A Unit of the American Rescue Dog Association
Meet our Team:
- Sharon Ballweg
- Mike Calkins
- Brian Cox
- Jessica Cox
- Matt Denny
- Ann Hughes
- Lisa Kakavas
- Clay Maas
- Vickie Maas
- Paul Manley
- Kevin McNair
- Leigh Miller
- David Morris
- Donna Pate-Stumpfel
- Thomas Pate
- Ron Stumpfel
- Sarah Troyer
OUR MISSION:
Mason-Dixon Rescue Dogs provides competent, professional K9 Search and Rescue teams to respond as requested by Law Enforcement, Fire/Rescue, or other Responsible Agencies for strategic and tactical deployment, and to assist with the rescue/recovery of missing/lost persons and/or evidence recovery.
ABOUT MDRD:
When someone is reported lost or overdue, Mason-Dixon Rescue Dogs (MDRD) is available to provide highly trained Air Scent K9 teams to the requesting agency on a 24 hour basis. MDRD is a non-profit, volunteer search and rescue unit that trains K9 teams for many situations.
MDRD is a member of a national organization, the American Rescue Dog Association (ARDA), formed in 1972. All ARDA units are required to pass a full unit evaluation every three years by external evaluators. At this time, the unit's search management skills, base camp operations, and K9 teams are evaluated against the national standards. This external evaluation is unique to ARDA and exists to insure that the search teams that are provided have passed the most rigorous and exacting standards. This evaluation guarantees that any ARDA team called to a search scene will be able to respond in a uniform and consistent fashion. For more information on ARDA, please visit their website at www.ardainc.org.