Blog Entries ( Rescue Dogs )

It's the national disaster being reported on around the world. Haiti was struck with a 7.0 earthquake, bringing down the city of Port-au-Prince. Many are trapped under the rubble and tens of thousands are feared not to have survived. This earthquake is being called the "Disaster of the Century." Countries all around the world are reaching out to help Haitians and assist them. Today, ...

This is Christmas, an American Bulldog, who was found wandering on the side of a road. She has had her shots and flea prevention, but we do not know if she has been spayed. Christmas does well with children and is use to sleeping in a crate. What an adorable puppy, and how sad that she does not have a forever home-- especially for the ...

Earthquakes, tornadoes, avalanches, terrorist attacks. Searching for survivors through the destruction caused by these disasters can be physically exhausting and painstaking and sometimes simply impossible work for rescue workers. But search and rescue dogs do what humans cannot: detect victims using their powerful sense of smell. There are at least seven types of search and rescue dogs: trailing dogs, tracking dogs, air scent dogs, water search ...

The famous animated movie "101 Dalmatians" is now touring, and 15 Dalmatian pups are traveling, beginning in Minneapolis, on a tour bus with their four trainers. Starting October 13, these Dalmatians will be strutting around on stage. The pups steal the scene in act one and in the finale. It's a musical, so will the dogs be singing? What's it like to tour around on a bus ...

Cesar Milan and the Northshore Animal Rescue League help get hundreds of dogs and cats adopted.