Suggested Reading

An Introduction to Land Search: Probabilities and Calculations William G. Syrotuk
Bark Alert: Search Dog Development with Search Strategy Training Mary Ann Warren
Cadaver Dog Handbook: Forensic Training and Tactics for the Recovery... Andrew Rebmann, Edward David, Marcella H. Sorg
Don’t Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and... Karen Pryor
Lost Person Behavior Robert J. Koester
Nosework for Dogs: Tracking and Related Applications John Cree
Peak Performance: Coaching the Canine Athlete M. Christine Zink DVM, PhD
Ready to Serve Ready to Save: Strategies of Real-Life Search... Susan Bulanda
Ready! Training the Search and Rescue Dog Susan Bulanda, Larry Bulanda
Scent: Training to Track, Search and Rescue Pearsall and Verbruggen
Search and Rescue Dog Training Sandy Bryson
Search and Rescue Dogs: Training Methods American Rescue Dog Association
So That Others May Live: Caroline Hebard & Her Search... Hank Whitemore and Caroline Hebard
Some Grid Search Techniques for Locating Lost Individuals in Wilderness... William G. Syrotuk
The Culture Clash Jean Donaldson
The Human Bone Manual Tim D. White, Pieter A. Folkens
Tracking Dog: Theory & Methods Glen R. Johnson
Tracking for Search and Rescue Dogs: A Practical Manual for... Boguslaw P. Gorny
Training the Disaster Search Dog Shirley M. Hammond
Urban Search: Managing Missing Person Searches in the Urban Environment Christopher S. Young, John Wehbring

Additional books include:

  • What the Dog Knows: Scent, Science and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World – Cat Warren