What the dog knows
Subtitle: scent, science, and the amazing ways dogs perceive the world
By: Cat Warren
Edition: First Touchstone trade paperback edition.
Publisher: Touchstone a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9781451667325
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Dogs; Search dogs; Anecdotes
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-331) and index.
Table of contents: title: The little prince of darkness; title: Death and the dog; title: Nose knowledge; title: Birth of the body dog; title: The shell game; title: Distillations; title: A spare rib; title: Comfort me with bite work; title: Into the swamp; title: Cleverness and credulity; title: All the world's a scenario; title: The grief of others; title: All the soldiers gone; title: Running on water; title: The perfect tool; title: Grave work; title: A second wind; title: Wag; title: Coda.