Kat Albrecht share her personal story of becoming a pet detective after being dissatisfied with her job as a police officer. She trained her retired Weimaraner, Rachel, to search for lost animals and turned it into a full-time career. She tells how she has used probability theory, behavioral profiling, and scent-detection dog searches to locate more than 1,800 lost pets.
Discusses the history of security dogs, and describes their characteristics, training, and various jobs. Features color photographs, fact boxes, organizations to contact, and further resources.
A collection of true stories about dogs that work for a living, including wartime soldiers, bomb sniffers, movie stars, and other types of talented canines.
Contains true stories about twenty-seven dogs who work at different jobs, including a roofer, a scout master, a security guard, a cheerleader, an actor, a state trooper, and a food taster.
Profiles police and detector dogs, their training and abilities, their assets as crime fighters, their partnership with their officer-handlers, and their off-duty activities.
