So excited to be working on this project with @wildlandsnetwrk & @MojaveDesertLT. Our rescue dogs turned Conservation Dogs, Siska & Merlin are looking forward to getting paws on the ground & noses to the wind in search of genetic data on pumas & bobcats. 🦁🐕

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Shamelessly hopping on this trend… Our Wildlife Detection Dog Teams: So chic right now. 💅🏽🐾😎

What arrived in mail from Australia? Our retired #ConservationDog, Filson just got fan art! 🥲 He’s featured in Andrea Rowe’s book, “Dogs with Jobs” for his work sniffing for endangered species & illustrator, Julia Murray sent him a print as a keepsake 💕 publishing.hardiegrant.com/e…

🙏🏾to everyone who reached out during the recent PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation) Red Flag Alert in WA. All 20 of our dogs & staff are safe. We ran through our fire evacuation protocols in case of a Level 3 evac notice. Grateful to ALL the wildland firefighters. #wildfire

🐝 We've been bee-sy! Our #ConservationDog Echo recently detected not 1, but 2 bumble bee nests! Every nest detected helps researchers learn more about where these pollinators live. We're so proud of our Bumblebee Dog’s noses, helping uncover some of nature's best-kept secrets.

Meet our retired Conservation Dogs: our Grey Muzzle Club, our Old Guard. Adopted from shelters for their love of fetch, they dedicated their careers in service to wildlife. Pips (17) Winnie (16), Dio (14), Beckett (13), Filson (12). We 💗 you so much. You earned your couch time.

Safety 1st for our #ConservationDogs! Echo & Jax donned their @ruffwear Float Coats for coastal 🐺, 🐻 & puma research w S. Dixon, Marine Specialist at @pacificwild. 🙏🏾to First Nation “pawtners” for getting our Sniffer Dogs to the rugged shores where they could sniff for data.

We’re volunteering our sniff-pertise for coastal wolf, cougar, & bear research w @pacificwild. To offset fuel costs for First Nations providing boat transportation for our teams, head to: pacificwild.org/donate/ & select “𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵.” Every dollar matters 🙏🏾🥹 📸 S. Dixon

🫳🏻🗞️🐕 Newest Rogue Tails just dropped. Get stories straight from our fieldwork into your inbox! 👉🏽roguedogs.org!

What? This is such exciting news! Our Squirrel Conservation Dog Squad says "Awoooo"! 🐿️🐕

Our work in wildlife can often feel small in the scale of the galaxy, but our 𝘗𝘢𝘸-𝘥𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘴 remind us every day that even the smallest rebels can help restore balance to the forest. 🐾⭐🌲 #Rogue #Rebel #Alliance

🐻 And while we may call them our 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘴, the truth is they’re less sidekick and more Jedi Master. Our dogs are our guides, partners, and the ones truly leading this (wildlife detection) mission. #MayTheFourthBeWithYou 🐾

Our #rebel crews bushwhack through steep terrain, trusting the Nose to lead the way toward scats about the size of a Kowakian monkey-lizard’s 💩. The odds feel long, but our four-legged rogues are very good at finding hope in impossible places. 💫🌲 #MayTheForestBeWithYou

It feels only fitting that #StarWars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi was filmed in the very forests where we survey. Though, if we’re being honest, what our teams crawl through each day feels a little less Endor and a little more Dagobah.

🌲Our squadron of marten dogs, Rogues Ranger, Echo, Whisper, & Siska, have been deep in the Forest Moon of Endor this spring, sniffing for one of the rarest forest predators in the galaxy: the coastal marten. Small, scrappy, & surprisingly fierce, think Ewok, but w sharper teeth.

💤Snooze time in the field on our intense coastal marten surveys. This study area is steep & rugged, requiring all our physical (& mental) fortitude. Sure, our #ConservationDogs are go, go, go but it’s important we stop & rest so they can keep on sniffing for wildlife.

Happy Earth Day! 🌎 🐕 Tune in to a LIVE chat with @OPB @OPBTOL featuring @roguedetection cofounders as they talk about our furry pack of rescue dogs turned Conservation Canines, & all the hard work they do for wildlife & the environment. opb.org/show/thinkoutloud/

So how do we detect larva from endangered 🦋 ? Carefully, gently (& w research permits)! This work isn’t a hobby. There’s real consequences for wildlife, and our Conservation K9 Teams are dispatched to detect data in the wild that informs priority conservation needs. 🌻🐾