police dogs

Kat Albrecht, the first law-enforcement-based pet detective in the United States, shares stories of how she uses investigative techniques, and searches with scent-detection dogs to help locate lost pets, including dogs, cats, snakes, turtles, and horses.

The children at Napville Elementary School always ignore Officer Buckle's safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him when he gives his safety speeches.

When a puppy who is being trained as a police dog goes missing, third-grader Judy forms a detective agency to solve the mystery, imitating her literary heroine, Nancy Drew.

Simple text and photographs introduce children to police dogs and the kind of work they do.

Text and photographs examine the many ways dogs use their keen sense of smell to help law enforcement personnel in all kinds of detective work.

Describes animals, such as dogs and horses, which work with police in such areas as search-and-rescue, tracking criminals, and sniffing out explosives.

Shows the kinds of work police dogs perform, describes K-9 training, discusses the dangers police dogs face on duty, and includes a list of further resources.

Presents information on security dogs, and includes information on which are the best breeds, how they are trained, how long they partner with humans, and their history of helping the blind.

The text opens with a true story of a police dog, and then it explains the history of the K-9 unit and the training methods used to transform an ordinary dog into a canine hero.

A photo essay about police dogs at work and play.