K9 Bear is a Black Labrador that was born February 2018

Handler: Bridget
Favorite Activities: Playing Fetch, walks with his handler Bridget and searching.
Favorite treat: Turkey
Favorite toy: “The Ball” and Antlers

Random Facts:

Bear likes to sleep on his back.
Bear is known for being the most calm lab on the team… but when it’s time to work then it’s go time.

Tamarack is an energetic, smart, fun-loving dog.  He was born on Oct. 19, 2019.  He is strong, fast, and loves being active.  His favorite activities include attending dog-team training (all play to him), playing fetch, and his very favorite is swimming. 

He is currently in-training to become a certified human recovery dog.  His handler is Scott Dietrich.  Scott is the Fire Chief of Shoshone County Fire District #2

Meet Lady! She’s one of 2 girls on the dog team that loves to keep up with the rest of the boys. Her favorite thing to do in training is searching so she can play tug o' war. 

Lady loves all humans and really is a man’s best friend. She’s very driven by food! Lady’s favorite treat is bacon. When she is not working hard, Lady loves to go on walks with her family and explore the outdoors. 

Things Lady loves:

Popcorn, Walks, Playing fetch, Licking people's hands, Chasing lasers and shadows

Lady’s Personality Traits:

Very loving, Goofy and High energy 

Murphy is a Yellow Labrador that was born at the end of 2013. Murphy has been a member of Idaho Disaster Dogs since he was 7 weeks old. He successfully passed the rigorous certification process when he was two years old. Murphy is a certified member of Idaho Task Force 1 and FEMA Washington Task Force 1. Murphy is one of the three senior members of the team. He is a litter mate with K9 Duke, and is closely related with K9 Tamarack as well.

Handler: Cody Moore
Favorite Activities: Searching, Agility and Hiking
Favorite treat: Ham
Favorite toy: Duck tug toy
Breeder: Born to Hunt Labradors

Random Facts:

Murphy has become known as the dog who was born without an off switch. He is a busy body.

After each successful certification exercise, murphy has earned a cheeseburger as a special reward.

Murphy is also known to talk a lot when he gets excited. He does not bark, but he loves to whimper with excitement.

Scout was born in 2013 and is the oldest dog on the team. Although he may be the oldest, he sure doesn’t act like it. He continuously challenges the younger dogs to try and keep up with him. Scout has been a member of the Idaho Disaster Dogs for practically his whole life! He is also a member of FEMA Washington Task Force 1. In September of 2020, Scout was deployed to Oregon to assist with the search efforts at the Holiday Farm Fire. He loves going to work with his handler, Chad, and hanging out with the firefighters at the station. 

Handler: Chad Matchell
Favorite Treat: Strawberries
Favorite Toy: Rubber Piggy

Favorite Things: 

Playing hide and seek with mom and dad at home.
Going to work with dad at the Fire Station.
Sleeping as much as possible!

Random Facts:

Scout has flown on planes all over the United States! He has been to Seattle, Phoenix, and even Miami on training missions with Chad.

Scout hates bugs! If there is a bug flying around him, he will snap at it and try to eat it… even if it is a “spicy” fly (wasp)!

Scout has a massive smile! He smiles whenever his parents get home from work, first thing in the morning when he wakes up, and smiles even bigger when he knows he’s been naughty. He also loves to cuddle and is convinced that he is a lap dog!

Duke has been with the team sine he was 7 weeks old. He was born at the end of 2013. He is also one of the three senior members of the team. He is part of our team and is also one of our canines that participates with FEMA Wa-TF1. Duke loves search and rescue work. In his off time he enjoys living his family out in the country. Duke and Murphy were litter mates and grew up working on this team together.

Handler: Scott Robinson

Favorite Activities: Searching, Agility, Bon Fires and being in the woods.

Favorite Treat: Peanut Butter Pretzels

Favorite Toy: Stuffed Animals

Breeder: Born to Hunt Labradors

Random Facts:

Duke is country through and through. He also has an extra deep bark. This tied together has earned him the nickname, “The Sam Elliot of Dogs”.

Chava is a Belgian Malinois, born in early 2022. She is currently in training to become a rescue dog. She joined our team in March of 2023. We most often start out dogs as puppies, but when the timing is right and we stumble into a good candidate we jump on the opportunity.

Handler: Cody Moore

Favorite Activity: Currently she is enjoying all of her new training. She loves to learn and work.

Favorite Treat: So far there is no food she doesn’t like.

Favorite Toy: She prefers Tug Toys

Random Facts:

Chava came to us from California. She was picked up by a citizen as a stray and placed into a shelter. There she picked up by a pet rescue group called Woof Project. We came across her add from Woof Project and adopted her to the team. Therefore she will be a rescue dog in two ways.

Eagle is a Chocolate Labrador. She is sponsored by the CDA Eagles. Eagle has been on the team since she was 8 weeks old. She has been a fantastic addition and is learning really fast. She is in training to become a recovery K9. Thus far she has impressed us every step of the way.

Morgan Zajicek is K9 Eagle’s Handler. They are a great team and working well togeher. We are excited to see what they accomplish.