Search Dogs South
In Memoriam
Nitro
Chocolate Lab
Nitro performed body recovery and explosives detection. He checked the Ole Miss football stadium before each home game from 9-11 through the end of the 2008 season. Nitro was successful on many land and water body recovery cases. He also participated in hundreds of public relations events promoting safety and educating children and adults in how to be prepared for a missing family member. Nitro did pet therapy at area nursing homes for 10 years.
Ivan
Caucasian Ovcharka
Ivan is the only one of his breed actively working as a SAR dog that we know of. The breed originated in the Caucasus Mountains in Southeast Europe as a flock guardian. Our first Caucasian was to protect our Bloodhounds, before we brought him home we decided that if he would do the work he would be a SAR dog. Hawk was a very good SAR dog, Ivan carries on the tradition, doing mantrailing. Ivan has been doing pet therapy at area nursing homes since he was about 3 months old.
Cheyenne
Black and Tan Bloodhound
Cheyenne was a mantrailing hunter. Cheyenne located missing children and adults. She worked several murder scenes providing critical information to law enforcement. Cheyenne was not a cadaver dog, but she did locate a drug overdose case and two drowning victims by working the trail the victims walked. Cheyenne did pet therapy at area nursing homes all her life. She started as a 12 week old puppy.
Maggie
Yellow Lab
Maggie did mantrailing and body recovery.
Seeker
Black and Tan Bloodhound
Seeker is a new dog on our team. He and his handler are doing very well in mantrailing. His handler says he already knows more than she does.
Tawny
Liver and Tan Bloodhound
Tawny was involuntarily retired in 2009. In Feb she broke her left front leg. It would not heal which lead to the discovery that she had bone cancer. The leg was amputated in May and she has been cancer free since the recovery from her surgery. In her career Tawny located missing people and located a drowning victim working in a boat.
