2015 in Review and a 2016 Outlook

February 18, 2016

The first two months of 2016 are almost over. It is clear that 2016 will go by just as fast as 2015. With that in mind, our team is working fast to accomplish the many goals we have set. First, we’d like to recap 2015.

  • 2015 saw an official change in leadership for our team for the first time in our existence. Chief Kerry Foster retired and Chief Mike Mackey has assumed command. Chief Foster remains involved by being a handler to Brie and attending public appearances.
  • We held a successful training seminar in March and a successful Annual Benefit Horse Show fundraiser in September. The Annual Benefit Horse Show raised several thousand dollars for our team needs.
  • We retired our 1995 Ford F-150 kennel truck and inherited a 2007 Dodge Ram for quicker response times.
  • Our team logged over 1,300 training hours between 8 handlers and 9 canines.
  • Our team responded to 27 calls for service in both Louisiana and Texas for lost and missing people.
  • We welcomed the newest member of our team, Blaze. Blaze has already completed several missions.

2016 holds even bigger and better things for our team. Some of our goals include:

  • After several delays, we will finally rebuild our agility course.
  • Increase our public relations for both official agencies and the public. To accomplish this we will create a new multimedia advertising campaign to include video, email and graphic images. All of this is to increase awareness of our team’s services and educate the general population.
  • Hold our annual training seminar in March.
  • Increase our training hours to meet a growing need for our services.
  • Increase our public education hours to serve both children and adults and teach them what to do if they get lost.

We would like to thank those individuals and businesses that were essential in helping us through 2015. Our team exists only because you were generous enough to support us with donations of either time, money or manpower. As we lay out our agenda for 2016 we hope we can count on your support again this year. For those who wish to donate to our cause can do so by clicking the ‘DONATIONS’ tab at the top of our site. Thank you in advance and we hope you have a successful and prosperous 2016.