Search & Rescue

Tweedie, Jan. On the Trail! A Practical Guide to the Working Bloodhound and Other Search and Rescue Dogs. Loveland, CO: Alpine, 1998.

Tweedie trains and works her own Bloodhounds in search and rescue and criminal work. The majority of On the Trail! focuses on training the search and rescue (SAR) dog, ranging from the basic (e.g., sit and down) to the specialized (e.g., how to locate a cadaver). Tweedie also touches on dog selection, necessary paperwork, canine health, travel with a SAR dog, and financial costs of SAR work. She does not, however, discuss preferred breeds for SAR work. Highly recommended both for those who are considering involvement in SAR work and for those who are simply curious.

Whittemore, Hank, and Caroline Hebard. So That Other May Live: Caroline Hebard & Her Search-and-Rescue Dogs. New York: Bantam, 1995

Only two canine search units were operating in the United States when Hebard and her German Shepherds first became involved in search and rescue (SAR) in 1972. Hebard tells of the training, of actual rescues in the US and abroad, of her work in establishing SAR as a viable resource, of how SAR impacted her family and herself. This biography is well written and highly recommended.