Dog Detectives: Train Your Dog To Find Lost Pets

By Kat Albrecht

Book Overview

Kat Albrecht is the acknowledged expert on training dogs to find lost pets - "dog detectives." As the founder of the Missing Pet Partnership and Pet Hunters International, she has devoted years to developing proven methods to train dogs to work as cat-detection dogs and trailing dogs to search for a wide variety of companion animals. The book presents detailed, step by step, reward-based training methods as well as information on how to assess a dog's potential to be a dog detective and what you need to know as a prospective handler. Whether you desire to perform this service professionally or as a hobby, you can help people suffering from the trauma associated with a lost pet.

You will learn

What breeds and temperament types make the best Dog Detectives.How to test your dog's suitability for this work.How to predict lost pet behavior and use forensics to conduct searches.How to train your dog using these proven, step-by-step methods.How you can become a volunteer or professional Pet Detective.

Canine experts endorse Dog Detectives

Give your dog a job This valuable book will enable you to offer a viable, effective new service for pet owners. Make your dog a hometown hero

Marty Becker, DVM, best-selling author, Chicken Soup series, TV veterinary expert, columnist

Wild applause for Kat Albrecht's work in establishing and promoting the emerging field of lost pet recovery. With this book others can learn her positive training techniques and benefit from her vast knowledge.

Pat Miller, Author of Positive Perspectives: Love Your Dog, Train Your Dog

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929242484
• ISBN13: 9781929242481
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Dogwise Publishing
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Dog Detectives- Train Your Dog to Find Lost Pets

Do you own a cat-friendly dog? A dog who turns himself inside-out with enthusiasm every time he sees a cat? If you do, then you the foundation to begin working with Kat Albrect's book Dog Detectives. Just think about the concept for a minute. You and your dog, aided by Kat's book have an opportunity to replace tears and worries on the face of a cat owner, with smiles of gratitude when you deliver the lost cat into her arms. Dog Detectives take a simple, direct approach to a complex process. Kat applies her own years of knowledge and experience and gives you the basic and advanced techniques for this journey. If you don't have a cat-friendly dog, she covers that aspect as well. You can sign on to be a MAR (Missing Animal Recovery) technician and learn how to spot the signs of a cat friendly dog in shelters. Don't think that you can just read this once and be an "expert." This is a book that you will return to time and again to review tips and points and refresh your training. User-friendly, positive tone the ultimate goal is to give your high-energy dog a job and perhaps put a few dollars in your pocket along the way. But the biggest payoff is the satisfaction of knowing that because of this book, you and your dog were responsible to stop the heartache of a cat lover by retrieving her lost cat!

Excellent book

This book is well organized and well written. Before going into actual training techniques it lays a foundation of information about scent, tracking and search techniques. It was an interesting and easy read, and very informative and practical.

Your Dog Can Be a Hero!

Want a practical application to the tracking you've taught your dog? Is your dog able to find cats or other dogs? Find out how to test your dog's suitability, and how to predict lost pet behavior with "Dog Detectives". Kat gives step by step proven methods to train your dog to find cats or other lost pets. You'll learn about area searches and trailing. "Dog Detectives" is loaded with diagrams and photos to help reinforce issues as well as case studies and tons of examples. Kat also lays out the pros and cons of becoming a volunteer or paid pet detective.