Dog Detectives: How to Train Your Dog to Find Lost Pets

by Kat Albrecht

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.

Genres: Animals, Dogs

250 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 5, 2007

About the author

I am a former police officer, field training officer, police detective, and K9 (police bloodhounds and cadaver dogs) trainer turned pet detective. During my seventeen-year career as a search dog handler, my search dogs and I located physical evidence, missing people, and criminals. In 1996, my bloodhound A.J. escaped from his yard and was missing. I brought in another search dog that I used to successfully track down A.J. This is what sparked the idea, "Why not train dogs to track lost pets?" In our first four searches, my search dog Rachel physically located two lost cats and one lost dog!

I'm the author of "PET TRACKER: The Amazing Story of Rachel the K-9 Pet Detective" (available exclusively on Amazon.com as eBook and softcover) and "DOG DETECTIVES: Train Your Dog to Find Lost Pets". The "Pet Tracker" book is a revision of my first book, "The Lost Pet Chronicles," which went out of print in 2012.

I operate the first-ever Pet Detective Academy where I train professional pet detectives. I also offer "Life Purpose" presentations for teens and adults looking to find their God-given life purpose.

Reviews

[Poppy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent detail in explanations regarding each training protocol. Author is a very experienced canine trainer.