
The Paws of Life Foundation
The Paws of Life Foundation (PoL) is dedicated to the education of search and rescue (SAR) dogs and their handlers. PoL works with responders at the local level to fund and provide training to professional volunteer canine handlers. By providing initial and continuing training of the handler, we can help these individuals and their canine partners become a reliable and valuable resource for law enforcement and public safety agencies in the case of lost or missing person. When someone you care about goes missing, these are the people your local sheriff, police chief or fire department calls to assist in the search.
The Paws of LifeFoundation and Iowa State University Extension recently launched the Working K9 Handler Academy which provides online training to search and rescue dog handlers. Go here to check out the academy!
Paws of Life now has an online SAR clothing store. We have dog food, treats, shirts, mugs, bumper stickers for sale for both K9 and non K9 search and rescue enthusiasts.
We also have a SAR K9 bookstore available. <Go here.>
04.17.10: Press release goes national for Million Dog Search thanks to Send2Press
03.26.10: PoL Lady passes NASAR Type II Area Search!
01.09.10: PoL Moses (aka Dunder) passes NASAR Type I Area Search!
12.01.09: Paws of Life and Dunder (aka Moe) are on Facebook!
11.25.09: Online Working K9 Handler Academy launches.