Search and Rescue Dogs (SAR Dogs)
General Info / Articles of Interest
- Which Dog Does Which Task? By Vicki Wooters, K-9 Handler
- Avalanche Training Overview
- How to Develop and Train a Water Search Dog Team By Marian Hardy, Mid-Atlantic D.O.G.S.
- Disasterdog.org — A website developed through a combined effort of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Canine Subcommittee with the purpose of providing a source for information related to training, testing and deployment of disaster dog teams.
- Rescue Dogs — by Simon Harris
- What Makes a Great Rescue Dog? — By Amy Nutt
Organizations & Associations
In Canada:
- The National Search and Rescue Secretariat — An independent agency of government, reporting to the Minister of National Defence. The National Search and Rescue Secretariat acts as a liaison for Search and Rescue Agencies and all partners involved in Canadian Search and Rescue.
- National Search and Rescue Dog Association of Canada (NSARDA) — The National Search and Rescue Dog Association is an Association created for Search and Rescue Dog handlers and trainers.
- Canadian Search Dog Association — Working Together So Others May Live
- Canadian Search & Disaster Dogs — A non-profit registered association responding locally, nationally, and internationally, primarily to disaster sites.
- Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association
- Search and Rescue Society of British Columbia
- Search and Rescue Dog Association of Alberta® — “A volunteer, non-profit group of dogs and handlers who serve the community in times of emergency or disaster.”
- Search & Rescue Manitoba
- Search and Rescue Manitoba Volunteer Association
- Ottawa Valley Search and Rescue Dog Association
- Search and Rescue Dogs Ontario — Providing certified SAR dogs to police agencies in the search for lost or missing persons. Our teams are certified in Ground SAR, Cadaver Search, and Water Search for drowned victims.
Pictured Above: Spencer and Jenn
Working with: SAR Dog Association of Alberta®
Photo courtesy of: Bralex Perm. Reg’d. Labrador Retrievers
Working with: SAR Dog Association of Alberta®
Photo courtesy of: Bralex Perm. Reg’d. Labrador Retrievers
In the U.S.:
- North American Search Dog Network (NASDN) — NASDN helps members provide the highest quality search dog resources for their communities, and aids in networking these resources throughout North America.
- National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (NDSDF) — NDSDF is the country’s leader in training search and rescue teams. Its mission is to seek out potential search dogs (many of whom would have otherwise been abandoned or euthanized), provide them with intensive professional training, partner them with handler/firefighters, and see to their lifetime care. (U.S.)
- American Rescue Dog Association — The nation’s oldest air-scenting search dog organization.
- The National Association for Search and Rescue, Inc., (NASAR) — Dedicated to advancing professional, literary, and scientific knowledge in fields related to search and rescue. NASAR is comprised of thousands of paid and non-paid professionals interested in all aspects of search and rescue – the humanitarian cause of saving lives – throughout the United States and around the world. “…that others may live.”
- Northwest Disaster Search Dogs
Around the World:
- National Search and Rescue Dog Association — The Home of Air Scenting Search Dogs in the UK
- Search and Rescue Dog Association England
- Search and Rescue Dogs in the Netherlands
- Norwegian Search and Rescue Dogs
- Central Search Dogs (New Zealand)
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