Annie
of Hilltop Acres
(Sire: The Hermitage
Adam x Dam: The Ready's Mopsy)
BONNIE
Born: 12 August 1976
CHIC Certified: N/A
Died: 1985
OFA Rating: N/A
Dentition: Full
Bite: Scissors
DNA Profile: N/A
Reproduction: Spayed
Health Notes:
Eyes: Clear
Height: N/A
Color: Black/Tan
Bonnie came to our Search &
Rescue unit named Annie, but was quickly renamed in honor of our County,
Bonneville. After obtaining her AKC Tracking Certification as a puppy, she
went on to an outstanding career as a tracking / trailing hound. She was
in demand not only in our County, but much of southeastern Idaho. There
were very few working bloodhounds in that portion of the country at the
time, and Bonnie certainly set an example for how useful they can be. At
less than a year old, she located the base camp for two missing climbers
by following a five day old track with a foot of new snow on top of it.
This find redirected the whole search, and the later recovery effort. Bonnie
was a sweetheart, as long as you were not a cat (her son inherited this).
She was adaptable enough to work for several handlers in her career. In
addition to her numerous S&R finds (well over a hundred), Bonnie was
one of the bloodhounds whose work was the basis for the Idaho Supreme Court
declaring that evidence obtained through the use of bloodhounds may be used
in criminal cases (the other hound was her son, Rebel). I fondly remember
her and her son sitting together and softly "singing" to the full
moon.
Annie's
Rebel Rauser, TD
(Sire: CH Waynesford's
Eli of Homestead, RS x Dam: Annie
of Hilltop Acres)
REBEL
Born: 11 October 1979
CHIC Certified: N/a
Died: 1985
OFA Rating: N/A
Dentition: Full
Bite: Scissors
DNA Profile: N/A
Reproduction: Nuetered
Health Notes:
Eyes: Clear
Height: N/A
Color: Black/Tan
Rebel overcame a rough introduction
into this world to follow his mother as an outstanding tracking / trailing
hound with our Search & Rescue unit. Rebel's litter was born the weekend
that Parvo appeared in Idaho Falls. Despite the heroic efforts of the Anselmi
family and the vet's, only two of the thirteen pups lived until their first
birthday and Rebel's brother succumbed to a lingering illness before his
second birthday. Rebel trained me that he did not care about obedience classes.
He did get full points for his long-down at graduation, 'though asking a
hound to lie down may not be the hardest thing to do! Rebel, at six months,
was one of the youngest dogs at the time in east Idaho to complete their
AKC Tracking Dog certification. Rebel proved more than once that he would
work a trail until he or I could go no further. Although most of our work
was in S&R, Rebel goes down in history as one of the bloodhounds whose
work was the basis for the Idaho Supreme Court declaring that evidence obtained
through the use of bloodhounds may be used in criminal cases (the other
hound was his mother, Bonnie). Tragically, a burst heart valve ended Rebel's
life. I believe that there was probably some damage from his illness as
a puppy and also he grieved at the loss his mother, and kennel mate, a month
or so before.
