Verified working animals 🎖️

German Shepherd, 6 yrs. Dual-purpose patrol and narcotics detection. Deployed to Metro PD in 2021 after 14 months at the Vohne Liche training facility.

Yellow Labrador, matched with Sam in the GDB class of Jun 2023. On-harness we work; off-harness he's still all Lab.

Standard Poodle x Lab, ADI-accredited placement Mar 2024 after 2 yrs advanced mobility training. Juno is a working service dog — please don't distract when the cape is on.

Australian Shepherd, medical-alert placement. Trained to scent-alert on low and high blood glucose before my CGM does. Two solid years on the job.

Golden Retriever, 6 yrs. Registered therapy dog visiting oncology and long-stay peds every Tuesday and Thursday with a hospital vest and handler leash.

Golden Retriever, 5 yrs. AKC CGC + Alliance of Therapy Dogs registered. Standing Thursday appointment with the memory-care residents.

Quarter Horse mare, 14 yrs. Steady gait, unflappable temperament. Over 500 documented therapeutic riding sessions with riders with physical and cognitive disabilities.

Belgian Malinois, 5 yrs. Wilderness air-scent certified. Deployable across King and Snohomish counties. 12 confirmed live finds since 2023.

Border Collie, 4 yrs. AKC Farm Dog Certified. Moves 120 head of sheep dawn to dusk and escorts the kids to the school bus. Off-duty: barn naps.

Dutch Shepherd, 5 yrs. Single-purpose patrol dog with a serious drive on the bite work and a completely different off switch at home. Sourced through Vohne Liche as a green dog in 2022.

Black Labrador, 4 yrs. Trained at Lackland AFB. Works the airport passenger flow screening for explosive odors — all nose, zero teeth.

Standard Poodle, 3 yrs. Psychiatric service dog. Trained to interrupt nightmares, do room clears on request, and buffer crowds in public. In vest = on the clock.

Cocker Spaniel, 5 yrs. Career-changed shelter pup turned certified hearing dog. Alerts to doorbell, smoke alarm, name call, and timer — makes contact and leads me to the sound.

Golden Retriever, 6 yrs. Avalanche-certified rescue dog. Rides the lift with patrol every morning; buried-victim search-ready inside 15 minutes of a call.

Newfoundland, 7 yrs. 150 lbs of purpose-bred water rescue. Trained to tow a swimmer, a raft, or a helicopter drop line back to shore. Winter and summer, in the water.

Australian Cattle Dog, 5 yrs. Moves 400 head of cattle across pasture and loading chutes. Nips heels on the stubborn ones, ignores the calm ones. Sleeps in the truck.

American Miniature Horse mare, 8 yrs. Placed as a guide animal in 2022 for a partner with severe dog allergies. Works in a rigid guide harness with rubber sneakers on all four hooves.

Juliana mini pig, 4 yrs. Registered Pet Partners therapy animal. Rounds palliative care and rehab on Wednesdays — riders love the novelty, and she rides an elevator like a pro.

Holland Lop, 5 yrs. Registered Pet Partners therapy rabbit. Small, quiet, and steady — ideal for lap visits with hospice residents who can no longer manage a dog.

Domestic shorthair, 6 yrs. Registered Pet Partners therapy cat. Works infusion chairs on Fridays — quiet lap visits for patients who miss their own cats at home.

Congo African Grey, 18 yrs. Registered Pet Partners therapy bird. Talks, whistles on cue, and holds still for gentle head scratches — long-stay pediatric patients ask for him by name.

Mini Mediterranean donkey, 11 yrs. Credentialed PATH Intl. therapy equine. Visits the patio at memory care twice a week — residents groom her, and she stands like a statue for it.

African giant pouched rat, 4 yrs. APOPO-accredited landmine detection animal. Too light to trigger a mine, works ~200 sq m in 20 minutes — pace no metal detector matches.

24-head working goat herd. Contracted for wildland-urban interface fuels reduction — they clear blackberry, poison oak, and dry grass off slopes a mower can't reach.

Belgian racing homer, 3 yrs. AU-registered working messenger pigeon. Flies live demonstration dispatches at Signal Corps heritage events — reliable at 250+ miles, home in under a day.

Female Harris's hawk, 5 yrs. Licensed working raptor on a commercial abatement crew. Flown at dawn to move starling flocks off ripening fruit — non-lethal, and the flocks learn fast.

Common rook, 4 yrs. Trained park working corvid. Trades collected cigarette butts and small litter for feed pellets at a keeper-built reward box — quietly out-performs the cleanup crew on windy days.