• Ready! Training the Search and Rescue Dog

    Professional search and rescue workers consider Susan Bulanda’s Ready! Training the Search and Rescue Dog “the bible of Search and Rescue (SAR),” the most sought-after book of its kind detailing canine search and rescue. This second edition, expanded and revised with new color photography, provides readers with the necessary training methods for dogs in various SAR disciplines, including wilderness, evidence, cadaver, water, avalanche, and disaster searches. The author, an experienced SAR professional, details the goals, target skills, and potential problems at each training level of ever... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1621871045
    • ASIN: 1621871045
    • ISBN: 1621871045
    • Brand: I5 Press
    • Manufacturer: CompanionHouse Books

  • Search And Rescue Dogs: Training Methods

    Covers basic dog training as well as advanced rescue training, discusses handler standards, and explains how a search is actually conducted

    • ASIN: 0876057334
    • UPC: 785555038035
    • ASIN: 0876057334
    • ISBN: 0876057334
    • Brand: Brand: Howell Book House
    • Manufacturer: Howell Book House

  • Man-Trackers & Dog Handlers in Search & Rescue : Basic Guidelines and Information

    This book explores the unique combination of SAR dog teams and man-trackers, perhaps the most effective tool management has for rapid finds. The book intorduces each resource and discusses their capabilities and limitations

    • ASIN: 1879471310
    • ASIN: 1879471310
    • ISBN: 1879471310
    • Brand: Brand: Dbs Productions
    • Manufacturer: Dbs Productions

  • K9 Teams: Beyond the Basics of Search and Rescue and Recovery (K9 Professional Training Series)

    A professional development masterclass for K9 detection teams and people who work with them. Explore: Questions, ideas, and opinions from handlers across the United States and around the world. Controversies and sensitive topics such as frauds, glory seekers, and credentials. Methods and practical tips gathered from more than 27 years of training and field work. It has been said that about the only thing two K9 handlers agree about is what a third handler is doing wrong. Whether in search and rescue or cadaver and human remains detection, there’s a variety of opinions in how handlers and do... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1550597620
    • ASIN: 1550597620
    • ISBN: 1550597620
    • Manufacturer: Dog Training Press

  • Schutzhund Top Working Dogs, Training Manual

    This is the fifth edition of "TWD", a Schutzhund Training Manual written by the first licensed, FCI accredited German Schutzhund Judge to reside in the US. It is presented in a factual, concise and easily understood manner, a "how-to" book novel and unique in several ways: ** it presents in detail the methods that experts use - but never reveal ** it offers a multitude of approaches for the individual routines ** it lists, for each task, the problems most often encountered, and it suggests a variety of remedies ** it aids the trainer in using psychological principles, by giving descriptions an... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 096087982X
    • ASIN: 096087982X
    • ISBN: 096087982X
    • Brand: Brand: DBC Dog Behavior Consultants
    • Manufacturer: DBC Dog Behavior Consultants

  • Dog Training 101: Step-by-Step Instructions for raising a happy well-behaved dog

    Whether you’re welcoming a new puppy into your family or want to help your best friend overcome fears or problem behaviors, internationally renowned dog trainer and best-selling author Kyra Sundance presents your essential reference for positive dog training. Using a visually driven, playful presentation, Dog Training 101 offers step-by-step instructions to train your pup to be a happy, attentive, and well-mannered canine. You will use positive training methods—including humane counterconditioning and positive redirection—to build a joyful relationship with your dog, who will become a ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1631593102
    • ASIN: 1631593102
    • ISBN: 1631593102
    • Manufacturer: Quarry Books

  • Your Golden Retriever Puppy Month by Month: Everything You Need to Know at Each Stage to Ensure Your Cute and Playful Puppy (Your Puppy Month by Month)

    Your Golden Retriever Puppy Month by Month provides new pet owners with everything you need to know and do at each stage of development to make sure your playful, energetic puppy grows into a happy, healthy, and well-adjusted companion. A veterinarian, a trainer, and a breeder team up to cover all the questions new owners tend to have, and many they don’t think to ask, including: * What to ask the breeder before bringing your puppy home. * Which vaccinations your puppy needs and when to get them. * How to make potty training as smooth (and quick) as possible. * What to do when your puppy cr... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1615648852
    • ASIN: 1615648852
    • ISBN: 1615648852
    • Brand: Albert Terry
    • Manufacturer: Alpha

  • Avalanche! Hasty Search: The Care and Training of the Avalanche Search and Rescue Dogs

    Describes avalanche dog training, clearly and comprehensively, and shows the value of a deep handler canine relationship.

    • ASIN: 0944875955
    • ASIN: 0944875955
    • ISBN: 0944875955
    • Brand: Brand: Doral Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Doral Publishing

  • Tracking Dog: Theory & Methods

    Johnson presents the basics of tracking work, and leads the reader step-by-step through a planned, easy to follow program, which has resulted in 100% success for his students. This success is now yours, regardless of your breed of dog or your past experience. · NEW Foreword by Don Arner · Training Philosophy and Terminology · Determining Behavioral Characteristics · Tracking Training Essentials · T. D. Training Methods · Classical Problem Solving and More!

    • ASIN: 0914124048
    • ASIN: 0914124048
    • ISBN: 0914124048
    • Brand: Brand: Arner Publications
    • Manufacturer: Barkleigh Productions

  • The Darkest Thread (The Flint K-9 Search and Rescue Mysteries Book 1)

    For fans of John Connolly, Nevada Barr, and dogs of all shape and size, the first novel in the new Flint K-9 Search and Rescue Mysteries, from the author of the USA Today-bestselling Erin Solomon Mysteries.Meet Jamie Flint -- a no-nonsense veteran K-9 trainer and handler with a 'gift' she'd be happy to return: like her dogs, Jamie can sense things the rest of the world is blind to.When teenage sisters go missing in the mysterious 'Bennington Triangle' of Vermont, an area renowned for its disappearances, and strange occurrences over the past hundred years, FBI agent Jack Juarez brings Jamie an... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B01M9E2QER
    • ASIN: B01M9E2QER
    • Manufacturer: Adian Press

  • Cadaver Dog Handbook: Forensic Training and Tactics for the Recovery of Human Remains

    Intended for those who train and handle cadaver dogs, this book also encompasses information for those who work closely with them, such as police, death investigators, and anthropologists. Its interdisciplinary approach is useful to any member of a forensic team who regularly participates in or evaluates the results of the human remains search effort. Cadaver Dog Handbook sets out the principles and procedures for the training and handling of dogs for the location of human remains. It explains scent theory and its applications, introduces basic training and searching strategies/tactics, and c... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0849318866
    • ASIN: 0849318866
    • ISBN: 0849318866
    • Brand: Brand: CRC Press
    • Manufacturer: CRC Press

  • Your German Shepherd Puppy Month by Month, 2nd Edition: Everything You Need to Know at Each State to Ensure Your Cute and Playful Puppy (Your Puppy Month by Month)

    Your German Shepherd Puppy Month by Month, Second Edition, provides readers with everything they need to know and do at each stage of development to make sure their playful, energetic puppy grows into a happy, healthy, and well-adjusted companion. Expert authors Liz Palika, vet Deb Eldredge, and breeder Joanne Olivier team up to cover all the questions new owners tend to have, and many they don’t think to ask, including:   • What to ask the breeder before bringing your puppy home.    • Which vaccinations your puppy needs and when to get them.    • How to make potty trainin... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1465451099
    • ASIN: 1465451099
    • ISBN: 1465451099
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Alpha

  • The Search

    A canine Search and Rescue volunteer fights danger and finds love in the Pacific Northwest wilderness in this riveting #1 New York Times bestseller from Nora Roberts.To most people, Fiona Bristow seems to have an idyllic life—a quaint house on an island off Seattle’s coast, a thriving dog-training school and a challenging volunteer job performing Canine Search and Rescue. But Fiona got to this point by surviving a nightmare: an encounter with the Red Scarf Killer, who shot and killed Fiona’s cop fiancé and his K-9 partner.On Orcas Island, Fiona has found the peace and solitude necessar... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0515149489
    • ASIN: 0515149489
    • ISBN: 9780515149487
    • Brand: Jove
    • Manufacturer: Berkley

  • By Kevin John Kocher How to Train a Police Bloodhound and Scent Discriminating Patrol Dog, 2nd Edition (2nd) [Paperback]

    One of the problems with trailing or tracking dogs is uniformity. The inconsistency between different dogs limits what instructors can uniformly teach handlers. Using the method of training presented in this book will produce the uniformity that has been missing.

    • ASIN: B00SCVGCZQ
    • ASIN: B00SCVGCZQ
    • ISBN: 1630689122
    • Manufacturer: Kevin John Kocher

  • K9 Search and Rescue

    An unconscious woman trapped beneath the rubble after an earthquake. A backcountry skier caught in an avalanche and buried under tons of snow. A young child lost in the wilderness. In such situations the margin for error is razor thin, and having a well-trained search and rescue dog at the scene can be the difference between life and death.Resi Gerritsen and Ruud Haak should know. They trained search and rescue dogs for decades and took part in many rescue operations, and from their experience they developed their own unique training methods. This book covers everything from basic training for... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1550591940
    • ASIN: 1550591940
    • ISBN: 1550591940
    • Manufacturer: Brush Education

  • Soldier Dogs: Air Raid Search and Rescue

    An Army dog and an American boy survive the Baedeker Blitz in the paw-biting start to a new middle-grade series inspired by the brave, military dogs who helped Allied troops win World War II.

    • UPC: 912961929

  • Dog Heroes of September 11th : A Tribute to America's Search and Rescue Dogs

    Featuring over 100 new pages, including 150 new color photographs, this expanded and revised edition presents brand-new chapters on military working dogs in Iraq and Afghanistan, the therapy dogs who worked at Ground Zero, the

    • UPC: 14969176
    • Rating: 5.0

  • Canine Search and Rescue : Follow a Bloodhound's Training and Actual Case Work

    Canine search and rescue teams often provide a life-saving edge in tracking a missing person, offering hope to parents, family members, and law enforcement officials. These teams rely on highly trained dogs and use the

    • UPC: 46766777

  • Search and Rescue Dogs : Training the K-9 Hero

    Winner 1991 Maxwell MedallionBest Special Volume ABOUT THE FIRST EDITION .".".the techniques and the case studies here are so interesting that a read will prove rewarding to ordinary trainers and fanciers alike."" --Publisher s Weekly

    • UPC: 1883745

  • Scent of the Missing : Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog

    The personal narrative of the author's relationship and adventures with her search-and-rescue (SAR)

    • UPC: 13846934
    • Rating: 4.0

  • Search-And-Rescue Dogs

    Describes the job search-and-rescue dogs do, what makes a good search-and-rescue dog, and the places they

    • UPC: 177793009

  • Hero Dogs : How a Pack of Rescues, Rejects, and Strays Became America's Greatest Disaster-Search Partners

    Lola was a buckshot-riddled stray, lost on a Memphis highway. Cody was rejected from seven different homes. Ace had been sprayed with mace and left for dead on a train track. They were deemed unadoptable.

    • UPC: 217415114
    • Rating: 4.0

  • When You Wander : A Search-and-Rescue Dog Story

    A dog that has just graduated from "sniffing school" advises readers what to do if they become lost in the woods, and assures them that his smart nose will lead him to where they are.

    • UPC: 21087472
    • Rating: 3.75

  • K9 Search and Rescue Troubleshooting : Practical Solutions to Common Search-Dog Training Problems

    Diagnose and fix the most common training errors in your SAR dog with positive, effective methods. Susan Bulanda, bestselling author of Ready! Training the Search and Rescue Dog, is back with a new book that

    • UPC: 654956683

  • Search and Rescue Dogs - Audiobook

    Search and rescue dogs fearlessly search for survivors in many dangerous situations, from burning buildings to heavy snow. With their sharp senses, these dogs can cover areas faster and with more accuracy than people can.

    • UPC: 205876867

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