Bryan on Oct. 27. Members of the Texas A&M Veterinary ...www.theeagle.com
Search-and-rescue teams scour Aptos area for missing elderly man
About 60 people from the sheriff's office and nearby law enforcement agencies are participating in the search, which involves search-and-rescue dogs, helicopters, all-terrain vehicles and mounted patrol horses. (Copyright 2012 by Bay City News, Inc.abclocal.go.com
OUR VIEW: To sniff or not to sniff
More simply, dogs have an incredible sense of smell - 100,000 times as acute as a human's, according to the AKC. Man long ago harnessed that canine ability to use in search and rescue and tracking operations. More recently, dogs have become a useful ...www.gadsdentimes.com
Search Dogs Brush Up On Their Skills
Stahlman leads a search and rescue team at the Eureka Fire department. It's one of only two municipalities in Missouri with search dogs. On Tuesday Stahlman and more than 100 canines and their owners from around the country came to brush up or learn ...fox2now.com
Devil's Den Hosts Search and Rescue Camp
The Crawford County Search and Rescue held a camp to share strategies and techniques with rescue crews from Washington and Crawford counties.5newsonline.com
Albany County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue save puppy who fell off cliff
The brave and compassionate men from the Albany County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Team in New York rappelled down the cliff and found the very scared pooch hiding in a rocky crevice.www.examiner.com
Thursday, November 8, 2012
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