rescue dogs

Scout, a National Guard dog and his twelve-year-old owner, Matt, land in Puerto Rico to assist in rescue efforts after a devastating hurricane. They befriend Luisa, a local who helps abandoned pups in need of food and shelter. When an injured dog names Rosita takes off into the rain forest, Scout, Matt, and Luisa work as a team to help Rosita find what she is looking for.

"Jet is a border collie puppy tired of feeling hungry and lonely. He's tired of the collar that yanks at his neck and the leash that makes things worse. When his owners move away and leave him tied up in the backyard, it seems like Jet is running out of time. When Jet is saved by a home inspector, he's taken to the Sterling Center, where he shows all the classic signs of a great rescue dog, but he's terrified of the leash. When a plane goes down in the wilderness and a snowstorm is moving in, will Jet be able to overcome his fear in time to become a hero?"--Amazon.

"Boss the Alaskan Husky is parachuting into the middle of a snowstorm. As an army dog, it's her job to bring supplies to Allied troops during the Battle of the Bulge. But when she finds a wounded sled dog and two lost kids, she knows she has to help them, too. As the blizzard bears down, can Boss complete her mission, escape the Nazis, and get the kids out of the storm alive?"--OCLC.

Presents the work of search and rescue dogs, including the history of using animals for search operations, why dogs are equipped for the job, and some of the situations when search and rescue animals are required.

"After Ember is saved from a house fire, she is brought to the Sterling family, who run a ranch that trains rescue dogs"--OCLC.

A sad and silent nine-year-old boy finds his voice when he moves next to a family that rescues dogs.

Relates the feats of Barry, the Saint Bernard dog whose name, to this day, honors the best dog at the Saint Bernard Monastery.

When a little girl is lost in a 750,000-acre national park, a family of search-and-rescue professionals reunites and three generations of secrets are uncovered.

Scout, a National Guard dog and his twelve-year-old owner, Matt, land in Puerto Rico to assist in rescue efforts after a devastating hurricane. They befriend Luisa, a local who helps abandoned pups in need of food and shelter. When an injured dog names Rosita takes off into the rain forest, Scout, Matt, and Luisa work as a team to help Rosita find what she is looking for.

"Daisy has only ten weeks to prove her usefulness or else be sent back to the pound. Yet if she goes back, who will protect Colonel Victor from his PTSD attacks? Or save the littler human, Micah, from those infernal ear muzzles he calls earphones? What if no one ever adopts her again? Determined to become the elite protector the colonel needs, Daisy vows to ace the service dog test. She'll accept the ridiculous leash and learn to sit, heel, shake, even do your business, Daisy, when told to. But Daisy must first learn how to face her own fears from the past or risk losing the family she's so desperate to guard-again"--Back cover.