Heroes of Our days. “Lincoln,” the Retriever Winner of Award for Canine Excellence 2022#shorts

“Lincoln,” a Flat-Coated Retriever Winner of the AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence 2022.
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Lincoln and his handler are part of King County Search Dogs in Washington State.

He responds to over 40 search missions and trains hundreds of hours per year.

Lincoln and his handler must be on call 24/7 and while as volunteers they are not required to respond to every call,
they respond to about 80% of them.

He has earned certifications in wilderness, air scent, and human remains detection.

Lincoln has been deployed on urban, water, forest, and alpine searches from the shores of Puget Sound to the crest of the Cascade Mountains.

He has even assisted on a few helicopter airlifts.

He has found two missing at-risk persons,
both in their late 80’s.

One search was completed at 2:30am and he was able to locate the missing person in less than 15 minutes.

The other had been missing overnight and despite the obstacles of a dense forest, was able to locate the person.