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Lost Pet Recovery Training By Kat Albrecht

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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.

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MARN Northeast Regional Training MAY 2019

2 Day Lost Pet Recovery Seminar – 3 Day MAR K9 Boot Camp With SMART, CT Dog Gone Recovery, and My Dog’s Place MYSTIC, CTMay 18th-May 22, 2019 FEATURING KAT ALBRECHT Pet Detective and Missing Animal Response Network Director Devon Thomas Treadwell The Retrievers Training Event Dates May 18 & 19 will feature classroom training.  Topics will include searcher safety, compassion fatigue, predators, complicated rescues, and other topics.  There will be an afternoon of  hands on activities.  You may choose to build a RayTripper (requires advanced registration and bringing materials) or assemble and use various traps, set up game cameras, tag cars, try a snappy snare, and other equipment. May 20 to 22 will include dog assessment and MAR dog training for ALL levels (beginner thru advanced).  Dog training will be small group so you do not have extended wait time. Training for both trailing dogs and cat detection dogs will be available. …

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Lost Pet Recovery Training

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 includes …

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Books By Kat Albrect

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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

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

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. In the MAR Training You will Learn About: Lost Dog Behavior Lost Cat Behavior How to Make Large Neon Posters Why We Say Don't Call Your Dog! How to Tag Your Car Like a Mobile Billboard and so much more!!!   Video About MAR and Kat Albrecht Recorded in 2011, this video (filmed for a pitch for a …

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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.

Lost Cat Tip

Lost Cat Tip -  In a 2009 preliminary study of cats specifically panicked by fireworks, 90% of the cats were located within a 1 block radius of their homes (most were hiding on neighbor's property). In the 2017 Missing Cat Study (posted on MARN's web site), of the 1,200 missing cats that were lost …

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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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