Dog Detectives: How to Train Your Dog to Find Lost Pets - Couverture souple

Albrecht, Kat

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1929242484 ISBN 13 : 9781929242481

Editeur : Dogwise Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

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

This ground-breaking book is clearly laid out and addresses all questions anyone hoping to train their dog to recover lost pets is likely to have. Blending time-honored search and trailing techniques with her own innovations, Kat has come up with a very user-friendly training system.
Steve White, Retired police K-9 officer, author of How Police K-9 Techniques Can Transform Your Everyday Training DVD

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kat Albrecht, author of Lost Pet Chronicles, is a former police Bloodhound handler, search-and-rescue manager, and police officer-turned-pet detective. Since 1989 she and her search dogs have successfully located criminals, physical evidence, missing persons, and missing pets for both police agencies and private clients. Kat has been featured in Reader’s Digest and Ladies Home Journal as well as programs on Animal Planet. She is the founder of Missing Pet Partnership, a non-profit that manages the first-ever pet detective academy. Kat lives in Clovis, California with her three dogs and three cats.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dogwise Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1929242484
• ISBN 13: 9781929242481
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg