Absaroka Search Dogs

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Specialists in Canine Search and Rescue.

Proudly serving Montana and Northern Wyoming since 1986.

Absaroka Search Dogs is a volunteer nonprofit organization based in Montana, dedicated to providing certified search dog teams to requesting agencies. Our teams are trained to work with Search & Rescue and Law Enforcement agencies to provide a professional response to search and recovery events.

What We Do

ASD dog handlers are trained in backcountry travel including map and compass, global positioning system (GPS) use, backcountry skiing, snowshoeing, summer survival, winter survival, mantracking, and search and rescue operations. ASD dog handlers have a minimum certification of advanced first aid or first responder. Most members are certified in wilderness emergency medicine and can provide immediate life support to injured victims. Skills range in wilderness emergency medicine from wilderness advanced life support at the paramedic level, wilderness emergency medical technician (WEMT) to wilderness first responder (WFR). Experienced ASD dog handlers are willing to fill a need during searches in the backcountry, rivers and lakes by request from law enforcement.

Certifications

Our teams are certified through Tri-State K9 and are ready to deploy on a variety of missing persons missions by request of law enforcement.

We currently have teams certified in:

Wilderness Area Search

Cadaver

On Shore Water Search

Come train with us!

absarokasearchdogs@gmail.com

Absaroka Search Dogs

absarokasearchdogs@gmail.com


POB 22081
Billings, MT 59104

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The joy of the reward cannot be contained! K9 Zeke opens his mouth to catch his reward toy after a successful training exercise. Look at that tongue! #dutchshepherd #k9_searchandrescue #sardogs #sark9 #sardogtraining #perrosdebusqueda #perrosdebusquedayrescate #rettungshundestaffel
K9 Chipper all geared up for this past weekend’s team practice on the Beartooth Plateau. #k9_searchandrescue #sardogs #sardogtraining #sark9 #absarokasearchdogs #beartoothmountains #beartoothpass #perrosdebusquedayrescate #suchhund
Zeke and his reward toy during practice. #k9sar #k9searchandrescue #dutchshepherd #dutchie #searchandrescuetraining #perrosdebusqueda #rettungshunde #406 #montana
Good boy Bear gets a little practice in. If you look hard enough you might be able to spot what he sniffed out. Our teams have been training one on one in order to comply with our state’s stay at home order. Hoping all our fellow SAR teams are hanging in there during these tough days. Stay safe, ya’ll! #gsd #sardog #k9 #sarsogtraining #beartoothmountains #montana #searchandrescue #searchandrescuedog
Junior lounges forlornly waiting for better days as we ride out the stay-at-home order. Sending positive thoughts to all our fellow teams out there! Stay safe and stay healthy. #absarokasearchdogs #workingdog #sardog #coronavirus #rescuedog #stayathome
Chipper gazes out the window eagerly waiting for team training to start up again. Here in Montana we are under a “stay at home” order issued by the Governor. Hope everyone is hanging in there! #gsd #workingdog #sardog #covid
K9 Thunder coming in hot as he spots his “lost person” hiding under a truck. #absarokasearchdogs #redlodgefirerescue #k9training #sark9 #k9sar #perrosdebusqueda #gsd #searchandrescuedog #searchandrescuetraining #rettungshund #alsatian #pastoraleman #workingdog
Junior tears through the sagebrush in search for his missing person. #absarokasearchdogs #absarokamountains #absarokabeartoothwilderness #wyoming #searchdog #searchdogsintraining #k9sar #k9sarhandler #rescuedog #perrosdebusqueda #perrosdebusquedayrescate #workingdog
Beartooth takes a quick little nap in the sun while the team takes a break during a long day of work. #absarokasearchdogs #montanamoment #searchdogs #perrosdebusqueda #pastoraleman #gsd #rettungshunde #untiltheyarehome

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