Bloodhound

The Rocket Dogs Training Program took frequent side trips to the farming community of Waimod. There were some early misadventures, like the time the Greyhound ran off - solved by adding tracking beacons to all of the dogs’ collars.

During the second visit to the countryside a Bloodhound ran off. Because of the newly installed trackers, none of the trainers were worried, and they looked at their data slates to see where the Bloodhound was going …and noticed to their surprise that it was retracing the exact same course as the Greyhound had taken on its adventures several days earlier. The Bloodhound soon returned - and, just like the Greyhound before him - it had come up on the dogs and trainers from behind, completing a big circle.

Why had the Bloodhound followed the Greyhound’s exact route? Could it be coincidence? Or maybe there was some common element - an enticing smell? Had the same sheni which bolted from cover and led the Greyhound on a chase done the same thing - was that why the Bloodhound was running off, barking the whole way?

The trainers reviewed the footage from nearby drone cameras and saw that there was no sheni leading the chase, so they began to do experiments …and soon found that the Bloodhound could follow the path of anyone - Toba or dog - even without watching them. The sniffing snorfling sounds the Bloodhound made as it kept its nose close to the ground soon presented the final clue the dog trainers needed to understand what was going on. Further experiments showed that Bloodhounds could find all sorts of things - a dropped Get Rekt, a misplaced Time Vortex, or even a lost can of Propelerade. The unique ability of Bloodhounds to track things based on scent alone is surely a useful skill that will serve them well in a Rocket Dogs race - if used at the right time.