What the Dog Knows

The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs

Ranked #75 in Dog Training

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 the experiences of a journalist and her canine companion, an incorrigible pup named Solo.

Cat Warren is a university professor and former journalist with an admittedly odd hobby: She and her German shepherd have spent the last seven years searching for the dead. Solo is a cadaver dog. What started as a way to harness Solo’s unruly energy and enthusiasm soon became a calling that introduced Warren to the hidden and...
more

Similar Books

If you like What the Dog Knows, check out these similar top-rated books:


Learn: What makes Shortform summaries the best in the world?