What is a family disaster dog? It is a dog trained to find and rescue you!
The Family Disaster Dog Book shows you how easy a pet dog of any age, size, or breed can be your very own search and rescue dog! Any size dog, from the little Chihuahua to the Great Dane, can help its owner survive...and they find you every day already when they want to play or eat, so why not learn what else they can do to help you!
One of our biggest fears and chores during a disaster is losing or finding a loved one, and every dog has the ability to find its family members or friends. We, as dog owners, only need to learn how to use the natural ability of the dog to the full advantage during emergencies.
The Family Disaster Dogs book is full of fun and easy lessons that are tailored for the family to learn disaster preparedness with pets, including search and rescue skills in the comfort of the home during daily activities by former Search Dog Instructor Amber Higgins, who spent over a decade breeding and training AKC Bloodhounds for nationwide Search and Rescue FEMA volunteer work along with German Shepherd Dogs.
Here's a few of the skills you and your dog can learn:
Ask any dog to find family members and friends who are lost or missing !
Learn how your dog can be a messenger dog !
How any size dog can carry extra supplies if you have to evacuate.
Learn how to pack and use a Dog Bug-out Bag with 3 days of survival supplies for you and your dog.
Teach your dog to alert you to danger and warning sirens with these easy at home lessons.
If you are trapped in an earthquake. Your dog can find you, dig you out or bring you first aid until rescuers arrive !
Send your dog for help or to your partner or child on command, it's easy to do with this book.
Teach your dog to bring you items by name and much more !
Teach the whole family how to use the family dog as their own search and rescue dog in tornado, floods, earthquakes and to find lost loved ones !
Don't have a dog then this book is a great gift for a friend or neighbor who has a dog and they can come to your rescue too !
Use this book to form a neighborhood Family Disaster Dog group at church or clubs to help neighbors until emergency response arrives !
Be sure to have a look at the "My Puppy Can Find Me" children's picture book by Amber Higgins for young children and parents to learn what to do if a child is ever lost or missing. The children learn a fun game to play with the family dog to "go find mom or dad". Parents learn how to use their dog to find a child that wandered off or is missing.
Sometimes first responders and the police are overwhelmed with calls for help and they may not reach you right away.
Do you know what to do if help cannot reach you? What if the roads are blocked by high water or downed trees? What do you do if you cannot find a loved one? What if you are out camping and a family member gets lost and does not return to camp. Waiting for help to arrive often takes hours and during that time the person may go further away from camp, may get injured or worst. That is why I wrote these books. To help you help yourself and loved ones when help is not near. Time is critical when a person's life is at stake.
If you have a dog in the family, these easy fun lessons will teach you and your dog what to do. These books have helped people all over the world to learn how to save a person's life. Why not have a look at the books and the 285 page Family Disaster Dogs blog ?
I keep the four books free on audible and kindle so everyone can afford to be prepared and learn these valuable skills. Sharing this information with you at no cost is my mission, my way of helping communities worldwide. I spent many years training daily with my own dogs and volunteering to find missing person with county search and rescue squads. I learned a wealth of information during those years about emergency response and disasters, information that is not readily available to the public due to the amount of knowledge required and liability laws. That information is what I share with you, the public, and as a seasoned educated writer I try very hard to keep the lessons simple so even a child can learn.
Have a look at the books on the book page in the page menu above or visit my author page at Amazon.
If you do not use Amazon the books are available at book stores and retail outlets worldwide, a simple internet search will show you where. Please feel free to ask me for a copy or to train in person if that is easier for you! I will be happy to meet with you anytime and work with your dog, just ask!
