Ready to Serve, Ready to Save
Strategies of Real-Life Search & Rescue Missions

by Susan Bulanda

Whether it is an earthquake, hurricane, flood, or terrorist attack, it seems that nearly every day there is some new tragedy on the evening news, and the world watches in awe-struck fascination as brave men and women lead dogs into the fray to look for survivors.

Ready to Serve, Ready to Save: Strategies of Real-Life Search and Rescue Missions is a collection of actual missions from around the world and is written by the leaders in the Search and Rescue field. It conveys the harsh reality of what it is truly like to be a rescuer. This book also offers a truly unique look at search and rescue by examining the psychological aftermath on the rescuers.

For readers who are intrigued by search and rescue, this book will excite and amaze them. For readers who are already practicing search and rescue, this book will inform them about the different strategies involved in different parts of the world, due to varying geographical conditions.

Book Specifics:

• ISBN: 0-944875-63-7
• Publication Date: April 1999
• Available: May 1999
• Retail Price: $23.50
• Trim Size: 6" x 9"
• Binding: Softcover
• Pages: 304
• Photos & Illustrations: Black & White

Additional Points:

• This is the only book currently on the market that is a compilation by respected leaders in the various regions of the U.S. and the world.
• Ready to Serve, Ready to Save will also have aspecial appeal to owners and breeders of many different dog breeds, including--but not limited to--bloodhounds, Border Collies, any of the hound group, and the many many other breeds that can be used in search and rescue. If you're thinking about getting involved in rescuing, this book will let you know what it's like.
• Sheriff's departments, fire departments, and national guard units will find this to be a valuable source of information, and also for training of new recruits. Libraries will want this as a valuable research and reference tool.

About the Author:

A search and rescue specialist herself, Susan Bulanda has trained many dogs for search and rescue work and is considered one of the best trainers and teachers in the field of search and rescue. A special advisor to sheriff's departments, she is often sought after for search and rescue and training seminars around the country. As an animal behaviorist she has deftly laid out a training book--Ready! The Training of the Search & Rescue Dog-- that can be of enormous benefit to any who attempt to train dogs for this painstaking work. Susan lives with her husband in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. She has won numerous awards for her writing, including the 1996 National League of American Pen Women and is working on her fifth book, which will be a companion book to Ready!. Susan also serves as a consultant for a number of sheriffs' offices.

SPECIAL OFFER!!

Order from the Publisher Before December 31st and Receive 20% off the Retail Price!

Prices may change, so order before Dec. 31st, 1998, and you can purchase the book for $18.80, plus $3.25 shipping & handling. Although this incredible book will also be available through your local bookstores, this pre-publication discount offer is available only when ordering directly from the publisher.

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