By Mike Bush
Jan 24, 2011
Wildwood (KSDK) --With snow on the ground, one might figure that the trail was cold.
"It makes the footing a little dangerous, I've fallen a couple of times, " says Berns, Jim Berns.
He's on the case of the missing dog.
"Zoey's our pet she's been missing since last Sunday, " explains John Haney.
Haney and his family are from Chicago. They were visiting relatives in Wildwood last weekend when Zoey got away.
"She's been with us, we got her about 5 1/2 years ago. She was a rescue dog and she was the first member of our family before we had our kids and everything."
So when the initial search and posters didn't work, the Haney's called in Berns.
"We found him online, " says Haney.
Berns doesn't have a license to kill but he is a detective. Pet detective.
Yes, they've had a little fun with pet detectives in the movies. Jim Carrey started a profitable movie career playing the hilarious "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" .
But Berns takes his job seriously. Seriously.
"I have been on 173 cases and more than half of the cases we have solved", he says.
Berns who came in from Cincinnati with his trusty bloodhound says he learned his tracking skills as a hunter.
"When I was a kid, I used to hunt rabbit, fox and deer and now can go hunting and I don't have to kill anything, " he explains.
And late Sunday afternoon, a reunion.
"Oh we're just thrilled, " says Haney.
Actually, Jim Berns didn't find Zoey. He was found by a couple that saw one of the posters.
"Still we were very happy to have him and he did find a lost dog for someone else, " says Haney. "We're just thrilled to have her back, either way."
As for the pet detective, it's on to the next case because in line of work tomorrow never dies and you never say never again.
Source: http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/240189/3/Missing-Dog-Happy-reunion-Pet-Detective-on-the-case
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