Tag: search and rescue dogs

Show: The Rescuers

Show: The Rescuers

| February 7, 2012 | 0 Comments

We took a special tour of the San Jose Fire Museum with Captain Sean Lovens who shared the history of fire fighting in San Jose – from the days when firemen were known as “house wreckers” (because sometimes their only option was to pull a burning house down and save the rest of the town) […]

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Search and Rescue Dogs in Training

Search and Rescue Dogs in Training

| December 9, 2011 | 0 Comments

Over the rubble, through the tunnel and down the ladder they go. It’s all in a day’s training for Search & Rescue dogs like Nino, pictured above. It takes more than a year of training for a dog to become certified for this valuable but dangerous work. It takes a very committed human, like Marin […]

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