Welcome to Dorset Search Dogs
DORSET SEARCH DOGS is a charity assisting the Police, Coastguard and other Search and Rescue teams look for missing persons across the South.
DORSET SEARCH DOGS is a charity assisting the Police, Coastguard and other Search and Rescue teams look for missing persons across the South.
Dorset Search Dogs, in collaboration with Wessex Rescue, had a productive day on the water, participating in a filming session with BBC South. The coverage highlighted the fruitful partnership between the two teams, emphasizing the positive impact of grants received from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks.
During the day, 
a working demonstration took place in Poole Harbour, featuring our remarkable search dog Rufus in action, successfully locating a person in the water. Following the demonstration, team members were interviewed, shedding light on our operations and the significant benefits granted to both teams, both on and off the water.
To conclude the day, an exciting announcement was made by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks, awarding Dorset Search Dogs a further grant to support our Water Search Dog Project.
Dorset Search Dogs is a voluntary organisation, please support our sponsors by visiting their websites by clicking the button below. All donations are gratefully received; to donate please use the Become A Sponsor button below.
Today we were proud and honoured to be invited to share the commemmoration of Emergency Services Day. A short service acknowledged our contribution alongside the Emergency Services, followed by tea and biccies in the Town Hall. As usual, other attendees were more interested in meeting the four paw representatives from our team than the humans ones!!
We are so grateful for the support we receive in David's memory to help us to continue to assist in searches for vulnerable missing persons. Many congratulations to the winners
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29th AUGUST 2025. VOTING IS NOW OPEN. IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE YOU WILL HAVE RECEIVED AN E MAIL. THERE IS ONLY A SHORT VOTING WINDOW. IT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH TO US TO BE CHOSEN, PLEASE CONSIDER VOTING FOR DORSET SEARCH DOGS............( heads up, there are 2 "vote now" buttons. If the first one doesn't work yoy need to scroll down to the second one).
We are thrilled and excited to have been shortlisted to be one of 🍒AFCB's🍒Charity Partners for the 25/26 and 26/27 seasons.
We are all volunteers and rely entirely on people's generosity to continue to, with our amazing dogs, assist the police and our colleagues in other search and rescue teams to search for vulnerable missing persons.
We are on call 24/7, 365 days a year.
On average we assist in over 75 callouts a year. That's 75 missing people who need to be found, 75 families and loved ones who desperately want their family member or friend found.
We could not help with searching for them without the support of others.
Being one of our amazing local Premier League football team's charity partners would phenomenally assist us both financially and in raising awareness of what we do.
If you are one of the following ( or know someone or a business concern who is, or you could share this to help us achieve the partnership with the Cherries):-
🍒An AFCB supporter
🍒A Net business partner/member
🍒A member of AFCB staff
🍒A Junior Cherry
.....you will shortly receive an e mail advising you how to vote. VOTING IS OPEN FROM 25th AUGUST 2025.
PLEASE vote for us if you or someone you know is eligible.
Thank you so much
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Such Good News that the missing person we've been helping to search for has now been found.
This search was a true team effort, supported by multiple agencies working tirelessly together.
What a great end to volunteer week.
Missing man from Poole found after 'extensive' search
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk
A man from Poole that went missing has been found after an 'extensive' search.© Dorset Search Dogs 2025
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