Working Dogs
| Here, I will share with you, some of the letters, photos and newspaper articles I receive from Law Enforcement Officers and SAR Personnel, who work Bloodhounds born at Lake Bloodhound Kennels and rescued from shelters across the country. |
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| Just wanted to reach for you and wish you a very Merry Christmas. Clue and I recently attended a Bloodhound Seminar in Sanford, FL and Clue certified with the United States Mantrailing Association. He is doing really well, attached are a couple pictures for you and a note from one of the guys I met at the seminar who ran into someone who has one the litter. Talk Soon, Happy Holidays! Luis and K9 Clue |
| While we were doing a grid search I came across a Bloodhound that looked remarkably like your "Clue." Remember, I don't have a clue, you do! Anyway, to show how small the world can be, I told this lady that I had met this Palm Beach County Sheriff at the Mark Holmes Seminar and he had a Bloodhound that looked just like hers. I told her Clue's name and she said, "Small world" this is Clue's Brother, Ripley I believe was his name. Best looking Bloodhounds I have ever seen! Stay safe and Happy Holiday's, Martin S Longest |
| Here's a picture of me and Elvis in Waveland, Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina. Elvis helped track down looters in the area of Bay St. Louis and Waveland while on a 9 day trip to the Gulf coast in September. Over the course of 2 months in 2005, bloodhound Elvis was deployed on a child who repeatedly ran away. The child had numerous mental disorders and would routinely run into a swamp area whever it rained. All 3 times Elvis was told to find the child, he found him. On 2 of the calls, the 11 year old child was located by Elvis deep in a swamp. On the other call, Elvis found him hiding in a tool shed behind the house. Over the past year, Elvis has also found an armed robbery suspect, along with several other missing persons and criminals. Elvis is now in his 6th year of helping locate missing persons and criminals on the run. We're getting to the point of considering our options when Elvis reaches the point where he can't work or if something else happens to him. He is at "that age". Would we be able to get a pup or 2?? Is Elvis too old to breed? Jon Burcham |
| SAR Team: SW FL K-9 Search Unit Certified track/trail dog Finds: Several Alzhemier patients, a 10 year old boy, tracked a babysitter and child out of town (they left in a vehicle), tracked an escaped psych patient to I-75, and travelled north until exhausted - patient found in NY a few weeks later, placed a perp. at the scene of a crime, is working a case over in Broward county now that's 3 months old. Ripley came into SE Bloodhound Rescue as an abused puppy. For the past 5 years, he's been on a SAR team, been through obedience, and has his CGC. He's worked with the US Disaster Team, Dog Training Center's of Tampa, Orange County SAR, and CUE Centers for Missing Person's. We've travelled as far as the pan handle, and were prepared to fly to Kansas to assist with a search. |
| Letting you know that Gracey is doing exceptionally well in her training. We recently completed an 80 hour state law enforcement certified man trailing course. There where two NPBA instructors there, and both commented that she is an outstanding hound, as good as they have seen given her age with unlimited potential. She was also filmed and shown in a clip on Chicago TV news. I will send you a tape. It is only a few minutes long. Also, are you a member of the National Bloodhound Association? If so, will you please sponsor me? I would like to take her to Pennsylvania next month for a trailing trial. Thanks, Mark |
| I was called out last night, (1245 AM) to a subdivision in St Cloud, in reference to a missing 10 year old boy, (with mental issues and acted younger than his age). The time lapse was 6-7 hours. He apparently left the scene on foot with an unknown DOT. I started Rex and we tracked to the bus stop, (where he went earlier in the day). For some strange reason I tried a different scent article, (pair of jeans) and Rex tracked again to the bus stop, then made a right and tracked to an apartment complex, (great track). This apartment complex was about a 1/2 mile away. Rex tracked to a breezeway and went crazy, he started crying and acted like it was an alert. I was aware of this alert and I called in for a back up officer to check several of these apartments A few minutes later the child ran out from the area in front of the officers eyes. His alert was within 20 feet of the boy. That was so cool, to actually located a missing person at 3:30 AM, (9 hours later). Without the exceptional nose of my Bloodhound, who knows what would have happened to this boy. He could have been abducted or injured We safely returned this missing boy to his family. The family was so happy and they requested to play with Rex for about 20 minutes. Rex had a blast as the neighborhood made him feel like a 1000 dollar bill. He was prancing around like he was the king I confirmed with the boy about his track and Rex was on him hard. Well now it's 4:51 AM and Rex is sleeping and I'm still awake, so I have to go to bed. I want to thank all of the people who have helped me over the years to train Rex. Daryl Cunningham |
| Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:32 PM I had a call out tonight, which was a 40 year old suicidal man who cut his wrist and fled on foot. There was blood on the front door and a pair of shoes as a scent article. Prior to starting the track our aviation located this subject laying down near a pond. I pretended that avaition did not locate him for training reasons. I had two scent articles, 1 pair of boots and some blood. I used the boots and Rex picked the blood instead. I guess he's smarter than I am. I assumed, (which we should never do), that this subject went out the back door and Rex would not track a thing. I tried to get him to track and he wouldn't, well that's because he did not go out the back door. After staring at me Rex ran to the front of the house and began working like crazy, (I believe he was picking up on the blood drops on the ground). Rex tracked across a dirt area at which time, he began to alert, (crying). He tracked to the area of the subject and picked up on his bloody tissue. Rex then went to the ambulance and made his alert. My point is this, Trust you dog and don't listen to an eyewitness. After tonight, I believe Blood is a better scent article than boots. Don could you comment on this? Well we had a good training session and I learned a great deal tonight about my hard headed Bloodhound. Daryl Cunningham |
| On September 28, 2004 at 0159 am a traffic stop was made on a vehicle southbound on I 270, the driver stopped his vehicle fled from the vehicle westbound into the woods. When I arrived on scene around 0245 Columbus police helicopter was already searching for the suspect. I scented Penny of the drivers seat of the vehicle and she started trailing, and we came up to a six foot fence and I crossed over the fence and another officer picked Penny up and gave her to me across the fence. As we continued to trail, the helicopter left. We continued through the woods and thick bushes, Penny found the suspect in depression in the ground in a thick bushy area. The suspect was arrested for fleeing and driving under suspension. |
| Cheyenne and I were involved in finding a 88 year old male last night in a swamp.. Lennie Loyal Guardian Kennel, "Saving Families, Saving Lives." |
| Here are a couple of photos of Copper's new friend Lee. As you can see Copper thinks Lee is his new toy, they run and play like old buddies they love each other. Copper is doing great healthy and happy. Copper has been finding lots of people last night he caught a burgler. He has also found missing children, suicidal people, endangered adults and criminals. Hope all is well on your end, I'll talk to you later Robert |
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