Thanks to Courtney Brach of Touchstone Publicity/Simon & Schuster, Inc., I am giving away one copy of What the Dog Knows.
Book Description:
In WHAT THE DOG KNOWS: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs, Cat Warren offers a firsthand exploration of the fascinating world of “working dogs”—who seek out missing persons, sniff for explosives in war zones, and locate long-dead remains—through her experience as a journalist and with her canine companion, Solo, an incorrigible pup turned veteran cadaver dog. CLICK HERE to listen as she explains their work on Sirius XM’s National Geographic Weekend or CLICK HERE to read a National Geographic Daily News q&a.
For a university professor, Warren has an admittedly unorthodox hobby: she works with a cadaver dog—a dog who searches for missing and presumed-dead people. What started as a way to harness the energies of her unruly German shepherd puppy, Solo, soon became a passion for them both. They have now searched for the missing throughout North Carolina for seven years. In WHAT THE DOG KNOWS, Warren uses her odyssey with Solo to enter the broader world of scent-detection dogs, revealing the remarkable capabilities—as well as the limits—of working dogs and their human partners.
What the Dog Knows tells the stories of cadaver dogs, drug and bomb detecting K9s, tracking and apprehension dogs—even dogs who can locate unmarked graves of Civil War soldiers and help find drowning victims more than two hundred feet below the surface of a lake. Working dogs sometimes seem magical, as they distinguish scent, cover territory, and accomplish tasks which no machine is yet capable of. What the Dog Knows reveals the science, the intense training, and the skilled handling that lie behind those abilities—and shows why we keep finding new uses for the wonderful nose of the working dog.
About Cat Warren:
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CAT WARREN is an associate professor at North Carolina State University, where she teaches science journalism, editing, and reporting. She lives with her husband, David, and two German shepherds, Solo and Coda, in Durham, North Carolina. Visit www.catwarren.com.
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