What the Dog Knows is an incredibly poignant book about dogs and people and how the lost can become found again.” with the research-forward focus of an academic and the sweat-and-scabs storytelling of someone who has lived in the field. "A former journalist, the author possesses a keen sense of detail and pacing that informs, entertains, and quickly draws readers into her life and work with Solo." Rebecca Skloot, New York Times Book Review But it's also a moving story of how one woman transformed her troubled dog into a loving companion and an asset to society, all while stumbling on the beauty of life in their searches for death." "What the Dog Knows is a fascinating, deeply reported journey into scent, death, forensics and the amazing things dogs can do with their noses: sniffing out graves, truffles, bedbugs, maybe even cancer. Clear-eyed and unsentimental, Warren explains why our partnership with working dogs is woven into the fabric of society, and why we keep finding new uses for the wonderful noses of our four-legged friends. Along the way, Warren discovers story after story that prove the capabilities-as well as the very real limits-of working dogs and their human partners. Warren interviews cognitive psychologists, historians, medical examiners, epidemiologists, and forensic anthropologists, as well as the breeders, trainers, and handlers who work with and rely on these intelligent and adaptable animals daily. Her dog Solo has a fine nose and knows how to use it, but he’s only one of many astounding dogs in a varied field. These abilities may seem magical or mysterious, but author Cat Warren shows the science, the rigorous training, and the skilled handling that underlie these creatures’ amazing abilities.Ĭat Warren is a university professor and journalist who had tried everything she could think of to harness her dog Solo’s boundless energy and enthusiasm…until a behavior coach suggested she try training him to be a “working dog.” What started out as a hobby soon became a calling, as Warren was introduced to the hidden universe of dogs who do this essential work and the handlers who train them.
There are thousands of working dogs all over the US and beyond with incredible abilities-they can find missing people, detect drugs and bombs, pinpoint unmarked graves of Civil War soldiers, or even find drowning victims more than two hundred feet below the surface of a lake.
A firsthand exploration of the extraordinary abilities and surprising, sometimes life-saving talents of “working dogs”-pups who can sniff out drugs, find explosives, even locate the dead-as told through the experiences of a journalist and her intrepid canine companion, which The New York Times calls “a fascinating, deeply reported journey into the…amazing things dogs can do with their noses.”
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