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Doggy detective finds missing Fort Worth police canine
DMN ^ | 1-2-09 | DAN X. McGRAW

Posted on 01/02/2009 7:01:31 PM PST by Dysart

For anyone keeping score at home, here’s the tally: Fort Worth police helicopter: 0, Godiva the search dog: 1.

Fort Worth police officers lost one of their own on New Years Day when Loki, a search and rescue canine, chewed through the fence of his handler’s backyard and escaped into the streets of Fort Worth.

After searching for hours with a helicopter and police cruisers, Fort Worth police called in Godiva, a chocolate Labrador, from Dog Gone Detectives — a firm that specializes in finding lost pets.

Within 15 minutes, Godiva had hunted down Loki about a half mile away from the backyard where he escaped.

“Usually, it isn’t that easy,” said Kat Manning, the co-owner of Dog Gone Detectives. “We got on the trail. Then all of the sudden, I looked up and there he was. He was just hanging out.”

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: dogfound; doggone; workingdogs
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Kat Manning and Laura Davis, co-owners of Dog Gone Detectives, with Loki and Godiva after Loki was found in Fort Worth

1 posted on 01/02/2009 7:01:34 PM PST by Dysart
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To: Professional Engineer

ping


2 posted on 01/02/2009 7:06:10 PM PST by Peanut Gallery ("...evolution doesn't fully explain the mystery of life" ~ George W. Bush)
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To: Peanut Gallery

Great story! I so love dogs——


3 posted on 01/02/2009 7:28:25 PM PST by basil (Outlaw gun free zones!)
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To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; apackof2; Shannon; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; metmom; ...

Doggie Ping!


4 posted on 01/02/2009 7:36:38 PM PST by Peace4EarthNow (Come to know Jesus as your Savior, so YOU TOO can be saved!! - http://www.allaboutgod.com)
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To: Peace4EarthNow; devolve

They found Godiva devolve! snicker!

Thanks for the ping Peace4EarthNow. Sounds like it was a very expensive search if they used a helicopter for hours!


5 posted on 01/02/2009 7:50:59 PM PST by potlatch
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To: Dysart

Off-topic soapbox:

“Godiva, a chocolate Labrador,”

This is rather minor, I know, especially here where they’re just describing the dog, but it sticks in my craw:

Why does every Labrador - especially the brown ones - have to be preceded by what color it is?

Lately every time someone talks about a Lab, they insert color (often in capitals when printed) as if it is a different breed! Drives me nuts how people treat a “chocolate Lab” as if it’s a breed distinct from “yellow Lab” or “black Lab”!

Is this simply because Labs are so popular now compared to every other breed (going by pure-bred reg’s) that we must distinguish between them?


6 posted on 01/02/2009 8:06:17 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: glock rocks

OUR dogs could do this.....right?

:)


7 posted on 01/02/2009 8:11:42 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma ( PRAY! Pray for Israel. Pray for the US.)
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To: Brad's Gramma

Maybe your dogs could. My dogs would find the first person with food. End of story.


8 posted on 01/02/2009 8:15:54 PM PST by glock rocks (Well, it sounded like a good idea at the time...)
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To: glock rocks

Bummer.

MY dogs, of course, are *cough* Perfect. In Every Way.

*cough* *cough* *cough*


9 posted on 01/02/2009 8:17:07 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma ( PRAY! Pray for Israel. Pray for the US.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I’m not a Lab expert by any means, but I have heard very recently somewhere that Yellow Labs used to be considered inferior(ie not up to breed stds), and were actually plucked from the litters by hunters and not bred. And they became isolated for a while or some such...I think I have that right. If not, hopefully someone with more specific breed knowledge than I have clarify. Perhaps distinguishing them recalls historical views of various types of Labs. Sounds plausible anyway.:)


10 posted on 01/02/2009 8:19:14 PM PST by Dysart (Socialism=Vomit Carnage)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

In this case, I think it adds because of Godiva Chocolates...

My 2 cents.


11 posted on 01/02/2009 8:42:40 PM PST by Peanut Gallery ("...evolution doesn't fully explain the mystery of life" ~ George W. Bush)
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To: Brad's Gramma

Dog is God spelled backwards.

They are treasures sent by God to be part of our lives.

Ornery, royalty, impish, and true blue.

Jus’ me ‘n mah dawg.


12 posted on 01/02/2009 8:56:17 PM PST by combat_boots ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."Aldous Huxley)
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To: combat_boots

Oh yeah...this is true!


13 posted on 01/02/2009 9:04:17 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma ( PRAY! Pray for Israel. Pray for the US.)
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To: potlatch

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Thanks for the pingeroo potlatch -

Great (Chocolate) Godiva thread


14 posted on 01/02/2009 9:25:44 PM PST by devolve ( ____"hussein the creepy" -- Evan Thomas - Nudesweek ____)
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To: Dysart

I thought this thread was going to be about Ace Ventura.


15 posted on 01/02/2009 9:30:11 PM PST by PhiloBedo (I won't be happy until Jet-A is less than $2.00 a gallon)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Why does every Labrador - especially the brown ones - have to be preceded by what color it is?

I guess that they could have used "Godiva, a Labrador bitch" ...but I think that chocolate Labrador sounds better.

16 posted on 01/02/2009 9:41:27 PM PST by kaboom
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To: combat_boots
Dog is God spelled backwards. They are treasures sent by God to be part of our lives.

Agree. The more people I meet, the more I treasure and love my dog.

17 posted on 01/02/2009 9:47:59 PM PST by dragnet2
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To: Dog Gone

This has your name all over it.


18 posted on 01/02/2009 9:51:00 PM PST by dighton
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To: Dysart

That is so cool. Fort Worth is also my hometown.


19 posted on 01/02/2009 9:57:50 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: potlatch

Those trained police dogs can cost up to $10,000 a piece.


20 posted on 01/02/2009 9:59:07 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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