Rogue Detection Teams
@roguedogs.bsky.social
Wildlife Detection Dogs, adopted from shelters, who sniff for data on endangered species in service to our shared environments. 🐾🌍🌱
Filson says he still can't believe @oikosjournal.bsky.social chose this pic! Awoo! He appreciated the opportunity to contribute to wildlife surveys in Yosemite NP alongside this team of amazing researchers. 👏🏽🐾
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Filson says he still can't believe @oikosjournal.bsky.social chose this pic! Awoo! He appreciated the opportunity to contribute to wildlife surveys in Yosemite NP alongside this team of amazing researchers. 👏🏽🐾
💙 Excited to have participated in this dynamic wildlife research alongside Martin et al.(2025) in Yosemite NP. By our side when we snapped this pic? Our cowoofer, Filson. 👇🏽 We're grateful to his nose for all the data he helped detect!
-With @mellenmartin.bsky.social
-With @mellenmartin.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
💙 Excited to have participated in this dynamic wildlife research alongside Martin et al.(2025) in Yosemite NP. By our side when we snapped this pic? Our cowoofer, Filson. 👇🏽 We're grateful to his nose for all the data he helped detect!
-With @mellenmartin.bsky.social
-With @mellenmartin.bsky.social
Climbing to new heights for noninvasive wildlife research! Our #ConservationDogs are currently on assignment for endangered Sierra Nevada red fox surveys in the Eastern Sierras. The views are epic, but to get here takes some effort 😅🐾🤘🏽 Work in collaboration w California Dept of Fish & Wildlife
September 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Climbing to new heights for noninvasive wildlife research! Our #ConservationDogs are currently on assignment for endangered Sierra Nevada red fox surveys in the Eastern Sierras. The views are epic, but to get here takes some effort 😅🐾🤘🏽 Work in collaboration w California Dept of Fish & Wildlife
Newsletter Launch! 🚀👩🏽🚀: roguedogs.org
Join us as we share our Conservation K9's stories:
🐾 Meet the wildlife we sniff for
🧬 Learn about our noninvasive research
⚙️ Revel in our gear reviews
💅🏽 Get pro tips from our Bounders
💝 Squee over our 🐕🦺 adoption stories
🐕 Support our conservation efforts
Join us as we share our Conservation K9's stories:
🐾 Meet the wildlife we sniff for
🧬 Learn about our noninvasive research
⚙️ Revel in our gear reviews
💅🏽 Get pro tips from our Bounders
💝 Squee over our 🐕🦺 adoption stories
🐕 Support our conservation efforts
August 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Newsletter Launch! 🚀👩🏽🚀: roguedogs.org
Join us as we share our Conservation K9's stories:
🐾 Meet the wildlife we sniff for
🧬 Learn about our noninvasive research
⚙️ Revel in our gear reviews
💅🏽 Get pro tips from our Bounders
💝 Squee over our 🐕🦺 adoption stories
🐕 Support our conservation efforts
Join us as we share our Conservation K9's stories:
🐾 Meet the wildlife we sniff for
🧬 Learn about our noninvasive research
⚙️ Revel in our gear reviews
💅🏽 Get pro tips from our Bounders
💝 Squee over our 🐕🦺 adoption stories
🐕 Support our conservation efforts
Look what Rogue Ranger found during his wildlife detection surveys! Our dog teams follow the clues to find the data, and sometimes it leads us to fun field finds like this elk shed.
Atta boy, Ranger!🦌
Atta boy, Ranger!🦌
July 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Look what Rogue Ranger found during his wildlife detection surveys! Our dog teams follow the clues to find the data, and sometimes it leads us to fun field finds like this elk shed.
Atta boy, Ranger!🦌
Atta boy, Ranger!🦌
Careful you don't get pinched, Jax!
Wildlife Dog, Jax, on assignment for 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 🦀 (𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘴) in pawtnership w @noaa.gov
Traditional lands of the qʷidiččaʔa·tx̌, Makah Tribe
Wildlife Dog, Jax, on assignment for 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 🦀 (𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘴) in pawtnership w @noaa.gov
Traditional lands of the qʷidiččaʔa·tx̌, Makah Tribe
July 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Careful you don't get pinched, Jax!
Wildlife Dog, Jax, on assignment for 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 🦀 (𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘴) in pawtnership w @noaa.gov
Traditional lands of the qʷidiččaʔa·tx̌, Makah Tribe
Wildlife Dog, Jax, on assignment for 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 🦀 (𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘴) in pawtnership w @noaa.gov
Traditional lands of the qʷidiččaʔa·tx̌, Makah Tribe
📣 Help our #ConservationDogs prepare for their "impawtent" role as #Bumblebee Nest Detection Dogs!
We're looking for BB nests to teach our dogs the odor! 👇🏽🐝🐕🦺
We're looking for BB nests to teach our dogs the odor! 👇🏽🐝🐕🦺
May 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
📣 Help our #ConservationDogs prepare for their "impawtent" role as #Bumblebee Nest Detection Dogs!
We're looking for BB nests to teach our dogs the odor! 👇🏽🐝🐕🦺
We're looking for BB nests to teach our dogs the odor! 👇🏽🐝🐕🦺
We would not be who we are today without our 🌈 Dogs. We hope they know that our #ConservationDog program exists because of their special souls.
Thank you for your service to #nature & #wildlife.
🌱🌍🐾
Thank you for your service to #nature & #wildlife.
🌱🌍🐾
May 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We would not be who we are today without our 🌈 Dogs. We hope they know that our #ConservationDog program exists because of their special souls.
Thank you for your service to #nature & #wildlife.
🌱🌍🐾
Thank you for your service to #nature & #wildlife.
🌱🌍🐾
And can we get some Paws Up for our retired and semi-retired crew??! 😍 These pups may have slowed down, but they ♥️ still love their "job" for #wildlife, and will assist in gentle detection projects. 👉🏽 🐛🦋🐝🐢
May 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
And can we get some Paws Up for our retired and semi-retired crew??! 😍 These pups may have slowed down, but they ♥️ still love their "job" for #wildlife, and will assist in gentle detection projects. 👉🏽 🐛🦋🐝🐢
A special nod to our Seasonal Rogues 🤘🏽🐕🦺 : The personal #WildlifeDogs of our seasonal Bounders (👈🏽 Our word for our Detection Dog Handlers).
May 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A special nod to our Seasonal Rogues 🤘🏽🐕🦺 : The personal #WildlifeDogs of our seasonal Bounders (👈🏽 Our word for our Detection Dog Handlers).
We're 🍀 and adopted these 4 "newbs" into our #ConservationDog family this past year 🥲🥰👇🏽
May 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We're 🍀 and adopted these 4 "newbs" into our #ConservationDog family this past year 🥲🥰👇🏽
Meet Our pack of Wildlife Detection Dogs!: A field guide to the many furry faces of @roguedogs.bsky.social 👉🏽🐕🦺🌍
May 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Meet Our pack of Wildlife Detection Dogs!: A field guide to the many furry faces of @roguedogs.bsky.social 👉🏽🐕🦺🌍
Happy #EarthDay from our pack of #ConservationDogs. From semi-retired (Filson, L), to new recruit (Echo, R), our dog teams work diligently in service to the environment, detecting data on wildlife. Whatever may come, we are grateful to "pawtner" with such dedicated cowoofers in service to nature 🌎🐕🦺
April 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Happy #EarthDay from our pack of #ConservationDogs. From semi-retired (Filson, L), to new recruit (Echo, R), our dog teams work diligently in service to the environment, detecting data on wildlife. Whatever may come, we are grateful to "pawtner" with such dedicated cowoofers in service to nature 🌎🐕🦺
Honored to present at the Endangered Wildlife Trust, African K9s in Conservation Conference 2025. We're sharing the legacy of #ConservationK9 Scooby who spent 2 yrs sniffing for lions, cheetah, leopards & wild dogs in 🇿🇦 & 🇲🇿. Find this research: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
March 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Honored to present at the Endangered Wildlife Trust, African K9s in Conservation Conference 2025. We're sharing the legacy of #ConservationK9 Scooby who spent 2 yrs sniffing for lions, cheetah, leopards & wild dogs in 🇿🇦 & 🇲🇿. Find this research: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
🧪 This is *why* our Wildlife Detection Dogs work so hard to detect data of endangered species... It's all about the 💩!
🎥: Sierra Nevada red 🦊 surveys w Dr. Sacks's Mammalian Ecology & Conservation Unit at @ucdavis.bsky.social Veterinary Medicine, featuring our #ConservationK9s, Filson & Whisper.
🎥: Sierra Nevada red 🦊 surveys w Dr. Sacks's Mammalian Ecology & Conservation Unit at @ucdavis.bsky.social Veterinary Medicine, featuring our #ConservationK9s, Filson & Whisper.
March 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🧪 This is *why* our Wildlife Detection Dogs work so hard to detect data of endangered species... It's all about the 💩!
🎥: Sierra Nevada red 🦊 surveys w Dr. Sacks's Mammalian Ecology & Conservation Unit at @ucdavis.bsky.social Veterinary Medicine, featuring our #ConservationK9s, Filson & Whisper.
🎥: Sierra Nevada red 🦊 surveys w Dr. Sacks's Mammalian Ecology & Conservation Unit at @ucdavis.bsky.social Veterinary Medicine, featuring our #ConservationK9s, Filson & Whisper.
Just got our 1st call, likely not the last: one of our wildlife projects is at risk. We rescue shelter 🐕, who 💕 🥎, to find endangered species & support noninvasive wildlife research. That's it. We don’t ask for much. Just the chance to help our natural world. Uncertain times ahead. 😔💙🌎
February 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Just got our 1st call, likely not the last: one of our wildlife projects is at risk. We rescue shelter 🐕, who 💕 🥎, to find endangered species & support noninvasive wildlife research. That's it. We don’t ask for much. Just the chance to help our natural world. Uncertain times ahead. 😔💙🌎
So excited to attend @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social Sierra Nevada Red 🦊 Working Group meeting & see our #ConservationDog Filson featured for his work w this endangered species!
🙏🏾 to project partners @ucdavis.bsky.social. Our dog teams 🤎 using their noses to sniff for 🦊💩 for 🧬research!
🙏🏾 to project partners @ucdavis.bsky.social. Our dog teams 🤎 using their noses to sniff for 🦊💩 for 🧬research!
February 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
So excited to attend @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social Sierra Nevada Red 🦊 Working Group meeting & see our #ConservationDog Filson featured for his work w this endangered species!
🙏🏾 to project partners @ucdavis.bsky.social. Our dog teams 🤎 using their noses to sniff for 🦊💩 for 🧬research!
🙏🏾 to project partners @ucdavis.bsky.social. Our dog teams 🤎 using their noses to sniff for 🦊💩 for 🧬research!
When working dogs don't know how to quit...
Our 15-yr-old retired Conservation Dog, Pips, sitting proudly next to a pine marten scat he detected.
Thank you, Pips, for all you hard for for wildlife over the years 💞🐕
Our 15-yr-old retired Conservation Dog, Pips, sitting proudly next to a pine marten scat he detected.
Thank you, Pips, for all you hard for for wildlife over the years 💞🐕
January 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
When working dogs don't know how to quit...
Our 15-yr-old retired Conservation Dog, Pips, sitting proudly next to a pine marten scat he detected.
Thank you, Pips, for all you hard for for wildlife over the years 💞🐕
Our 15-yr-old retired Conservation Dog, Pips, sitting proudly next to a pine marten scat he detected.
Thank you, Pips, for all you hard for for wildlife over the years 💞🐕
Just us watching the evening sky last night with Canis Minor right above us. Was this a sign for us?
🥲🐕💫🖖🏽
#StarryNight
#Awoo
#WildlifeConservationDogs
🥲🐕💫🖖🏽
#StarryNight
#Awoo
#WildlifeConservationDogs
January 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just us watching the evening sky last night with Canis Minor right above us. Was this a sign for us?
🥲🐕💫🖖🏽
#StarryNight
#Awoo
#WildlifeConservationDogs
🥲🐕💫🖖🏽
#StarryNight
#Awoo
#WildlifeConservationDogs
Happy #ConservationDogDay from our pack of wildlife detection dogs!
We 🎉 our current #DetectionDogs while also remembering the "tailblazers" like our late Alli, who opened the door to this field & methodology. 🥲
📸 Alli on assignment in CA for noninvasive pine marten research, 2006.
We 🎉 our current #DetectionDogs while also remembering the "tailblazers" like our late Alli, who opened the door to this field & methodology. 🥲
📸 Alli on assignment in CA for noninvasive pine marten research, 2006.
January 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Happy #ConservationDogDay from our pack of wildlife detection dogs!
We 🎉 our current #DetectionDogs while also remembering the "tailblazers" like our late Alli, who opened the door to this field & methodology. 🥲
📸 Alli on assignment in CA for noninvasive pine marten research, 2006.
We 🎉 our current #DetectionDogs while also remembering the "tailblazers" like our late Alli, who opened the door to this field & methodology. 🥲
📸 Alli on assignment in CA for noninvasive pine marten research, 2006.
Read an interview with a Rogue! Our Co-director, J. Hartman shares about Life As A Wildlife Detection Dog Handler (or "Bounder" in Rogue speak).
Thank you to Canvas Rebel for sharing #herstory. 🙏🏾🐾
canvasrebel.com/check-out-je...
Thank you to Canvas Rebel for sharing #herstory. 🙏🏾🐾
canvasrebel.com/check-out-je...
January 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Read an interview with a Rogue! Our Co-director, J. Hartman shares about Life As A Wildlife Detection Dog Handler (or "Bounder" in Rogue speak).
Thank you to Canvas Rebel for sharing #herstory. 🙏🏾🐾
canvasrebel.com/check-out-je...
Thank you to Canvas Rebel for sharing #herstory. 🙏🏾🐾
canvasrebel.com/check-out-je...
It was a very Rogue Year in Wildlife Detection: 2024 was (bio)diverse!
We're grateful to our "pawsome" collaborators for their dedication to noninvasive wildlife research. Here's looking at you 2025 (& all the species our #ConservationK9s will sniff for).
🎊🧧🐕🦺
#NewYear2025
We're grateful to our "pawsome" collaborators for their dedication to noninvasive wildlife research. Here's looking at you 2025 (& all the species our #ConservationK9s will sniff for).
🎊🧧🐕🦺
#NewYear2025
January 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
It was a very Rogue Year in Wildlife Detection: 2024 was (bio)diverse!
We're grateful to our "pawsome" collaborators for their dedication to noninvasive wildlife research. Here's looking at you 2025 (& all the species our #ConservationK9s will sniff for).
🎊🧧🐕🦺
#NewYear2025
We're grateful to our "pawsome" collaborators for their dedication to noninvasive wildlife research. Here's looking at you 2025 (& all the species our #ConservationK9s will sniff for).
🎊🧧🐕🦺
#NewYear2025
Retired Conservation Dog Pips, living his best life by the fire. 🐾🔥
After 15 years of service, he deserves all the naps. 💛 Among his achievements? Finding threatened Oregon Silverspot larvae—tinier than a grain of rice—after 40 years unseen in the wild. 🌼
Sweet dreams, Pips. ✨🐶 #WildlifeHero
After 15 years of service, he deserves all the naps. 💛 Among his achievements? Finding threatened Oregon Silverspot larvae—tinier than a grain of rice—after 40 years unseen in the wild. 🌼
Sweet dreams, Pips. ✨🐶 #WildlifeHero
December 11, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Retired Conservation Dog Pips, living his best life by the fire. 🐾🔥
After 15 years of service, he deserves all the naps. 💛 Among his achievements? Finding threatened Oregon Silverspot larvae—tinier than a grain of rice—after 40 years unseen in the wild. 🌼
Sweet dreams, Pips. ✨🐶 #WildlifeHero
After 15 years of service, he deserves all the naps. 💛 Among his achievements? Finding threatened Oregon Silverspot larvae—tinier than a grain of rice—after 40 years unseen in the wild. 🌼
Sweet dreams, Pips. ✨🐶 #WildlifeHero
#Thankful for our pack.
These are the rugged Field Scientists, human & #K9, who trek the wilderness for data on imperiled species. We are grateful for their dedication & commitment to #Wildlife. 🐾🌎
📸: Noelle/Mako; Matilda/Jax; Collette/Dio; Grace/Ranger; Juno/Stern; & Colin/Siska.
These are the rugged Field Scientists, human & #K9, who trek the wilderness for data on imperiled species. We are grateful for their dedication & commitment to #Wildlife. 🐾🌎
📸: Noelle/Mako; Matilda/Jax; Collette/Dio; Grace/Ranger; Juno/Stern; & Colin/Siska.
November 30, 2024 at 2:08 AM
#DetectionTeam Juno & Stern just wrapped up black 🐻 surveys in Michigan w UT State Univ in collaboration w MI DNR. Let's give the team 3 "awoos" for their hard work. They braved frosty mornings, camping in the 🥶, & long surveys in search of data (💩). Samples have been sent to the lab for analysis! 💪🏿
November 13, 2024 at 5:03 PM
#DetectionTeam Juno & Stern just wrapped up black 🐻 surveys in Michigan w UT State Univ in collaboration w MI DNR. Let's give the team 3 "awoos" for their hard work. They braved frosty mornings, camping in the 🥶, & long surveys in search of data (💩). Samples have been sent to the lab for analysis! 💪🏿