Baker Police Belgian Malinois escapes

• Advocate staff report
• Published: Mar 9, 2008 - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

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A Belgian Malinois trained to find explosives is on the lam from his Baker Police Department duties after chewing his way through a metal chain-link fence surrounding his kennel, likely to keep company with a female dog, police said Saturday.

Rocky, who does not have name tags around his collar, escaped from his single-barrier kennel in the Wakefield area of West Feliciana Parish, Baker Police Chief Mike Knaps said.

The dog chewed his way through the fence, and Knaps said he suspects it was because of the nearby dog in heat.

Rocky, who cost the department about $12,500 because of his specialized skills, is one of only a few explosives-trained dogs in the state, Knaps said.

During a recent bomb threat at Baker High School, the dog was able to clear the school in about 45 minutes, the police chief said.

Knaps said the reason Rocky does not have tags around his neck is to keep him from getting tangled up in areas where he searches for explosives.

Anyone with information on Rocky’s whereabouts is asked to call the Baker Police Department at (225) 775-6000.

“The importance of getting this dog back to us cannot be understated,” Knaps said. “We sure do need him back.”