First Response Drone Pet Search & Rescue

06/16/2025

❤️‍🩹🐾🙏 Trixie is home & safe! When Darla Ward reached out to Lost Animal Resource Group - LARG about her neighbors Chocolate Lab gone missing with harness & leash attached, they knew they needed to move fast.

Additional help was needed from First Response Drone Pet Search & Rescue to get a thermal drone up quick.

Trixie was spooked while at an outdoor event in Charlestown, Md and ran off from Mom. She had been missing for two days, with no sightings on the last day.

Everyone feared she may have gotten stuck in the large area of woods she was last sighted near.

Bernie Hilditch rushed up to Charlestown and got his thermal drone in the air. The woods were thick, the search slow, but about 30 minutes in, Trixie's heat signature showed.

Bernie dropped a pin on her location and sent the map location to mom's phone.

Worst scenario was true. It began raining again, and there lay Trixie stuck by her leash. Mom & son-in-law used Bernie's pinned location to navigate the woods, and find Trixie stuck and free her.

Another dog saved. ❤️

06/15/2025

We've found Trixie in Charlestown, Md. deep in the woods hung up by her leash. Rescue underway.

06/15/2025

🚨🚨 Every second counts when a pet goes missing. That's why we've added another thermal drone to our team- doubling down on availability, coverage, and results. 🚁

🐾 In addition to drone search, we can provide K9 scent searches as well 🐾

We advise, help with poster creation, trap, and stay with you throughout the process.

Lost pet? We're ready to help. 24/7- 365 days 💙🐾
410-458-5077
443-866-7125

06/07/2025

Fawn season coincides with field/hay mowing season.

Tragically, many fawns suffer a gruesome death during mowing operations. Fawns are taught by mom to lay still to avoid detection by predators, making it incredibly difficult for field mowing operators to see them in high grass.

Using thermal drones, we can sweep fields prior to the mow to detect hidden fawns.

Call or message us if we can help.

05/30/2025

❤️‍🩹 When specialized knowledge & genuine dedication are needed most- you can count on us 🐕🐾

05/27/2025

Lyssa is home after 2 days in Churchville, MD!

Lyssa broke their through the fence and took off.

Karen Lynn Robbins-Hundertmark reached out to Lost Animal Resource Group - LARG for help. We started coaching on posters and feeding stations but Karen wanted additional help immediately and First Response Drone Pet Search & Rescue got involved.

Bernie Hilditch brought his thermal drone out ASAP to search and either confirm a sighting or clear an area. While searching with the thermal drone, fireworks started going off, which, of course made it difficult to search and also probably scared her away a little bit. She was most likely hiding in the woods or under a car or deck until things quieted down.

Bernie stressed the importance of getting flyers out at least two miles especially with the impact of the fireworks.

Bernie set the trap up at the point of loss, home. Denise B Harris from Larg designed flyers (while on vacation) and they got them out by midday the next day.

Later in the afternoon a sighting came in in an adjacent neighborhood - (FROM THE POSTERS).

We coached about using calming techniques when approaching a lost scared dog. Ryan went to the sighting location and did just that. He got low, was calm, and allowed Llysa to circle around some trees and she came to him.

He moved slowly, not moving towards her but letting her see, hear and smell him until she recognized him.

She is sleeping soundly at home, tired from her adventure.

When dogs get out, we always try to coach on survival mode, which is what the dog is going through and how they are processing things along with calming signals, which is a method of getting your lost pet to come to you while not chasing them. 

Also, if we haven’t mentioned lately, posters work. Posters are responsible for the majority of lost pets being reunited. Unfortunately, physical posters can be the thing that most people don’t do or wait too long to do. Posters bring sightings and sightings help bring the lost pet home.

First Response Drone utilizes K9 Search dogs, thermal drone technologies along with coaching, trapping and following through to give pet peer owners the best chance of getting their lost pet back !!!

To volunteer or donate, www.largcares.org

For help, reach out to First Response Drone Pet Search & Rescue

05/20/2025