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Author Warren, Cat.

Title What the dog knows : the science and wonder of working dogs / Cat Warren.

Edition First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  636.70886 WAR    AVAILABLE
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Description xvii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note "A Touchstone book."
$26.99.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-320) and index.
Contents The little prince of darkness -- Death and the dog -- Nose knowledge -- The birth of the body dog -- The shell game -- Distillations -- A spare rib -- Comfort me with bite work -- Into the swamp -- Cleverness and credulity -- All the world's a scenario -- The grief of others -- All the soldiers gone -- Running on water -- The perfect tool -- Grave work -- A second wind -- Wag.
Summary Explores the world of working dogs, as well as canine intelligence and training, as the author and her German shepherd, Solo, work with forensic anthropologists, detectives, and dog handlers to find the bodies of the missing.
Subject Warren, Cat.
Search dogs -- Anecdotes.
ISBN 9781451667318
1451667310
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