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All Dogs Love Finding People They Know!
Our dogs love to find us and they do that every day.
When a dog wants to go outside, they find you to let you know.
When a dog wants to play he’ll get his toy and find you to play fetch.
When a dog is hungry, they find the person who feeds them.
Our dogs consider other household pets and livestock part of the family. Herding dogs find sheep and livestock over many miles. Much of the training is using natural instincts.
So why not teach our pet dogs to find family members, including other animals they know? In case a loved one goes missing or is lost then all you have to do is ask your family dog where the person is and follow the dog. Keep in mind, that not only will your dog find humans but also any animal that your dog knows.
Pictured below is my dog Washee and I training. We are getting ready to follow a person scent trail to locate where the person is hiding. I do not know where the person is hidden, all I have is the person’s scent article to give Washee to smell and remember the scent we want to find.
Washee led me through a homeless camp and behind a power company to find the person in the second picture. As you can see from Washee’s happy face she loves this fun game of hide and seek!
The way I train dogs to search for missing persons is based on how a dog naturally behaves.
Every time someone in the house or on the property leaves our dogs want to go with them because they do not want to lose the person. Dogs do not want to let who they know out of their sight because to a dog, they are part of the family pack. Especially a person or other animal they are most fond of and the person who feeds them.
Even people who play with our dogs at a dog park and neighbors the dog knows are part of the dog’s social network.
Have a look at my post to read simple instructions to use your dog to find family members, friends and other animals that are missing.
The Family Disaster Dogs books and easy lessons on this site explain how to use the family dogs to search for missing people and pets like mantrailing, tracking and search dogs do.
These books help not only families train their dogs but also K9 Search and Rescue teams worldwide.
Visit my author page to have a look at the books. I plan to keep adding lessons and dog info here at Family Disaster Dogs. I am also working on a book with more details to help reunite missing pets with their families.
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Thanks for stopping by and stay safe out there.
Pictured are my two bloodhounds brothers, Sammy and Gus.
