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The avalanche dog team at Solitude Mountain Resort, Utah, is getting a whole lot cuter. The resort, in a social media post, introduced Dasha, a black nine-week-old Australian Shepherd Lab mix, ...

ALTA, Utah — When an avalanche happens, one invaluable tool is avalanche dogs. Many teams from around the West coast bring their dogs to Utah to get trained at Wasatch Backcountry Rescue’s Avalanche ...

Baggs, a 5-month-old golden retriever, was the runt of the litter. Now, she’s training to be an avalanche rescue dog. Dogs play an essential role when an avalanche strikes. Their powerful noses help ...

LA PLATA COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) – Purgatory, for Catholics is a place of suffering before they go to heaven. For skiers, it’s a place they want to go for some of the best snow in the state. But, ...

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Avalanche dogs to the rescue Samara is a beautiful two-year-old Shepherd mix with chocolate brown eyes. She is high energy, friendly, and would love to be your only furry baby. Do you have room in ...

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For the dogs, getting to that point takes lots of training, though—they’re working animals with a specialized skillset and certification process. Typically, their careers last between eight and ten ...