The principal aims of the organisation are:

• To promote and co-ordinate adequate search and rescue dog arrangements in the lowland areas of the United Kingdom and its offshore islands.
• To assist and advise statutory bodies in lowland search and rescue dog work.
• To promote and encourage discourse and co-operation between any and all lowland search and rescue dog organisations in the United Kingdom.

In furtherance of these aims LSDogs is also active in developing and promoting standards of best practice for Lowland SAR Dog units as well as providing help and guidance to new and/or developing units.

LSDogs is run by a committee which is made up by representatives of its member units as well as co-opted members who bring their own skills and expertise into the organisation.

LSDogs has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Association for Lowland Search and Rescue (ALSAR) and seeks to maintain close links with such organisations and our goal is to ensure that all lowland areas of the UK have access to a specialised lowland SAR Dog unit.

LSDogs is represented by ALSAR at the UKSAR Operators Group and is represented from time to time on various national SAR committees.