Search Dog Network was excited to meet with Cub Scout Pack 976 for their First Responders Night at Sul Ross Elementary School, May 8th. The Scouts met with police and firefighters from Bryan, Tx. They also had an introduction to CPR, and saw a demo from Team Rocky.
Rocky is a four year old yellow Labrador Retriever. He has been trained to look for any person that might be lost. While some dogs will take a sniff of an article of clothing and then look for the person that the clothing belongs to, Rocky will get rewarded for finding anybody.
Below is a video of Rocky looking for someone hiding on the playground. (There is a spot where there is no audio in the video playback.) In the video, you can see Kim asking Rocky to search for a lost person. Rocky will run around the search area until he catches the scent of a person–any person. Then, Rocky runs back to bark at Kim, to let her know that she should follow him. When Rocky finds a lost person, he receives some treats and is told that he’s a good boy!
And here are some pictures of the scouts with the police and fire department vehicles:
A big thank you to Allan Hill, who was kind enough to take photos. His daughter is in boy Scouts and his son is a Wolf in the Cub Scouts.