Dream Team Search Rescue and Recovery Inc

23/06/2025

Kobe missing in Dundas is now secure and with owners.

18/06/2025

Hunter missing on Hamilton Mountain has been found and is now back with owner. A very nice couple were able to secure him and phoned owner.

17/06/2025

The Outreach Event will not be at Gage Park this month. The new location is in the attached post below.

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This month's Outreach Event will be at The Knights of Columbus, 222 Queenston Rd. If you need free help with Pet Food or Pet Supplies come by and see us on Sunday June 29th from 12:00 - 2:00pm

08/06/2025

Great news... Ceaser has been located, picked up and returned home by Dream Team. The best part was we surprised the family and took a video.

07/06/2025

Dream Team has decided to try and start making video posts to show you more of what we do and how it happens. Members / Followers have expressed interest and curiosity over the years so we are going to let you in on procedures we follow, methods we use, equipment we use (all purchased using your generous donations), important tips for you all and much more. Some will be educational videos and others will be Dream Team Response Officers and other volunteers in action on video. Maybe we'll video the next time our Drone Pilot Bill puts up our thermal drone and let you see what we see from the $10,000 8K camera or the $12,000 thermal cam that hang below our $36,000 drone. Or maybe we'll share the bodycam video of our new scent tracking dog Gori and her handler / Response Officer Trish as they track a missing dog. We could post an educational video (like the one I'm going to post below) or a video of us at Dream Team discussing important info we feel should be passed on to you all. This will help you stay more engaged and involved with us at Dream Team and educate you on things along the way as well as let you meet some of the other faces behind Dream Team (so you're not always looking at my old mug lol). We may even go live on our page during certain things you just never know. Like I said we will try our best to keep this up but there are many times things get very busy for us and we all wear many hats to accomplish what we do so bear with us.
Also keep watching in the near future for upcoming Fundraising events. These would be something we may go live from. You can also make donations to [email protected] at anytime.
Today's video is an educational video. A few in Rescue have asked us about our food bag trap. The one we trapped Vaga in. How did we make it. How does it work. Several have asked over the years as this trap has been very successful for us and trapped many dogs. Electronic traps can fail in cold and bad weather or the electronics themself can fail. We know we have several of them which is the reason we like our food bag traps so much. Its simple and works in any weather or conditions. So we made a video of how to convert a 4'x6' dog pen into a food bag trap and added tips through the video. (Please remember the trapping of animals [domestic or wildlife] should only be done by licensed professionals).
We have also talked about creating seminars. One for the general public of what to do if you see a dog running down the street or more importantly what not to do. Also one geared towards Rescue people. A more indepth seminar to help when your foster dogs go missing and how to keep them safer. We could also put together a Course on how to properly do what we do. Would these be something you all would be interested in?
We hope you enjoy today's video and the start to many more to come.

23/05/2025

Daisy loose in Burlington is now secure and safe.

How the capture happened...
We received a sighting of Daisy hidden in the bush in the southeast part of the Paletta property on Lakeshore Rd. She was hidden close to the water in their trails. Dream Team responded as well as owners and friends of owners. When we all got there, we spread out looking for her and the man that had seen her. I ended up with Adam (son of Daisy's owner) and we searched the spot we were told she was hidden. We saw the man that called the sighting in and worked our way along the Shoreline of Lake Ontario to him. He pointed out the spot and I had Adam slowly approach it. Daisy wasn't there anymore she had moved. We searched the whole area figuring that she went up the embankment and was now up top. We all spread out again to try and get eyes on her. Caitlyn (Dream Team Response Officer) ran into 2 ladies who told her Daisy was running east on the break wall on the Shoreline of Lake Ontario. I had just run into Keven ( a friend of Daisy's owner and knows Daisy very well) so I told him to come with me and we went through a yard down to the Shoreline of Lake Ontario. We then climbed up on the break wall and started heading east on it (desperately hoping one of us didn't fall into the cold Lake water). We had Caitlyn stay up top and follow us along as we past each property. We came to a peak where we could get off the wall and go through bush along the edge so we chose to do that. We came back to break wall again so we split up. Keven took the break wall and I took the bush. About 20 more feet I see Keven stop and go down and say "hi Daisy". I asked if he could see her and he said yes and points to the bush she is hidden in just in front of us approx 20' away. I radio'd up to Caitlyn on our 2-way radio that we had eyes on her and to stop right above us. Keven started to talk to her and Daisy slowly started to come out. She then went straight to Keven and he was able to grab her leash that she was dragging. I then took the picture you see posted and Keven brought her down off the break wall. We then put a slip lead around her neck (extra security even though she was wearing a collar with a leash attached) and started planning how we were getting back out with Daisy. Just as we decided to climb the cliff and go straight up to the property above us Caitlyn radios me and tells us their is a coyote up top stalking us. Keven and I look up and here is a coyote looking down at us. We quickly decided to go back out the way we came down the break wall and hoped that we could traverse it back safely with Daisy in tow. The coyote was going to follow us so Caitlyn intravened and started hazing the Coyote (remember we had her stay up top so she is now in the same yard as the coyote). As we traversed back as quickly as we could and Caitlyn was successful in scaring off the coyote. We took the break wall all the way back to the property we came down from and went back up through the yard. We then walked down the road to the entrance of the trails on the Paletta property and through the trails heading back to the parking lot and where our cars were. Walking along the trails we ran into Julie (Daisy's owner) and the happy reunion video you see happened. We then went to the parking lot and loaded Daisy into the car and Julie headed off to take Daisy to her Vets and for a bath.
After the Vets...
Daisy is just fine. We thought she had a cut on her leg but it turned out to be more a scratch and she had a few more scratches. They will do blood tests in a week to see if she has any parasites etc (because we don't know what she has been drinking or eating) but other than that Daisy is just fine. She is very hungry and very tired but also very happy to be back with her mommy and family.

21/05/2025

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This month's Outreach Event will be at Gage Park (main parking off Lawrence Rd.). If you need free help with Pet Food or Pet Supplies come down and see us on Sunday May 25, between 12:00pm and 2pm. We will be set up in the parking lot.

11/05/2025

That concludes our Krispy Kreme fundraiser of 2025!

Thank you to everyone who donated and supported us, we could not do what we do without you amazing people who care!

Some people chose to donate and not recieved donuts and some people sent in donations just because they donate monthly. Whatever the case, we calculated all money that came in during our fundraiser and came up with a total profit of donations!

Dream team was able to make $1,014.00 from this fundraiser because of all of our loyal followers and supporters!

Thank you so much again and we hope you enjoyed your donuts!

29/04/2025

Maisie was lost during a walk on the Golf course (Hamilton Golf and Country Club).
At Approximately 7pm several hours after she went missing an older lady was seen petting a dog matching Maisies description. They were standing right at the trail head of the community trail.
In response to this sighting Dream Team deployed their scent detecting dog.
There were positives hits in the very spot the sighting came in.
Because the scent trail seemed to stop at this location, it seems that whomever was petting the dog carried it away. As many would do if they came across a dog on its own needing help.
Helping the dog was of course appreciated. However, there has been no contact from this person, and no sign of the dog.
We are posting in hopes of reaching this person (even if it's just to confirm it was NOT Maisie)
We can do things anonymously, or if you do have Maisie you can drop her at the closest shelter.
Her family would like to see her come home...she's a nice dog because she is a loved dog.

29/04/2025

We are putting in the order today for our Krispy Kreme fundraiser!

If there are any last minute orders please contact us immediately as we will be calling the order in for confirmation at 3pm!

Thank you everyone who supported us in this fundraiser 🤗

23/04/2025

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This month's Outreach Event will be at Gage Park (main parking off Lawrence Rd.). If you need free help with Pet Food or Pet Supplies come down and see us on Sunday April 27, between 12:00pm and 2pm. We will be set up in the parking lot.

17/04/2025

Dixie missing in Hamilton was seen walking with a man. Hamilton Police have located him and retreived Dixie back. She is now back with her owners!