Snohomish County Search & Rescue K9 Team

08/27/2026

💙🐾 **Thank You, Skookum Brewery & Our Amazing Community!** 🐾💙

We want to give a huge THANK YOU to Skookum Brewery and our incredible community for your generous support of Snohomish County K9 teams!

Your donations make a real difference, helping ensure our K9 teams have the training, equipment, and resources they need to be ready to respond whenever and wherever they are needed.

From the bottom of our hearts—and the tips of our K9s’ tails—thank you for standing behind our teams and supporting the important work they do! 🐕‍🦺❤️

08/21/2026

Thank you to Skookum Brewery for supporting the Snohomish County Volunteer Search & Rescue K9 Team at their event last Sunday!

It was wonderful to see so many members of the community come out to support our K9 teams and learn more about the important work these dogs and their handlers do.

We are incredibly grateful to Skookum Brewery for hosting us, supporting our team, and helping advocate for our search and rescue dogs. Community partnerships like these help us continue our mission and remind our volunteers just how much support stands behind them.

Thank you, Skookum Brewery, and thank you to everyone who came out to support SCVSAR K9!

08/16/2026

We're here until 5!

08/12/2026

🐾 Canines for Community Fundraiser Weekend! 🐕🍻
Join us at Skookum Brewery for a weekend dedicated to honoring and supporting our local four-legged heroes and their handlers! We’re raising funds for our K-9 & Search and Rescue teams with two full days of fun, local vendors, great beer, and awesome community events.

Saturday, August 15 | Benefiting Snohomish County K-9 Foundation
- Dunk the Deputy! Take your best shot at sending local deputies into the splash zone for a good cause.
- Bite the Brewer! Watch the action unfold as our brewery crew steps up to test out the K-9 suit.
- Local vendors on-site all afternoon!

Sunday, August 16 | Benefiting Snohomish County Search & Rescue K-9s
- Live K-9 Demonstrations showcasing the incredible skill and training of our local Search & Rescue teams!
- Local vendors on-site all afternoon!

$1.00 from every pint sold all weekend long will be donated directly to support our K-9 and Search & Rescue heroes!

Bring the crew, grab a pint, shop local vendors, and help us give back to the brave dogs and handlers who keep our community safe. See you there! 🐕✨

08/04/2026

It’s National Night Out! Come say hi to our K9s at the Mariner High School, Snohomish PD, and Stanwood Station locations!

07/20/2026

The SCVSAR K9 team sends our thoughts and condolences to handler Jon and the rest of the KCSD family on the loss of a truly special search dog. Rest easy, Lincoln ❤️🐾

💔 Heartbroken: K9 Lincoln’s search bells have gone silent after a remarkable life of service, achievement, and wholehearted joy.

An energetic Flat-Coated Retriever, Lincoln was an exceptional search dog with an unforgettable personality who always greeted the search subjects he found with a large ‘kiss’. He responded to over 150 search missions and had KCSD and NSDA certifications in wilderness airscent and human remains detection. In 2022, he received the AKC Search and Rescue Award for Canine Excellence for some of his finds. He represented search and rescue dogs before a national audience on ABC and ESPN, bringing his unmistakable enthusiasm to every moment.

Lincoln and his handler, Jon, built a partnership through years of training, missions, trust, and love. Together, they were wonderful ambassadors for KCSD and familiar faces at demonstrations, fundraisers, and events. Their work showed what is possible when a talented dog, a devoted handler, and a community of mentors and teammates align.

Dogs live in the moment, and Lincoln filled his moments completely. His life was rich with meaningful work, great adventures, beloved people, and extraordinary achievements. His legacy lives in the people he helped bring home, the teams he inspired, and the many hearts made better by knowing him.

Please join us in sending our love and condolences to Jon, Edith, K9 Puzzle, and everyone who loved Lincoln. We also invite you to share your memories of this extraordinary dog below.

Rest well, good boy. We are endlessly proud of you.

07/20/2026

07/07/2026

Way to go, Team Mo! 🐾

****FOR IMMEDIATE RELAESE****

July 7, 2026
Case #26-07868
Sgt Paul Wolfe

On July 5, 2026, deputies with the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Mount Vernon Police Department - WA in the search for a missing person. The individual was identified as a 21-year-old male with functional limitations.

After the subject’s vehicle was located abandoned, deputies requested the assistance of Skagit County Search and Rescue volunteers to aid in the search. The area consisted of dense, heavily wooded terrain, requiring the specialized training and capabilities of Search and Rescue personnel.

During the operation, Search and Rescue K-9 teams located personal items belonging to the missing individual and, shortly thereafter, successfully located him. He was transported to a nearby medical facility for evaluation and was later reunited with his family.

This incident highlights the critical role and dedication of our Search and Rescue volunteers. Their continued commitment, along with the exceptional work of the K-9 handler and her partner, “Mo” (pictured below), demonstrates the invaluable service they provide to the citizens of Skagit County.

07/02/2026

Our hearts are with Gunnar's family and loved ones during this difficult time.

It was an honor to assist our neighboring county alongside so many dedicated responders in helping bring Gunnar home. Thank you to everyone who worked tirelessly throughout this mission.

05/21/2026

Our hearts are with GSSD and handler Omar as they mourn the loss of K9 Benz. Thank you, Benz for your service. 🐾💔🐾