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Missing Animal Response Network
A Worldwide Network of Missing Animal Response Specialists
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Benefits of MAR Training

Professional Training

Learn how recover lost pets from the founder and lead instructor Kat Albrecht

Self-Paced Courses Available

Register and schedule your training at your own pace.

MAR Community

Access to experienced MAR professionals worldwide to help you as you get started

Professional Resources

Access to a library of documents and quick flow charts to assist in getting your recoveries started.

Expand Your Knowledge

MAR Training helps teach individuals how to better understand animal behavior for all types of animal rescue.

Return On Investment

Whether you are a volunteer, shelter staff, vet tech or have a business, the knowledge gained by our MAR Training Courses can more than triple your investment.

Upcoming Training Event

MARN Northeast Regional Training June 2018

MARN Northeast Regional Training June 2018

March 19, 2018 By Kat Albrecht

2 Day Lost Pet Recovery Seminar - 3 Day MAR K9 Boot Camp With SMART, CT Dog Gone Recovery, and My Dog’s Place MYSTIC, CT June 9-June 13, 2018 FEATURING KAT ALBRECHT Pet Detective and Missing Animal Response Network Director Additional K9 Trainers / Presenters Include Author/Trainer Susannah Charleson (TX), Marge Lineweber (CT),  Judene Dyer (ME),  and Pat Simmons (FL). Training Event Dates June 9 and 10 will feature classroom training.  Topics will include new research on lost pet behavior, lost pet recovery and trapping, dealing with difficult clients and other professionals, self care, and other topics June 11 to 13 will include dog assessment and MAR dog training for ALL levels (beginner thru advanced).  …

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Missing Cat Study

Missing Cat Study

 WHY THE MISSING CAT STUDY WAS DEVELOPED "By MARN Director Kat Albrecht"  My background in search-and-rescue work began in 1989 when I set out to train my dog to find lost people and ultimately switched over (in 1997) to searching for lost pets. During my early research into lost pet behaviors, it was natural for me to apply the same search methods and use the same equipment I had used to find lost people and use them to solve missing cat …

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Lost Pet Recovery Training

MAR Field Courses

MAR Field Courses

Missing Animal Response  - Lost Pet Recovery Training Pet Detective Kat Albrecht offers 8-week on-line missing animal response (MAR) or lost pet recovery training courses for animal control officers, animal industry professionals, volunteer dog and/or cat rescuers, and a 10-week pet detective training/certification webinar course designed primarily for individuals interested in offering professional lost pet recovery services as a fee-based service, including the use of K9 pet detectives. Training Options 10-week Pet Detective Missing Animal Response (MAR) Field Course The (approx.) 60-hour Missing Animal Response or "MAR" Field course …

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Books By Kat Albrect

Books

Books

Dog Detectives: Train Your Dog to Find Lost Pets by Kat Albrecht Dogs who have an aptitude for using their noses and who love to play with other dogs or kitties (or maybe ferrets) make great Dog Detectives. Everyone whose pet has disappeared knows the feelings of fear and helplessness when faced with the question, "What do I do now?" You can help create happy endings and make your dog a hero by training him to find lost pets using the step-by-step methods in Dog Detectives. Retired police K-9 officer Kat Albrecht applies law enforcement based search-and-rescue techniques as well as forensic analysis to the challenge of locating lost …

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About Kat Albrecht

About Kat Albrecht

About Kat Albrecht

Kat Albrecht ( Kathy "Kat" Albrecht) a former police bloodhound handler, crime scene investigator, search-and-rescue manager, and police-officer-turned-investigative pet detective. Since 1997, Kat has solved lost pet investigations by using law enforcement-based techniques and strategies that are normally used to solve lost person investigations. What began as an "experiment" to see whether or not her search dog Rachel could be trained to track lost pets, quickly led to other discoveries. Kat uses high-tech equipment such as infrared cameras, amplified listening-devices, and search cameras. …

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About Missing Animal Response Network

About

What is Missing Animal Response? Missing Animal Response ( Lost Pet Recovery Training) or "MAR" is a professional training program developed in 2005 by Kat Albrecht, a leading pioneer of the lost pet industry. MAR training breaks down the process of a pet being lost, then shows us how to understand lost pet behavior along with time tested techniques in recovering those lost pets.   Types Of Training Courses: MAR Field Training MAR K9 Training Shelter/Rescue Staff Training Vet Staff Training Our Training Calendar.   BENEFITS OF MAR TRAINING:  PROFESSIONAL TRAINING - Learn how recover lost pets from the founder and lead instructor Kat Albrecht. …

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Video About Missing Animal Response and Kat Albrecht

Recorded in 2011, this video (filmed for a pitch for a reality TV show) demonstrates what Missing Animal Response (MAR) is and how professionally trained volunteers and for-profit “pet detectives” use high-tech equipment, search dogs, animal capturing tools, and knowledge of lost pet behaviors to help recover lost dogs and cats. Our vision is that ALL communities would have professionally trained volunteer MAR teams to help recover lost pets, just like Buddy was fortunate enough to have! For more details on MAR training, visit https://www.missinganimalresponse.com/mar-courses.

MARN Northeast Regional Training June 2018

MARN Northeast Regional Training June 2018

2 Day Lost Pet Recovery Seminar - 3 Day MAR K9 Boot Camp With SMART, CT Dog Gone Recovery, and My Dog’s Place MYSTIC, CT June 9-June 13, 2018 FEATURING KAT ALBRECHT Pet Detective and Missing Animal Response Network Director Additional K9 Trainers / Presenters Include Author/Trainer …

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Child Uses Calming Signals

Child Uses Calming Signals

Here is our most favorite story of how "calming signals" helped to recover a lost (skittish) dog. Feel free to share this video with dog owners when you're trying to explain WHY they should use calming signals (why they should SIT DOWN) and why they should NOT STAND, LOOK AT, or CALL their lost …

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5 Reasons You Should Be Trained In Lost Pet Recovery

5 Reasons You Should Be Trained In Lost Pet Recovery

Here are 5 reasons why anyone involved with dogs or cats should be Trained in Lost Pet Recovery: 1. Each year, millions of dogs and cats become lost. Knowing what to do should a dog or cat escape could mean the difference between life and death for that animal. 2. The only thing worse that …

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Dogs Finding Dogs…and Cats, Too!

Dogs Finding Dogs…and Cats, Too!

This weekend, National Geographic Wild will be releasing a show called “Dogs Finding Dogs.” It features a group who offer a service of search dogs tracking the scent of lost dogs. As glad as I am to see a show about lost pet recovery on TV, there are an increasing number of groups training dogs to …

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Missing Cat Study

Missing Cat Study

 WHY THE MISSING CAT STUDY WAS DEVELOPED "By MARN Director Kat Albrecht"  My background in search-and-rescue work began in 1989 when I set out to train my dog to find lost people and ultimately switched over (in 1997) to searching for lost pets. During my early research into lost pet behaviors, it …

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Testimonials

You Helped Me Save My 2 Lost Cats

A week my 2 indoor only cats got out through a broken window screen. You advised in an article that I should thoroughly search close by neighbors properties and I found them within an hour hiding in a delapetated shed at the back of my neighbor’s property just two houses away. They were completely quiet and would not respond to me at all. I went several times a day for six days trying to coax them out but nothing worked. I obtained a humane trap planning to trap them as a last resort the next day. About midnight both of them showed up in my garage. They had obviously been watching me go back and forth and felt secure enough to leave the safety of the shed. Their behavior was almost exactly as you described it would be in your article that I read. Were it not for you I would not have looked as hard as I did and would have depended on fliers and social media. Thanks for saving my 2 cats!!!

JD Lowery

Instumental In Finding My Cat

Just wanted to say thank you for posting the information about lost cat behaviour on the web. It was instrumental in finding my cat Duke who suddenly vanished into thin air (or so it seemed) last Tuesday. I did the usual – stuffing lost cat flyers into 200 plus mailboxes in my area, talking to delivery men and mail men – no-one had seen any trace of him. I walked the streets umpteen times over the course of a couple of days hoping to get some inkling of what had happened to him. Thursday, someone posted a link to your information in a FB cat group I belong to. I started yard searching that very night. Friday after work I knuckled down to some more serious yard hunting, trying to work out in a circle from my own house. Numerous backyards later, I was about to call it a night and then decided to do a few more across the street. I had not been calling him as I didn’t want to risk being further from home than he was and confusing him. For some reason at that first house across the street, I called him. There was a faint meow from behind me. I called again, and he went into full on meow mode! There he was, up on the roof of the next house along, huddled by the chimney. What a relief! The weather had been horrible all week – snow flurries, icy, but he was in surprisingly good condition, although from the piles of cat poop he’d left up there, he’d been there the whole 72 hours. I think he may have chased a squirrel up a nearby tree, lept from there to the roof and didn’t have the nerve to try the leap back to the tree. Not sure who was more relieved that he was home – him or I! Thank you again!!

Alison Headland

Changed My Life – Traci M Durango

I took Kat’s on line course and it changed my life. Even if you choose to not have a search dog you will learn the science behind how, where and why animals go missing and what you can do to help

Traci M Durango, Colorado

I Couldn’t Wait Until the Next Week’s Lesson Arrived – Susan L.

I took the class expecting it to be superficial information that I already knew. I couldn’t have been more wrong! This class is in depth, research based, and very professional. I couldn’t wait until the next week’s lesson arrived. I highly recommend it for anyone that is helping to recover lost pets.

Susan L.

An Incredibly In-Depth and Informative Course – Sharon M

I had the opportunity to take the MAR 10 week course with Kat Albrecht over the winter. I found it to be an incredibly in-depth and informative course. Not only in the volumes of well thought out but professionally presented information she presented but also in the weekly telephone support she provided. Kat is truly one of those wonderful people you only get to meet a few times in your life.

Sharon M - Pembroke, NH

Kat is a Gem as A Teacher, You Will Be Learning From the Best! – Karin N.

I had bought Kat Albrecht’s books wanting to have more information in “Search and Rescue” comparing it with “Map Dowsing” the way I search for missing animals. I was happy when I found out about the Mar 10 week certified course “Kat Albrecht” was teaching. I sure was looking forward to my first class and was not disappointed of having taken this step! Kat is a gem as a teacher, the material, skill, knowledge and sense of humor, made the time fly. Question we could ask regarding homework would be answered in a timely fashion I have never experienced in any other course! I certainly can recommend “Kat Albrecht’s – Mar Course” to anyone who is interested in “Search and Rescue”. You will be learning from the best!

Karin N.

One of the Best Courses I Have Ever Taken – Judene D.

After many years in lost pet recovery, I found this course still taught me a great deal. It was one of the best courses I have ever taken. Kat’s knowledge, skill, experience, humor, compassion, and dedication make this a wonderful learning opportunity. I also find the ways Kat provides for MAR graduates to communicate with each other allowing sharing of information and support to be invaluable.

Judene D. - MAR Volunteer and Maine Lost Dog Recovery Volunteer, Maine

Loved the MAR Training – Jim B. Cincinnati, Ohio

Loved the MAR training and the insights from my MARs classmates. Very beneficial information in how to up my skills in searches for lost pets!

Jim B. Cincinnati, Ohio

Definitely so worth it! – Jennifer H. Comer

The knowledge I gained and continue to learn from the MAR training is amazing, I have always tried to find pets. Now I believe I am acquiring proper, proven,skills to reunite more families. The connections made, because of the MAR class, with other like-minded people, to share experiences and advice is irreplaceable. Definitely so worth it!

Jennifer H. Comer, Georgia

The Classes Were Convenient and Informative – Crystal C.

I was delighted to take a MAR training course from Kat. I was impressed with the details, depth, and the variety of materials shared with us during our course. The classes were convenient, informative and delivered with skill and an obvious passion for passing on her experience and knowledge to others so that more people and animals can be helped. Highly recommend!

Crystal C., Certified Professional Dog Trainer and MAR volunteer, Pennsylvania

Techniques learned through this course are credited for saving many lives and reuniting families

The MAR course helped me understand the behavior of a lost pet and the science of a search. The techniques learned through this course are credited for saving many lives and reuniting families.

Bonnie B.,Puyallup, Washington
Roaming Paws Lost Pet Services

Highly recommend MAR course

I found the MAR course incredibly useful and learnt and enjoyed learning about lost pet behavior as well as the behavior of owners and finders. Would highly recommend the training to anyone working in the field of lost pet recovery.

Anna R. Canberra, Australia
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