Water Search Dogs: Finding Drowned Persons

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• Learn how a dog can find the scent of a body submerged in different water environments and to pinpoint its location. See the ways the dog "alerts" to the handler its discovery.

• Search techniques, water dynamics, and working with other recovery resources, such as sonar and divers, are discussed. People, who had near drowning experiences, share how they were found and resuscitated.

• There are many considerations working a water search dog, from safety precautions, whether on a boat or along a shoreline, to the use of training aids and the details of a search report.

Numerous drownings occur year round making the demand for water search dogs high—as an asset, another tool to recovery operations with other agencies.

Product Details

• Author: Christy Judah
• Paperback: 179 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing (2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN 978-1-1463770754
• Product Dimensions: 6" x 9"