A call this week from Alex (niece of Jackie who makes all those wonderful dog treat biscuits that K9 sell) because Roxy her beagle had gone missing at Roadford reservoir. Its only 15 minutes from us so we were able to get straight there, and after walking to the place she was last seen, Forager was given her harness as a scent article and immediately set off at a brisk trot. Alex was with us and in the distance we heard some baying so I told her to call and whistle Roxy, and

We had a great afternoon with the wonderful photographer Bob Atkins, coming to photograph the search hounds in action for a forthcoming article on K9SD in one of the Monthly Dog GLossies. Obviously the story is embargoed until its due to be published, so cant let on too much just yet, but thought this fantastic sequence of photos taken by Kitti Killian might amuse you all. Bob wanted to get a real close up of Jara tracking, and crouched in the scent line that he was following