Reviewed by Nancy Eaton
You will be surprised to see the many jobs a police dog has, such as helping to search for someone who is missing, helping to find out the cause of a fire, sniffing out explosives, and being a comfort dog. Purchase Here.
All of these special jobs require training. To find out if a fire was started on purpose, arson dogs must be able to identify the different accelerants. The arson dogs must take a test every year.
Bomb dogs are trained to sniff out explosives. This includes checking every part of every vehicle that might come to a type of event.
Search dogs are trained to find objects that have been hidden just by finding the human scent on the item.
Comfort dogs love getting hugs, but their main purpose is to help people feel better. Someone might have been hurt in an accident; this is where the comfort dog is brought in to help with the healing process
What Does a Police Dog Do? is an excellent informational book to teach children about the roles these very important animals play in our society. The author makes this book very interesting by pointing out the training these dogs have to go through to accomplish their job.
This book is filled with wonderful pictures of real police dogs on the job taken by photographer John Cebula.