rescue dogs

Sally, a black Labrador retriever, becomes lost in the woods while on a winter vacation.

Presents an illustrated documentation of the efforts of seventy-three search-dog handlers and their dogs that commemorates the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America, and provides an overview of the training and certification requirements of rescue K-9s.

Seventeen true accounts of dogs rescuing people from drowning, a housefire, rattlesnakes, an attacking bear, and a diabetic coma.

Describes the teamwork between handlers and their search and rescue dogs as well as the training exercises the dogs must perform. Covers wilderness search and rescue dogs, bloodhounds, disaster dogs, and avalanche dogs. Includes stories of actual events such as an earthquake in Mexico in 1985, Hurricane Katrina, and the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Presents an introduction to rescue dogs, discussing the work done by rescue dogs, and covering selection, preferred characteristics and breeds, training and abilities, rescue environments, partnerships with handlers, and support organizations.

Dogs of all breeds (and mixed breeds) can be trained to be SAR dogs. This book describes these nose-to-the-ground rescue workers and the organizations that direct their work.

After the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, Susannah Charleson was so impressed by the newspaper photo of an exhausted handler and his search-and-rescue dog that she decided to train a dog of her own. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Charleson got Puzzle, a strong, bright Golden Retriever, who from the start, exhibited a unique aptitude for search-and-rescue work. But the puppy's willfulness challenged even Susannah, who had raised dogs for years. Scent of the Missing is the story of Susannah and Puzzle's adventures and the complex relationship they forge as they help in the pursuit and recovery of people who have fallen prey to crime, misadventure, or catastrophe.

Offers an overview of how dogs are used in military combat, discussing how they are trained, used in times of war, cared for after they are injured, and what happens to them when they retire.

Provides insights into the relationship between a search and rescue dog and its handler through the story of Tess Malone and her border collie Fay, and their experience finding a lost little girl.

Captivating photos and true stories of 30 dogs who have rescued drowning sailors, saved a family from a house fire, found earthquake survivors, delivered medicine in a blizzard, and more.