Her persistence paid off, and a rescue crew pulled her owner to safety. This post was updated on July 18, 2025 to include the story of a small Chihuahua rescuing her owner. SAR dogs go through months ...

Crate training a rescue dog can be just as challenging as training a puppy. Many rescues carry emotional scars that make learning new routines harder—but with patience and care, they can still become ...

Wolverine Search and Recovery hosted a training for human remains detection dogs and their handlers from around the country in Detroit last week. Dogs and handlers work closely to track scents of ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - For this week's Behind the Badge segment, KTBS 3's Rick Rowe is unleashing the secrets of search and rescue dog training as we mark the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The ...

Meet the new highly trained team of search and rescue dogs, helping to save lives on land and sea by doing the vital work that no machine can do. These 13 dogs are part of Ireland’s first water search ...

The Rachael Ray Foundation's Rescue Brigade program helped Cam the golden retriever start disaster search dog training Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

ELDRIDGE, Iowa — Volunteers with the Quad Cities Missing Persons Network (QCMPN) spent the weekend training their search-and-rescue dogs to locate missing people, dead or alive. The organization’s ...

Earlier this year, Jeanine Camp was traipsing through the Oregon wilderness with her German Shepherd Roxanne, but this wasn’t a recreational outing. Roxanne was working — trying to find a missing ...