Piper

2nd Place winner
2024 NZ Top Dog with a Job
award

Piper

Breed: Labrador/Springer Spaniel

Barking from: Nelson

What's up dog?

Piper is the only trained tracking dog in New Zealand that is specifically trained to locate a lost dog anywhere in New Zealand. Piper had her first find at 6 months old… which by itself is amazing… as police dogs and search and rescue dogs are only just starting the training pathway at this age. Piper travels anywhere all of New Zealand with her handler when needed by owners of lost dogs… at a moment’s notice.

Piper has been involved in and helped solve some high-profile cases… from 7 days through to 8 weeks plus missing. Piper has helped reunite missing dogs and their families no matter the weather or the outcome… both Piper and her handler work hard at reuniting lost dogs with their families. Piper has been in newspapers all over New Zealand and also on TV and other media platforms with some of the cases.

Piper and her handler do this at no cost to the public for their services.

2024 #NZTOPDOG Awards Ceremony

After 9 weeks and nearly 400 entries, the search is over. Frog Recruitment, in partnership with sponsors Simparcia Trio and Jetpark Hotels, were proud to have presented our 2024 NZTOPDOG competition. On behalf of our entire NZTOPDOG team, thank you to everyone for entering our 9th edition and help make it our biggest and more successful competition to date.

The last few months have been about celebrating our furry best friends and shedding some light on their paw-some work. While each entry was uniquely different, the one thing they all had in common was that having your tail-wagging pal around had helped improve your mental health.