The second Pet Detective with whom I have come in contact with is Landa Coldiron of Sun Valley, CA (near Burbank) (818) 442-2952 -
www.lostpetdetection.com. Landa is a certified MAR Technician who has successfully recovered both lost dogs and lost cats. Landa is able to use her Bloodhound to trail lost dogs on scent trails that are up to three days old. Landa and her Bloodhound can provide a direction of travel, a technique that can be useful in locating witnesses who have critical information. She also offers location checks to determine the validity of a sighting and confirm whether or not a lost dog has been in a particular area. Landa also offers lost cat services by trailing the scent of cats displaced into unfamiliar territories, physical searches using an amplified listening device and humane traps, poster placement services, and shelter check services.
Landa states that her Bloodhound Ellie Mae is My Bloodhound is a
Certified Cat Detection Dog. Ellie Mae has been trained and Certified to sniff out and locate cat cadaver material. Not a subject we like to think about, however, it can help bring closure. These dogs are specialists in locating lost cats. This type of dog is used to search an area for any cat that is out there. She is also a trailing dog. The only time a trailing dog should be used to search for a missing OUTDOOR-ACCESS cat, is when that cat has been displaced into unfamiliar territory. This is because the missing cat's scent will be heavily concentrated within the cat's territory around its home. Examples of a displaced cat would be a cat escaping from a carrier at the vet's office, a cat that has been involved in a car accident and escaped out the window, a cat that has been traveling and escaped into a new territory, etc. When a cat is displaced into unfamiliar territory it has not deposited its scent. A trailing dog can then pick up the single scent trail and attempt to track it. If I am called within 72 hours after an INDOOR-ONLY or a DISPLACED CAT has escaped outdoors, then my Bloodhound can attempt to pick up the single scent trail leading away from the escape point. Scent articles are needed in these situations. This service is for a LOST DOG. Trailing dogs are a tool and used as part of the investigation. They can provide critical information such as a direction of travel that can result in making an actual find. Only in cases where they are called out immediately, within hours, will they be likely to catch up to a missing dog. Landa also state that if you have multiple animals in your home and do not have an article that belongs only to the missing animal then there is no point in deploying her dog as the article will have multiple animals scents and will be useless is locating your lost animal.
Although Karin did not go into as much detail about her dogs Boone and Cade's training she does tell us about them. Cade is an extraordinary individual. Not only do I consider him my friend but he is also my main partner in almost every search and investigation. He is always there to give 110% to our pet owners. Many times it is his sincere affection towards a pet owner that helps a grieving and anxious client to assist with the search for their pet.
Cade is still a young dog and his breeding makes him perfect for what we do. He is not a million dollar purebred but instead a cross between a chocolate lab and a black and tan coonhound. This accidental breeding on a nearby ranch produced one of the most consistent and intuitive dogs I have ever had the pleasure to work with. His strong coonhound ability to detect scent in a variety of environments over an extraordinary length of time is combined with the Labrador’s ability to make decisions and reason out situations. As any past client can tell you, following behind him is quite an experience.
As we were driving home one day, we came to the bridge right before our ranch and found five dogs and puppies of various breeds. They had obviously just been dumped on our road nearly four miles from the nearest town. As we gathered them up, we noticed a young basset hound cross that was trying his best to get his share of the attention. He was skinny and had an injured leg which made him walk and waddled like a pirate with a wooden peg for a leg. He quickly won us all over and although we found homes for all the other dogs and pups, we kept the wobbly hound. It was an act of divine intervention without a doubt. As he began to heal and get around better, he was determined to show us that he could do this search stuff too. As we were training a young dog one day, the little black and red hound stepped in and began trailing the target cat we were training with. We let him go and over the course of the next few months, he showed us what he could do. He was a natural explorer and could follow anything... we named him Boone after Daniel Boone.
The second Pet Detective with whom I have come in contact with is Landa Coldiron of Sun Valley, CA (near Burbank) (818) 442-2952 - www.lostpetdetection.com. Landa is a certified MAR Technician who has successfully recovered both lost dogs and lost cats. Landa is able to use her Bloodhound to trail lost dogs on scent trails that are up to three days old. Landa and her Bloodhound can provide a direction of travel, a technique that can be useful in locating witnesses who have critical information. She also offers location checks to determine the validity of a sighting and confirm whether or not a lost dog has been in a particular area. Landa also offers lost cat services by trailing the scent of cats displaced into unfamiliar territories, physical searches using an amplified listening device and humane traps, poster placement services, and shelter check services.
Landa states that her Bloodhound Ellie Mae is My Bloodhound is a Certified Cat Detection Dog. Ellie Mae has been trained and Certified to sniff out and locate cat cadaver material. Not a subject we like to think about, however, it can help bring closure. These dogs are specialists in locating lost cats. This type of dog is used to search an area for any cat that is out there. She is also a trailing dog. The only time a trailing dog should be used to search for a missing OUTDOOR-ACCESS cat, is when that cat has been displaced into unfamiliar territory. This is because the missing cat's scent will be heavily concentrated within the cat's territory around its home. Examples of a displaced cat would be a cat escaping from a carrier at the vet's office, a cat that has been involved in a car accident and escaped out the window, a cat that has been traveling and escaped into a new territory, etc. When a cat is displaced into unfamiliar territory it has not deposited its scent. A trailing dog can then pick up the single scent trail and attempt to track it. If I am called within 72 hours after an INDOOR-ONLY or a DISPLACED CAT has escaped outdoors, then my Bloodhound can attempt to pick up the single scent trail leading away from the escape point. Scent articles are needed in these situations. This service is for a LOST DOG. Trailing dogs are a tool and used as part of the investigation. They can provide critical information such as a direction of travel that can result in making an actual find. Only in cases where they are called out immediately, within hours, will they be likely to catch up to a missing dog. Landa also state that if you have multiple animals in your home and do not have an article that belongs only to the missing animal then there is no point in deploying her dog as the article will have multiple animals scents and will be useless is locating your lost animal.
Although Karin did not go into as much detail about her dogs Boone and Cade's training she does tell us about them. Cade is an extraordinary individual. Not only do I consider him my friend but he is also my main partner in almost every search and investigation. He is always there to give 110% to our pet owners. Many times it is his sincere affection towards a pet owner that helps a grieving and anxious client to assist with the search for their pet.
Cade is still a young dog and his breeding makes him perfect for what we do. He is not a million dollar purebred but instead a cross between a chocolate lab and a black and tan coonhound. This accidental breeding on a nearby ranch produced one of the most consistent and intuitive dogs I have ever had the pleasure to work with. His strong coonhound ability to detect scent in a variety of environments over an extraordinary length of time is combined with the Labrador’s ability to make decisions and reason out situations. As any past client can tell you, following behind him is quite an experience.
As we were driving home one day, we came to the bridge right before our ranch and found five dogs and puppies of various breeds. They had obviously just been dumped on our road nearly four miles from the nearest town. As we gathered them up, we noticed a young basset hound cross that was trying his best to get his share of the attention. He was skinny and had an injured leg which made him walk and waddled like a pirate with a wooden peg for a leg. He quickly won us all over and although we found homes for all the other dogs and pups, we kept the wobbly hound. It was an act of divine intervention without a doubt. As he began to heal and get around better, he was determined to show us that he could do this search stuff too. As we were training a young dog one day, the little black and red hound stepped in and began trailing the target cat we were training with. We let him go and over the course of the next few months, he showed us what he could do. He was a natural explorer and could follow anything... we named him Boone after Daniel Boone.
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