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Turning Rescued Dogs into Rescuers. Dodd, Johnny (AUTHOR) People. 7/9/2018, Vol. 90 Issue 3, p92-92. 1p. 3 Color Photographs. Article *NONPROFIT organizations OFFICIALS & employees UNITED States RESCUE dogs -- Training of SANTA Paula (Calif.) MELVILLE, Wilma The article profiles the Santa Paula, California-based nonprofit, the National Search Dog Foundation. Particular focus is given to the organization's founder, Wilma Melville, who is now 84. Additional topics discussed include how the non-profit rescues dogs from pounds and shelters in the U.S. and trains them to be FEMA-certified search dogs and how the organization was founded in 1996. 0093-7673 130382985 EBSCO Management Collection People HEROES AMONG US

Turning Rescued Dogs into Rescuers

WILMA MELVILLE'S CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT SAVES HOMELESS CANINES AND TRAINS THEM TO BE SEARCH DOGS

Last January, hours after a deadly wall of mud and debris roared through Montecito, Calif., one of the first responders on the scene was a 12-year-old border collie named Jester. "He would kill himself to find that scent of a survivor," says Jester's handler Capt. Davis Doty of the Orange County Fire Authority. "It's what he lives for."

The fact that Jester is alive at all is thanks to 84-year-old Wilma Melville—and her National Search Dog Foundation. Launched in 1996, the Santa Paula, Calif.-based non-profit rescues dogs from pounds and shelters around the country, trains them to be FEMA-certified search dogs, then pairs them with first responders. Abandoned in 2007, Jester was days away from being euthanized when Melville found him at a Northern California shelter. "The high energy which makes dogs like Jester difficult to live with can actually make them great search dogs," says Melville, whose volunteer staff and four full-time handlers have trained and deployed nearly 200 canines.

The retired gym teacher started SDF after she and her search dog Murphy assisted at the site of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing—where she'd been shocked to learn that there were only 15 certified search dog teams in the nation. "Since 1996 our dogs have been deployed around the world to hurricanes, earthquakes and floods," says Melville. "If anything good came out of the Oklahoma City bombing, this was it."

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'The beauty of dogs is that they give people hope'

—WILMA MELVILLE

PHOTO (COLOR): From Homeless to Heroes SDF founder Melville (top) at the nonprofit's 125-acre training compound in June 2018. First responder Davis Doty and his search dog Jester (left) in 2017. A current canine recruit (right) is put through its paces during SDF's 8- to 10-months-long intensive training program.

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