Mantrailing
Dogs that follow the trail of a specific person. The dog can trail the person from their last known location. Can be used in urban or rural areas.
Air Scenting
Air Scent search dogs can be deployed to cover large areas, helping locate a missing person quickly. Highly versatile, they excel in forestry, farmland and even some urban environments.
Human Remains Detection
Dogs that are trained to find the remains of recently or long term deceased missing persons.
How to get in touch?
Please call us in case of an emergency, if the matter is not urgent please email info@Issard.ie
About us
Ireland’s Specialist Search and Rescue Dogs (ISSARD) is a voluntary organisation dedicated to the training and deployment of highly specialised search and rescue dogs. Our mission is to serve as a resource to An Garda Síochána, other tasking agencies and SAR Teams, providing expert K9 support in the search, rescue, and recovery of missing persons throughout the island of Ireland. Our team is committed to upholding the highest standards in search and rescue, ensuring a professional, reliable, and effective response when it matters most.
How can you help?
Keep an eye on our social media channels, we’re often looking for people to hide for our dogs!
Gallery
Some pictures of our dogs in training
Our Sponsors
We are almost entierly self funded so we really appreciate our sponors who help us do what we do!
