About Family Disaster Dogs

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The Family Disaster Dogs books,  website and social media give dog owners a way to learn how-to prepare for disasters with pets by offering online posts and lessons that encourage the training of family dogs to assist in disasters and how-to use a dog to find people who may go missing. 

Visitors worldwide browse over 260 blog posts of dog care and training at familydisasterdogs.com where books, courses and emergency resource lists are available and regularly updated with new content.

Family Disaster Dogs has a huge following of furbaby households and global emergency response teams who frequent the site for information on current natural disaster events, dog training and preparedness for floods, hurricanes, tornados, evacuation and wildfires.

Author, Amber Higgins' work was first published in the 1990's offline newspapers and magazines. She has over thirty years experience in the pet industry and dog breeding. With fifteen years devoted to volunteer K9 Search and Rescue with her Bloodhounds and German Shepherd dogs. The books are available on the Amazon's distributor network in paperback, kindle and audible everywhere. She lives with her wolf and two bloodhounds.

The Books

Family Disaster Dogs

Evacuate with Your Dog's Help (Includes Evacuation Supply List, Pet CPR)

My Puppy Can Find Me children's book

Start Mantrailing Step by Step

A Squirrel Planted an Acorn ( A short story about nature)

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New for 2020-Certify Your Dog as a Family Disaster Dog free membership and lessons

Buy or Read for Free on Kindle the Family Disaster Dogs Books click to my Author Page

Hi everyone,

With the New Year here and the world off to a roaring 2020 start, I want to offer everyone who is interested in using the skills taught here on Family Disaster Dogs and in my books a way to show off their own dog's skills.

I'm offering everybody who uses these lessons a Family Disaster Dogs Certification of accomplishment with your dog's name, picture and date of certification signed by me, the author and founder of Family Disaster Dogs lessons, books and blog.

I am so proud of all the dogs and owners worldwide who have supported and learnt from the information here and in the books. You deserve a pat on the back for taking the time to prepare your family for hopefully what shall never happen but if a disaster or lost person incident happens, YOU are READY !

How great is that!!

Go Dogs!!!

Yay! Family

Here is the page to more lessons

I hear and see comments everyday on social media about how well you all are doing learning these useful Family Disaster Dog skills. It's great to hear from you all and see how well your dogs are doing! The response is what keeps me writing and adding more information for everyone.


Become a Family Disaster Dog member


Here's what to do to become a Family Disaster Dogs member and a Family Disaster Dogs Certificate

You can get one certificate for each of your dogs (cats, rabbits, horses, any other welcomed too) in their name.

Children's book participates can request a certificate for each child and dog "team" who practice the lessons in My Puppy Can Find Me picture book.

Send us or post to one of our social media pages below, a picture of your dog wearing the dog go-bag, or doing any lesson from the Family Disaster Dogs book or children's book, My Puppy Can Find Me.

You can also send a picture of yourself or child with one of the books, here I am visiting dogs while the owner reads my book.

You can also tell us in a comment below or posted to social media about what your dog, child or family has learned for a certificate.

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Facebook us at Facebook page  join the group there too!

Twitter @URDogCanFindU

Instagram @familydisasterdogs

At the sites below you can leave a book review when you read or buy one of my books then email me so I can send your certificate.

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Here's a few of our members


Introducing Daisy Mae Parker

Ms Daisy Mae Parker
has a Go-Bag ready

Introducing Buddi Dog

Dixie and Buddi
Dixie can find people
Buddi carries a Go-bag

Introducing Dixie

Introducing Mt Tom's Dazy

Mt. Tom's Dazy
Is ready to evacuate

Introducing Mt Tom's Karl

Mt Tom's Karl
is learning to find family

Introducing Mt Tom's Fia

Newest member Mt. Tom's Fia
Puppy is ready!

Sign up for updates or follow us to see more new members and get your dogs a certificate too!

My Puppy Can Find Me book and blog

“Does your child know what to do if they are lost?”

“Do you know what to do if they are missing?”

My Puppy Can Find Me picture book is your child’s first step on an exciting learning experience that will teach them what to do if they are lost or find themselves alone.

By reading this picture book with your children the whole family will learn what to do if they are ever separated or missing and how the family dog can be of assistance during emergencies.

This new concept of dog training teaches search dog skills to family dogs for in-home family rescue and missing person emergencies.

Your children will learn valuable lessons by doing these fun exercises that reinforce and teach the pet dog and family to work together during crisis situations to overcome fear and survive.

The whole family learns how to use the family dog to the full advantage regardless of the age, size or breed of the dog.

As a family member and part of the pack your dog always knows where each member of the pack is at, this is natural for the dog to know and we as dog owners only need to learn how to take advantage of this natural instinct our dogs possess.

Illustrations by UK dog cartoonist Helen "Scotty" King

Get a copy of  "My Puppy Can Find Me" by Amber Higgins for every child and parent from Waldorf Publishing so all dogs can help their families.

Pre-order your copy today which helps this book get into the major large bookstores so all children can learn, plus be included in the book's launch and 1st printing!

Only 14.95 !

You might save a child's life.

Visit Family Disaster Dogs online for more books and lessons that show you how any pet dog can rescue and help friends and family in disasters and emergencies.

Your dog finds you everyday and every dog knows how to find a family members for play,food and walks so why not ask your dog to find a lost loved one?

I show you how easy this is in my books.

Find us on Facebook at Family Disaster Dogs

Twitter at URDogCanFindU

Your Puppy is a Hero Dog

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Give a Dog Owners Gift that Saves Lives

Give a Gift that Saves Lives 

Easy to send online or through the mail ! 

The Family Disaster Dog book

The perfect gift for dog owners and families.

These books show you how any pet dog can help in disasters and emergencies!

This is a revised edition just released with over 50 more pages and available in paperback too!

Dogs do these skills every day without us noticing. Teaching your family dog to come to your aid during an emergency is not as difficult as one might think.

This book shows you how Any size dog from the little Chihuahua to the Great Dane can help its owner survive..and they find you every day already when they want to play or eat so why not learn what else they can do to help you ! 

click for the Kindle Edition only $4.99 

click for the Paperback Edition $14.99 147 pages

Free Previews are on the book pages

Evacuate with Your Dog's Help book

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click for Paperback Edition  $7.99 

47 pages teach you how your dog can help the family during evacuation

This book explains how-to evacuate with pets and 

how-to make a bug-out (survival) bag for owners and dogs. 

A detailed expanded list of survival items for pets and owners is included with step-by step instructions to teach your dog to carry a saddlebag to hold items to evacuate and "bug-out" with. 

Plus Pet CPR instructions 

What to do if your dog is lost 

How to calm a frightened pet 

How to make a shelter with 3 items 

Expanded List of Survival items to pack 

What Shelters recommend for pets 

Evacuation Law for pets 

Learn how Every dog any age or size can help its family evacuate. 

Be prepared for disasters with your pets. 

Learn what to expect at disaster shelters and from pet rescue during disasters.

Print books ship in 1-2 days and gift wrapping is available!

Free Shipping for the holidays !

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See all the books there

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Coming Next Year from Waldorf Publishing

My Puppy Can Find Me 

Children's picture book with Illustrator and UK Dog Cartoonist 

Helen "Scotty" King

Happy Holidays Everyone !!

Why Preparing for Emergency is Important ?

You may wonder...

Why is preparing for emergencies important ? Why is reading this site and other prepping sites important ?

Because...if/when SHTF (shit hits the fan) like a pandemic virus out of control or when the weather hits hard.

We want you to know how to help yourself and pets because resources are overwhelmed ! read on...

This dog proves what dogs can do....

Every dog has the ability to find its family members or friends.

Dogs do this on their own everyday without us noticing.

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Here on Family Disaster Dogs you can learn

Family Disaster Dog Chloe 

How Your Dog Can Rescue You in a Disaster !

How to Find a Lost Family Member and neighbors !

Messenger Dog to carry notes and aid if people are trapped !

Your Dog Brings Items by Name !

Shelter in Place in rubble, woods or city settings !

Prepare for Emergency !

Dog Go-Bag Bug-Out Bag !

Prepare for Disaster !

You dog can be like Lassie !

At Family Disaster Dogs.com you can find a complete list of what you will need to survive any disaster or emergency.

Read the Family Disaster Dogs  books

Here's one of our books

Here are some other books to read that can help you prepare.

The Prepper's Guide to Surviving the End of the World, as We Know It: Gear, Skills, and Related Know-How

Ultimate Survival Guide: 15-Books-Mega Bundle That Will Get You Safe From Any Dangerous Situation: (Prepper's Guide, Survival Guide, Emergency)

The goal of this Blog is to Provide Free Search Dog Training to Families and Their Dogs

The goal of this Blog is to Provide Free 

Search Dog Training to Families and Their Dogs 

Which will enable each family to respond 
and do something while waiting for help to arrive

during neighborhood emergency and disaster incidents, 
extreme weather, war and terrorist attacks. 

Good Luck and Be Safe !

The dogs say Be Ready ! 

Go to the Lesson Page button above to find lessons.

Read the "Dog Bug-Out Bag" Lesson  ! 
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Share this blog and follow or like it so others can be ready too !

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Thank You !

Family Dogs and Working Dogs Scent Discrimination

Family Dog and Working Dog Scent Discrimination

This article explains how your family dog can tell the difference between you and another person or object. This information applies to Family Disaster Dogs, Tracking Dogs and Trailing Dogs as well as any dog who is using its nose to find an object, person or pet.

Scent discrimination can be a complicated and complex subject.

When I was first learning Bloodhound handling and training with my dog Sue, our SAR dog mentor and instructor, Lt. Ezra Roberts explained the basics of scent discrimination to me in what I continue to believe is the easiest way possible.

Amber and Incredible Sue

I smile in remembrance of Ezra as I write this..I couldn't of asked for a better mentor.

He said, " When a Bloodhound smells a chocolate cake they smell every ingredient of the cake. The flour, sugar, eggs and coco while other dogs smell only the chocolate cake. "

This is the difference between a dog trained to scent discriminate. They smell one scent out of many many scents.

Dogs that are not trained to scent discriminate will search for only one scent, such as, live human scent but not each individual person within that human scent. They will find any human scent and all human scent in a certain search area by air scenting, tracking and  grid working. They will find every person or object's scent they are trained to find, such as bombs, drugs, humans live and remains. They are trained using only one scent article or smell.

Other dogs are trained to find many different scents or a scent they are given by the handler. These dogs are scent discriminating when they find a drug or object the handler asked them to find.

Service dogs who are trained to get the newspaper, slippers and dropped items of their owners are scent and sight discriminating. They know your slippers from another person's slippers.

Bloodhounds are different in that they process the ability to scent discriminate naturally. When a Bloodhound is given a scent article they start looking for that scent without much training at all. The handler gets most of the training and not the dog.

We don't train Bloodhounds they train us. Family dogs of all ages act naturally like the Bloodhounds when they stay close to their owners, bring your their toy or follow a special family member.

These dogs are choosing to discriminate. All dogs can discriminate and they do naturally.
It is up to us humans to take advantage of this natural ability in the dog and teach our dogs what we wish them to find or who.

When we train our family dogs to find objects by name we are teaching them to discriminate.

You can learn how to train your family dog to discriminate by going to our lesson page here. or click the page button at the top of this page.

Coming Soon "My Puppy Can Find Me" picture book that teaches your child and dog to work together so they are never lost and can find you ! 

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