Search Dog Network is among the many organizations participating in the sixth year of “Brazos Valley Gives,” an opportunity to raise money and awareness for nonprofit organizations in our seven-county region.
Early giving for this year has started, and the “day” of the event is Tuesday, October 15th. Below is a 20-second promotional video that the team made for this event. We are very thankful for your support, and your sharing the video is appreciated! -Team Koda, Team Seamus, and Team Rocky
For years now–I’m not sure how many dog years, but at least several human years–Search Dog Network has enjoyed going to summer camp! There are two camps that we try to attend, and we thought you may be interested to read about these.
The week of June 19th, Waggie Pet Zone held the first session of their Kid Zone Summer Camp. Team Rocky visited one day to do a little demo and have some fun.
Team Rocky will visit again for the upcoming session, July 10-14.
The week of June 25th, Team Koda visited the Sam Houston State University College of Criminal Justice Summer Camp. For this camp, we usually talk about the role that search dogs can have in a criminal investigation, and if the weather permits, we do a demo. For this year, it was pretty hot outside, so Team Koda did the demo indoors. SHSU has another session the week of July 9th, and Team Rocky will attend.
Search Dog Network was excited to meet with Cub Scout Pack 976 for their First Responders Night at Sul Ross Elementary School, May 8th. The Scouts met with police and firefighters from Bryan, Tx. They also had an introduction to CPR, and saw a demo from Team Rocky.
Rocky is a four year old yellow Labrador Retriever. He has been trained to look for any person that might be lost. While some dogs will take a sniff of an article of clothing and then look for the person that the clothing belongs to, Rocky will get rewarded for finding anybody.
Below is a video of Rocky looking for someone hiding on the playground. (There is a spot where there is no audio in the video playback.) In the video, you can see Kim asking Rocky to search for a lost person. Rocky will run around the search area until he catches the scent of a person–any person. Then, Rocky runs back to bark at Kim, to let her know that she should follow him. When Rocky finds a lost person, he receives some treats and is told that he’s a good boy!
And here are some pictures of the scouts with the police and fire department vehicles:
A big thank you to Allan Hill, who was kind enough to take photos. His daughter is in boy Scouts and his son is a Wolf in the Cub Scouts.