Dogs with Jobs: Working Dogs Around the World - Merrily Weisbord - Hardcover

Dogs around the world are loved as pets & companions (37.7% of American homes include at least one dog), yet dogs possess astonishing "working" talents as well. Dogs with Jobs profiles the true life stories of twenty-two unique dogs who rescue, detect, entertain, hunt, herd, protect, & happily serve people for a living--including: Star--the Black Lab arson dog, who can sniff out a dozen different fire-starting chemicals Flintis--an Anatolian Shepherd who guards his Namibian flock, & protects endangered cheetahs in the process Magnus--a German Shepherd who clears buried landmines with unprecedented speed Honey Hurricane--a high-energy Cocker Spaniel (trained by prison inmates) who coaxes an unresponsive nursing home patient to speak & laugh again...and many more. Featuring 24-pages of full-color photographs, this delightful book showcases the brave, skilled, loving acts of some remarkable Dogs with Jobs. Award-winning author Merrily Weisbord, & veterinarian Kim Kachanoff, DVM, are a mother-daughter team. Weisbord is a prolific multi-media writer & the recipient of three Canada Council Awards for her nonfiction. Kachanoff graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, & is in private practice, specializing in small animal medicine, where she sees many working dogs.Weisbord, Merrily is the author of 'Dogs with Jobs: Working Dogs Around the World - Merrily Weisbord - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780671047351 and ISBN 0671047353.