today i was very tired from training last night. mom let me sleep in, as she didn't have to go to work early. dad worked half day, so no one bothered me, i got to stretch out in my jumbo crate. when mom got home, she made me get up, and told me we were gonna work again. AGAIN??? WOOO-HOOO!!!! i was whoopin and hollering and bumping my mom trying to knock her over. i tugged on her jacket when she got out my harness. we walked over to where the person had walked away from, and mom put my harness on. she pulled out this baggie with a piece of gauze in it,(which had the scent of the person i was looking for on it) and put that over my nose so i could get a goood scent of the person i am looking for.mom said the secret word in my ear, which means to WORK, and off i ran!! i went through someone's back yard, down an alley (almost ran into a police car that was patrolling the alley. man, that would have been embarassing!!well, for mom, not me. i had my nose to the ground and didn't see it coming!!)i took a hard right, then again through another person's yard. i was sniffing like crazy all over that yard, i knew they had been back here!! i then took off like a bullet around this house, and up onto the porch. guess what? I FOUND THEM!!! there were two people sitting there, and i went to the right one, and sat down!!! then everybody said GOOOOOD BOYYYYY!!!!!!! that was so much fun. i can't wait till saturday, so i can train some more. mom is taking me to this big bloodhound show in illinois next week, and i have to do this to get my FIRST TITLE!!! it's called a MT, which stands for "mantrailing". all the cool bloodhounds get this title, and it means i am proven that i can do my job. i don't ever want to have to USE my talents, though. i hope no one's kids ever go missing. i just like to train and have fun, but mom wants me to be ready, JUST IN CASE.

Joe Dirt