Lost Pet Detection

20/04/2025

Outdoor access cat in Fountain Valley did not return home. About 10 days later, I came onto the search. The search dogs led to a huge retaining wall. Behind this wall was a green space with water running through.

Instructions and a plan of action were given to the owner. Upon investigation by owner after I left the scene, she was able to locate similar fur to her missing cat.

However, forensics has not been done. (But it does appear similar).

Note: The day before her cat went missing there was a coyote on the wall with another cat in his mouth.

I find it’s best to leave your cats indoors or contained in a cattery or patio. It’s very important nowadays. ❤️😢🐈

20/03/2025

WRITING ABOUT BLOODHOUNDS & PET DETECTION

Landa Coldiron, Bloodhound Handler and pet detective, is our guest today on the Writers in Residence blog. She’s been using her bloodhounds to find lost pets for 18 years, and has written a book about her experience.

Link in first comment.

Lost Pet Detection

24/02/2025

LIVE find today exactly in search area of two homes that the Dogs targeted.

Busy residential neighborhood with walls and gates blocking everywhere. Owner had no idea which way the cat went. Dogs indicated cat had jumped over the back wall. On the GPS map, their trail is in red. They lead to a thin alley type space between homes that I could not get all the way into with the big dogs as there was a lot of brush. This is shown with the blue arrow at the thin space where the dogs wanted to keep going. (I blacked out some of the red GPS because I had forgot to turn it off when I was walking around to the next wall)

I started Pepper again at the opposite side of the wall. Both dogs led to two homes (gated) There were cats at the homes. After I showed the owner where to target about two hours later, she called me and she had found her cat at the yellow line!!!

The cat had just been flown in from Peru 10 days ago and when he got him home, he escaped the carrier and jumped out the window. He was older and had kidney issues. So it was crucial, he was located  as it had already been 6 days.

Most people won’t understand how impossible this is to do with the search Dogs but we seem to get it done. I am thrilled beyond belief.

22/02/2025

Missing outdoor access cat in Glassel Park. 10 days. Coyote activity. Dogs found clump of fur near the start point and coyote s**t with similar looking fur to the cat at the end point.

16/02/2025

Cowgirl giving a fantastic direction of travel. Lost Cat in South Pasadena. The map shows the direction of travel leading to the red dot where the coyotes are. The circled yellow part of the map is where I forgot to turn my GPS off. I was looking at other areas where there are known cats.

08/02/2025

A pet detective agency is aiding in the search for a missing San Bernardino chow chow named Nala, and they expect the Fourth of July weekend to be busy since it's a hard day for dogs.

06/02/2025

Cowgirl puppy pics. 🐶

29/01/2025

https://www.californiaentertainmentpress.com/article/770816786-unveiling-the-bloodhound-handler-book-one-by-landa-coldiron

The Adventures of a Real-Life Pet Detective and Her Bloodhounds CA, UNITED STATES, December 20, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- A captivating journey into the world of lost pet detection has arrived with the release of The Bloodhound Handler – Book One: …

27/12/2024

Love this. Happy holidays.

20/12/2024

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with Pet Search And Rescue

18/12/2024

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11/12/2024

Salem, an Outdoor access black cat did not return home. This was in Westwood in a high residential area. The dogs led and stopped at one specific yard. My notes are in one of the pictures. You can see I wrote 918 which was the address of the home all dogs were interested in. Also, there is a GPS map and you will see the red dot with a yellow circle where all the dogs stopped. I brought in my evidence dog, cowgirl, but there was not one piece of fur, or any coyote s**t or signs of a scuffle. The yard was heavily landscaped meaning the gardeners had just been there mowed, blowed, and watered and raked up grass. However, cowgirl did do ‘alerts’. Could’ve been blood alerts, but I feel it was more of a fear pheromone alert. I advised the owners to try to obtain video evidence from the camera that was mounted on 918 at the time their cat went missing. Sure enough this is what the camera found. The GPS map shows the red dot and I circled it in yellow. This is the exact where Salem is seen on the video. This is not graphic, but it is very sad. Salem appeared to still be moving a little bit before the coyotes came. Salem had been allowed to roam outside over nine years. He was in good health and knew the area well.

10/12/2024

NOT graphic but sad.

I worked a lost cat case in Westwood. Salem, an Outdoor Access cat did not return home last week. He had been allowed to roam outside for over nine years.

This was a high residential area. The search dogs were interested in ONE specific yard. We did an aggressive grid search (along with my evidence dog) but there was no evidence located. 
No fur, coyote s**t, signs of a scuffle, noticeable blood, etc.

However, from the dogs reactions, I knew something had happened in that yard.  In my opinion it was a ‘fear’ pheromone that was released from Salem and I told the owners this.

I noted a camera mounted on the side of this particular home and instructed the owners to try to gain video footage of around the time Salem went missing.

Unfortunately, this is what they found.

07/12/2024

06/12/2024

Shout out to local Pasadena news for running an article on me and my work with the bloodhounds. Thank you!

https://localnewspasadena.com/2024/sleuths-and-employee-perks/?

Sniffing out lost pets and employer-paid pet insurance.

05/12/2024

2015 Speak Up Magazine feature article on me and Diana and our work in finding lost Pets.

04/12/2024

Pictures from our Miramar search near Poway. Outdoor Access cat did not come home. The owners did find her tracker collar a few homes down. Which is exactly where my search Dogs lead and then behind the home to a big green space. Some fur and lots of coyote s**t were located. We are waiting on forensics.