Search and rescue dogs : training the k-9 hero / American Rescue Dog Association.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

American Rescue Dog Association.

Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Search dogs--Training.

Search dogs.

Rescue dogs--Training.

Rescue dogs.

Physical Description:

xi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Howell Book House, [2002]

Summary:

From the devastation of the World Trade Center to earthquakes in Central Asia, search and rescue dogs have proven invaluable in helping to find victims of disasters -- whether man-made or natural.

First published in 1991 to critical acclaim, this newly expanded and revised edition of Search and Rescue Dogs: Training the K-9 Hero, contains original, updated content. Chapters describe cutting-edge training techniques used for wilderness, disaster, cadaver dogs, and water searches, and by state and federal disaster organizations such as FEMA.

Extensive photographs illustrate real-life missions, including images of Ground Zero and the Pentagon taken by ARDA volunteers after September 11, 2001.

Search and Rescue Dogs: Training the K-9 Hero, is told in the authoritative voice of the American Rescue Dog Association (ARDA), the nation's oldest airscenting search dog organization. Since its founding, ARDA's standards and training methods have served as the model for dog units around the nation.

Contents:

1 Forming the American Rescue Dog Association 1

3 Selecting the Air-Scenting Search Dog 17

4 Basic Training, Obedience and Agility 35

5 Beginning Search Training 53

6 Advanced Search Training 73

7 Handler Standards and Equipment 89

8 The Search Dog Unit 103

9 Unit Training 115

10 Responding to a Search 133

11 Conducting the Search 141

12 Special Applications 155

13 Avalanche Training 167

14 Cadaver Training 177

15 Disaster Training 195

16 Disaster Missions 215

17 First-Aid for Search Dogs 237

18 ARDA Searches 251

Appendix Lost Person Behavior 263.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0764567039

OCLC:

50004793