Rescuers on Four Paws
Rescuers on Four Paws is a special rescue dog squadron that is often deployed when people go missing. Melanie Buch is a team member at the German Red Cross in Cologne. A rescue mission begins when an alarm on her phone rings. Buch states that she automatically gets an adrenaline rush from the ring, as this means her work begins.
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Volunteering with the rescue dog team
If you are interested in volunteering with the rescue dog team, you need to be at least 18 years old and physically fit.
In general, medium-sized dog breeds with moderate body weight are suitable as rescue dogs. However, any dog has the potential to become a rescue dog. The dog needs to be healthy and physically fit so they can work under demanding conditions.
In order for you and your dog to become part of a rescue dog team, two years of training is required. Information on joining the team and the training involved is available from the German Red Cross Red Cross and the Malteser Hilfsdienst or the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund.
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Pia Durth
Pia Durth was born in Paderborn in 2001 and grew up in Lippe. An internship at “Radio Lippe” was her introduction to journalism. From there, she moved to the local newspaper “Lippe Aktuell” as a freelancer. Her next step took her to the media metropolis of Cologne and an internship at a television production company. She now works in the media sector alongside her studies, sometimes in social media production, sometimes as an assistant on TV productions. Her next plan? To become a presenter!