This weekend’s call was for Bella, a 50ish lb dog, a Doodle, who waited at the bottom of a cliff, tucked between the Youngs Creek and the ravine wall she’d fallen down. She rested in some shallow water. The call came in a couple of hours before dark. We sent out a call to our …
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Kodin, Injured Dog on Gothic Basin Trail
The call we received for this rescue came from the activation of an inReach device. If you aren’t familiar, an inReach is a device subscription service from Garmin that, among other features, uses satellites to send and receive texts where there isn’t cell service, and it as has an SOS button on the side. Once …
Leo, Dog Over Cliff in Snohomish
We received a call about a dog over a cliff in Mukilteo in Snohomish County, WA. Our subject was a lab-Airdale mix, weighing about 50 lbs named Leo. We had a responder meet with Officer Duke, an animal control officer (ACO) for Snohomish County. Our responder scouted the area and determined this would be a …
Flint, Dog Over Cliff in Snohomish
We received a call for a dog over a cliff in Arlington, WA, in Snohomish County. We put a call out to the team, knowing it may be a fairly technical rescue. Once our first responder on site confirmed it would be. It was the middle of the work day and most of our technical …
Flame, Horse in Ditch on Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, we got a call about a horse stuck in a ditch. Upon arriving on scene, it seemed to be a fairly straightforward matter — Flame, a senior horse was down in some muck off the side of the road. She couldn’t get any kind of traction with her hind legs so she …
Nash, Dog Over Cliff at Discovery Park
We arrived on the scene of a dog over a cliff near the tip of Discovery Park in Seattle, King County, and walked up the very short trail where Nash, a one year old Lab-Mastiff cross was down a cliff of about 25 feet. He ran along a path at the bottom of the drop-off …
Wiley, Dog on Mailbox Peak Trail
We teamed up with King County Explorer Search and Rescue (ESAR) with a dog who needed help down Mailbox Peak Trail. German Shepherd Dog Wiley, is a two year old and 130 lbs. He was unable to walk more than a few feet at a time, so we took a litter and wheel up to …
Chloe, Dog Over Cliff
We got a call for a dog over a cliff on Saturday, July 7, in Skagit County. We put a call out for available members and sent them to the site in Darrington, WA. A 60 lb. border collie mix, Chloe, had fallen about 250 ft. and needed help back to her owners. The site …
Cheyenne, Dog Over Cliff
We received a call for a dog down a steep slope in Arlington, WA. Cheyenne, a Husky, was 35-40 feet down and couldn’t make it back up on her own. We sent a call out to qualified members and had about 9 responders on the way shortly after. A couple of the technical team arrived …
Twix, Horse Across a River
On Monday afternoon we received a call for a horse on the wrong side of the river in Snohomish. We sent out a responder who lives in the area to have him evaluate the situation and take some photos so we could figure out if we could do a safe rescue and if so, how …