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Upcoming
We are currently training a trailing dog for Baytown, Texas and another one for Luckey, Ohio. We are working on securing grant money so that we can begin training and donating our first school resource dogs.
We try and keep up with our dogs after they leave us and when we get updates, we put them on each dog's page (see the graduates page). One thing every handler tells us is that once word spreads that they have a trailing dog, they are busier than they ever imagined they could be, so sometimes it is hard to catch up with them so that we can get updates.
September 2006 update--Billie T. and her handler, Joe, have become a fantastic team. They have been called in to assist both federal and state authorities on several recent high-profile cases. Everyone has been impressed with their performances.
An era passed early in 2005 when our good friend Bill Tolhurst passed away. In his lifetime, Bill wore many hats one of which was Chief of the Niagara County (NY) Special Forces Unit. The other members of the Special Forces Unit decided to keep the Unit going as a way of honoring Bill. They were in need of some new blood in their canine division and put the word out that they were looking for a Bloodhound pup. At the time, Canines for Kids, Inc. just happened to have four very resilient pups (they have a story all their own and by all rights should not have survived their birth). We knew that one of these pups would be just perfect for Niagara County, so we contacted them and offered to donate the pup as our way of honoring Bill.
The pup was quickly named Billie T. She is now almost a year and a half old and impressive beyond our wildest dreams. As you can see, she already has her own badge! We know that Bill is watching and guiding her, as he does with all of us.