Kathy Albrecht

Indulge me. I was ready for a quick light read and this was it. Albrecht was a K9 officer who turned her love of animals into a career. As a police officer she trained in scientific methods of detection regarding looking for missing persons, tracking suspects, and other police work. She began thinking about how she could use some of those methods to track lost pets and developed her own theories and yes, profiles. She decided she wasn't so taken with police work but was more interested in working with animals. It was not an easy task being taken seriously as a pet detective, thanks to Jim Carrey. It was a pretty fun read for me and I found it pretty interesting. If I ever lose a pet, I'll know how to go about finding it now, and where to look.… (mere)

The author describes her journey from an animal-loving police dispatcher to the founder of a network of pet search organizations. She started by training a search dog. Finding that police do not generally welcome civilian volunteers, she attended the police training academy and became a police officer. Along the way, she was inspired to train one of her dogs to search for pets rather than people. The book tells the story of the author's dogs, some of their notable searches, and the volunteer network she founded. The final chapter includes advice for searching for lost pets.… (mere)