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Search and Rescue
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Search and Rescue includes a variety of disciplines: searches for lost children or adults, police work, evidence searches or disaster search and rescue in a wide range of settings from cities to mountain wilderness. Whatever your interest, there is probably something in this field for you and your canine partner.
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TRAINING THE DISASTER SEARCH DOG
by Shirley Hammond
Item: DGT241
Highly trained Disaster Search Dog teams are an increasingly important component in response efforts to save lives in the face of terrorist attacks, earthquakes, and floods—and training these teams has never been more important. Detailed how-to information to pass FEMA tests.
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Price: $29.95
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POLICE DOG TACTICS, 2ND EDITION
by Sandy Bryson
Item: DGT232
An important new book on training dogs for police work. Extensive up to date information on building, narcotic and evidence searches. How to develop and maintain a K9 program and an excellent section on search and rescue techniques. This is a must-have reference!
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Price: $47.95
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SEARCH DOG TRAINING - HOW TO GET STARTED DVD
by Ed Stopper & Madde Watts
Item: DGT197
What is needed from both dog & handler for various disciplines in SAR: puppy selection and training, record keeping, the search game, more. Will inspire you to get involved! Video, manual, and field guide.
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Price: $59.95
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READY TO SERVE, READY TO SAVE
by Susan Bulanda
Item: DGT211
Collection of actual missions written by leaders in the SAR field. Conveys the harsh reality of what is is truly like to be a rescuer and offers a look at SAR personnel and the psychological impact on the rescuers.
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Price: $26.50
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K9 SEARCH AND RESCUE
by Resi Gerritsen & Ruud Haak
Item: DGT218
In a disaster, a trained search and rescue dog can greatly increase the chances of victims being found in time and rescued. This book outlines a new method of training S & R dogs developed by the authors in Austria.
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Price: $32.95
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BUZZARDS AND BUTTERFLIES - HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION
by J. C. JUDAH
Item: DGT256
Buzzards and Butterflies is a primer for the canine handler working a Human Remains Detection Dog on land or water.
This is the text to learn training and search strategies that work for other HRD handlers including industry standards for Search Dogs and their handlers. From Crime Scene Preservation to evaluating Human Remains Detection dog teams, review the lessons learned by handlers in searches held at Freshkills (after 9/11) and in Hurricane Katrina.
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Price: $29.95
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BE EXPERT WITH MAP & COMPASS
by Bjorn Kjellstrom
Item: DGT130
(NEW EDITION) Recommended by our tracking customers, a complete guide to Orienteering including understanding maps, finding bearings, and traveling in the wilderness.
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Price: $18.95
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ANALYSIS OF LOST PERSON BEHAVIOR
by William Syrotuck
Item: DGT101
An aid to search planning for search and rescue units, this is a scientific study of the behavior of lost persons.
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Price: $12.95
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SOME GRID SEARCH TECHNIQUES
by William Syrotuck
Item: DGT119
Scientific studies of some of the most important aspects of search and rescue work.
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Price: $5.95
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TAKING THE NEXT STEP - DOG TRACKING WORKBOOK
by Mary Thompson
Item: DGT257
Thirty plus track examples (with grids) help you train your dog for tracking.
Mary wrote this workbook for her own style of teaching tracking which allows a dog to accelerate to their own individual speed of learning.
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Price: $14.95
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DOG DETECTIVES - TRAIN YOUR DOG TO FIND LOST PETS
by Kat Albrecht
Item: DGT250
Kat Albrecht 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.
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Price: $19.95
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