Photographer Andrew Fladeboe has traveled the globe to capture working dogs doing their jobs with their owners and handlers. He’s trekked across countrysides with shepherds, gone on ride alongs with K9s and crawled through basements with search and rescue dogs to photograph them hard at work.
Looking at Andrew’s fantastic photographs, I realize just how indispensable dogs are for many people and the staggering number of important roles they play in our lives.
A shepherd dog tends to his flock.
Scooter watches over the sheep at Stonewood Farm on the South Island of New Zealand.
“I’ve never seen dogs so happy than I did at Te Hapu,” said Andrew.
Jay is a bomb detection dog. Here he is searching Westpac stadium before an event.
Rookie is an urban search-and-rescue dog from Christchurch, New Zealand and helps during disasters such as earthquakes. He’s getting a lift so he gets used to the feeling.
Cairo also an urban search-and-rescue dog.
This is a LANDSAR search and rescue dog training at a camp at the Mesopotamia station located on the South Island of New Zealand.
Finbar is a search and rescue dog trained for air scent and wilderness searches. He works on the beaches in New Zealand.
Keepa of Christchurch helps with urban search and rescue. Here she is training in a derelict apartment building.