Tracking is a great way to channel your dogs energy and challenge their mind. There are different avenues of tracking from sports trials (earning titles), to search and rescue (professional working dogs), to dogs who only participate for fun and energy release. Tracking as a dog sport is intended to exercise the mind and body of your dog. Tracking is an ideal activity for dogs which have high drive (motivation and energy for a task) and require a means for release. Any breed of dog can do ...

Training that works by harnessing your dog’s instincts.Learn how to:Stimulate your dog’s natural hunting drive for effective SAR training.Start your dog’s training program with an easy, three-step process.Develop skills in a variety of search operations, including wilderness, avalanche and disaster scenarios.Dr. Resi Gerritsen and Ruud Haak have trained search and rescue dogs for more than 30 years and have taken par...

Canine Tracking Guide details the two most common uses of the canine nose: following blood trails for wounded game and tracking humans (from lost children and missing hikers, to escaped convicts). The author explains the concept of human scent and how the amazing canine nose functions and then elaborates on the basic training principles, commands, exercises and patterns used in tracking work. Whether a reader is working with hunting dogs, police dogs, cadaver dogs or competition dog, this ...

Build a pocket-sized survival kit you’ll actually carry.This book will explain what items to carry in your pocket survival tin. It is so small and light weight, you should always have it on you!The Complete Survivor Series Collection:Volume 1 - The Ultimate Survival TinVolume 2 - The Urban Survival TinVolume 3 - The First Aid Survival TinVolume 4 - Th...

This comprehensive book takes you, the handler, from the basics through challenging advanced exercises. Color photographs and helpful diagrams, plus step-by-step instructions, walk you through the basics, coach you on improving your skills, and help you to work through errors and challenges.Fred's years of professional experiences provide a wealth of insights and help you understand that professional scent problems are much the same as yours. Fred Helfers is a retired police narcotics dete...

Award-winning author Temple Grandin is famous for her groundbreaking approach to decoding animal behavior. Now she extends her expert guidance to small-scale farming operations. Grandin’s fascinating explanations of how herd animals think — describing their senses, fears, instincts, and memories — and how to analyze their behavior, will help you handle your livestock more safely and effectively. You’ll learn to become a skilled observer of animal movement and behavior, and detailed illustr...

If you think your parrot can't shoot a basket or bowl a strike, think again! Using the information in The Click That Does the Trick, you'll be able to train your bird to perform more than 30 entertaining tricks, including shooting a basket, bowling, roller-skating, waving and more. Author and trainer Robin Deutsch guides you through all the steps to train each trick. Her introductory chapters on bird behavior and basic training concepts lay the groundwork for training your bird to perform com...

Origami Cat and Dog: 14 Projects Paper Folding Easy To Do Step by StepThis book teaches you the papers folding of the cat and dog easy to do. We will show you step by step from the first step to complete one and also show you the picture with its explanation that you can easily understand and done it.

How does your dog smell? Very well, as it happens!With up to 100 times as many olfactory receptors as humans, dogs use their sense of smell to 'see' and interpret their world, just as we do with our eyes. A dog's keen sense of smell is helped by a wet nose which has a layer of mucus that absorbs some scent molecules more quickly, allowing even the faintest scent to be detected and followed. And it's not just specialist hounds such as gun, drug and bomb detection dogs that have this ...

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 every SAR dog handler needs. Susan has spent decades working with SAR dog handlers around the world to improve the performance of their K9 teams with her positive, professional approach to training. Now, she shares the tips and tricks she’s learned over...

In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.You may not know as much about your dog as you think, but you'd be surprised at just how much it knows about you. In fact, your dog may be ...

This is a fully illustrated dog care e-book in the Dog Grooming Guides series published by Puppy Care Education.A terrific guide for every dog owner who wants to know more about caring for their dog. The trimming of nails/claws and pad hair is a health issue for your dog, with correct length nails and clear pads making your dog’s life safer, healthier, and more enjoyable.But cutting your dog’s nails can be a stressful experience if you do not know how to go about it correct...