July 9, 2012
In July 2012 we had a call from Dog Lost to see if we could get down to Bekesbourne near Canterbury to track a young black Labrador called Emily that had gone missing while out for a walk.
With no hesitation we thought this is it our first tracking mission lets go for it. We arrived at the owners house and in 30 degrees we knew it was going to be hard but undaunted we set about asking the owner for a scent item for Tiga to track with. Emily was one of three outdoor working dogs that all shared an outdoor kennel and toys etc so there was nothing specific to Emily but the owner had a small black rubber toy tyre that they had all played with. I gave this to Tiga who gave it a good sniff and undaunted Tiga put nose to ground and off we went not knowing how successful this would be.
The owner of Emily and I followed Tiga and we were taken across his farm through some orchards and eventually out onto a road. We went along the edge of this road and then with no hesitation across the road into some more orchards. It was at this point where we crossed the road that there had been reports of a black Labrador being clipped by a car. The driver stopped and searched but could find no sign of the dog. On we went and Tiga took us into the orchards and out into some fields, he then turned and came back into the orchards and went up and down through the rows of trees, eventually arriving almost at the bottom corner. Not far in front of us I saw a black Labrador, I turned and said to David – is that Emily?
David sunk to his knees and cuddled Emily who had limped to him, they were so pleased to see each other. I handed him a spare lead to put on Emily as he did not bring one, believing he would not find Emily alive.
I suggested I stayed with Emily while he went to get the car to pick Emily up and take her to the vet. While David was gone we sat under the apple trees in the shade and Emily had her head on my lap and Tiga sat proudly over her gratefully receiving a lick from Emily as if to say thank you for finding me.
After a trip to the vet a phone call later revealed no damage just bruising and Emily soon settled back into family life.
Tiga your tracking career has begun.
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