Shreveport dog receives honors
Ranger, an 8-year-old Labrador retriever and his owner Capt. Kerry Foster won the AKC Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE) in the American Kennel Club's Search and Rescue Dog category.
The ACE is given annually to dogs in each of the following five categories: Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, Therapy, Service and Exemplary Companion Dog. The award is designed to commemorate loyal, hard-working dogs that have made significant contributions to their community.
Ranger began his work as a search and rescue dog for the Shreveport Fire Department in 2001. Since then he has conducted approximately 40 search operations in Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas each year.
One of these operations included searching 2,800 collapsed homes in New Orleans between March and July 2006 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Ranger and Foster made more than a dozen recoveries of victims’ remains despite getting injured on the job.
Ranger and Foster will be honored in a ceremony at the Metairie Kennel Club annual dog show in Gonzales on Saturday.
The ACE is given annually to dogs in each of the following five categories: Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, Therapy, Service and Exemplary Companion Dog. The award is designed to commemorate loyal, hard-working dogs that have made significant contributions to their community.
Ranger began his work as a search and rescue dog for the Shreveport Fire Department in 2001. Since then he has conducted approximately 40 search operations in Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas each year.
One of these operations included searching 2,800 collapsed homes in New Orleans between March and July 2006 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Ranger and Foster made more than a dozen recoveries of victims’ remains despite getting injured on the job.
Ranger and Foster will be honored in a ceremony at the Metairie Kennel Club annual dog show in Gonzales on Saturday.
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