Search Dog Training

• Ready The Training of the Search and Rescue Dog, 2nd Edition, (Kennel Club Pro), Susan Bulanda , 2010.
• Search and Rescue Dogs: Training the K-9 Hero, American Rescue Dog, 2002.
• Search and Rescue Dogs: Training Methods, American Rescue Dog Association, 1991.
• K-9 TRAILING The Straightest Path, Jeff Schettler, 2011.
• Avalanche! Hasty Search, The Care and Training of the Avalanche Search and Rescue Dog, Patti Burnett, 2003.
• Cadaver Dog Handbook: Forensic Training and Tactics for the Recovery of Human Remains, Andrew Rebmann, et al, 2000.
• Buzzards and Butterflies: Humans Remains Detection Dogs, J C Judah, 2008.
• Search Dog Training, Sandy Bryson, 1984.
• Death, Decomposition and Detector Dogs, From Science to Scene, Susan Stejskal, 2013.
• Training Dogs to Use Their Nose, Adee Shoon, 2021.

How Dogs Work

• Scent and the Scenting Dog, William G. Syrotuck, 2000.
• What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs, Cat Warren, 2013.
• Detector Dogs and Scent Movement: How Weather, Terrain, and Vegetation Influence Search Strategies, Tom Osterkamp, 2020.

Dog First Aid

• Pet First Aid: Cats and Dogs, American Red Cross, Bobbie Mammato, 1997.
• The First Aid Companion for Dogs and Cats, Amy D. Shojar, 2001.
• Field Guide to Dog First Aid, Emergency Care for the Outdoor Dog, Randy Acker, 1999.

Search and Rescue Operations

• Fundamentals of Search and Rescue, NASAR, edited by Donald Cooper, 2005.
• The Handbook for Managing Land Search Operations, ERI Publications and Training, 2006.
• Lost Person Behavior: A Search and Rescue Guide on Where to Look - for land, Air and Water, Robert J. Koester, 2009.

Basic SAR Skills

• Basic Land Navigation - PMS 475, National Wildfire Coordinating Group, 2007. Free Version [PDF]
• FIRE WEATHER, Agriculture Handbook 360, Schroeder and Buck, 1970. Free Version [PDF]
• National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather, David Ludlum, 1995.
• Avalanche Safety for Skiers and Climbers, Tony Daffern, 1983.

Canine Detection and the Law

• Canine olfaction science and law: advances in forensic science, medicine, conservation, and environmental remediation, Tadeusz Jezierski, John Ensminger, and L.E. Papet (eds), 2016.
• Police and military dogs: criminal detection, forensic evidence, and judicial admissibility, John Ensminger, 2011.