In 2025, The SPSD team members were called to 21 searches across North Carolina. Our K9 trainings included weekly trainings using State Parks, Camps, and other properties in NC where we have permission to train. Outside our weekly trainings, our members attended 6+ multi-day SAR exercises/seminars sponsored by NC Emergency Management and/or other SAR teams.
Not only do our dogs train regularly, our human team members do too! Our hiders, ground pounders, and dog handlers gathered in Western NC to spend 4 days training on CalTopo Mapping, radio communications, clue identification, and search stategies. We also teamed up this year with other K9 search teams in central & eastern NC for training. Our dogs continue to be trained in Airscent, Trailing, and HRD.
Our exciting news for 2025 is that we continue to train puppies to be added to our team! The year has been full of puppy ping pong and puppy runaways.
Our sad news for 2025 is that we had to say goodbye to our beloved Jasmine. She left us unexpectedly and too soon and left our hearts reeling. Just the weekend prior she had attended a scout camporee where she showed off her skills to over a 100 scouts. We love you, Jasmine. You will be missed, and your training of younger sister Abby will carry on!
What do we need in 2026? You can see our full wish list here and since we will be spaying/neutering our newest additions, we could use donations to cover the cost of those surgeries as well.
Thank you for all your interest and support in Southern Pride Search Dogs!
