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 "Attie" is trained in Mantrailing and
has been serving the community providing search services since 1999.
She came to us from Chico, Texas from a breeder with a huge litter and a dog
with an unusual problem, a heat-related scratching situation. The
Vet suggested that a colder climate would be very helpful to her medical
condition, and she came to Pennsylvania where she became the first "Emergency
Bloodhound" on the team. Attie has spent a lifetime locating missing
children, Alzheimer's patient and persons fleeing from the Police in many
different counties and townships. She was the first Bloodhound (and a Lady
Bloodhound no less) to participate in "K9 Inservice", a monthly Police K-9
Multi-agency training session involving 12 different township and borough Police
Departments. Now "Functionally Retired" simply
due to her age, she is called into service only in situations
of serious emergency when the younger dogs are ill or otherwise unable
to respond. Attie's service is well-known in the
area and she currently "gets the couch" at home as much as she wants, as she has
earned it. Attie still enjoys light-duty training and practice
runs and the occasional community display. Attie frequently
comes out to training and demonstrates to the younger dogs that she is still the
elder and remembers how to do the job.
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