{"id":15025,"date":"2025-03-24T09:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T09:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/lessons-from-a-lost-pet-detective-named-kat\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T09:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T09:30:15","slug":"lessons-from-a-lost-pet-detective-named-kat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/lessons-from-a-lost-pet-detective-named-kat\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from a Lost-Pet Detective Named Kat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 1996, Kat Albrecht was a police officer and bloodhound handler in Santa Cruz, Calif. Her dog, A.J., had been a part of many search and rescue efforts, sniffing out and locating lost people in the woods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But when A.J. escaped Ms. Albrecht\u2019s yard, there was no team of expert animal rescuers to turn to. So she sought help from a friend who had her own tracking dog, a golden retriever named Kea. \u201cWe knew that Kea understood, \u2018Smell this pillowcase and follow the scent trail of this missing person,\u2019\u201d Ms. Albrecht recalled. \u201cWould she understand, \u2018Smell this stinky blanket and find my stinky bloodhound?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Within 20 minutes, Kea found A.J. lounging on a stranger\u2019s porch. For Ms. Albrecht, it was a turning point. \u201cWe have all kinds of detection dogs: drug-detection, bomb-detection, termite-detection,\u201d she said. \u201cWhy don\u2019t we have cat-detection dogs? Why aren\u2019t we training dogs to follow the scent trail of lost dogs?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Albrecht decided to do just that, forging an unlikely career as a lost-pet detective. Along the way, she has worked with researchers to study the behavior of missing cats and founded the Missing Animal Response Network, which trains people to locate lost pets and assists panicked pet owners. She no longer searches for lost pets herself, but trains others to follow in her footsteps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Albrecht spoke with The New York Times about her work. This conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">What strategies and techniques do you use to find missing pets?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of the most fundamental things is the analysis of lost-pet behavior. Dogs and cats are like apples and oranges. They behave differently from each other when lost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Cats will hide when they\u2019re afraid, sick or injured. And it\u2019s often within their territory \u2014 in your yard or one of your neighbor\u2019s yards. It\u2019s fine to post your missing cat on the internet, but you have to get permission from your neighbors to go into their yards to do a slow, methodical search. Because that is where studies have shown that cats are most likely to be. They\u2019re close, but they\u2019re silent and they\u2019re hidden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Other techniques and tactics would be the use of cat-detection dogs. We choose dogs that want to get the kitty but not \u201cget\u201d the kitty. I can share a story on one of those recoveries. The handler\u2019s name was Karen, and her dog\u2019s name was Halo. An indoor, skittish cat had escaped. Halo tracked from the escape point to a neighbor\u2019s house and then alerted: There\u2019s a cat under this deck.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When the owner crawled under the house, she couldn\u2019t see the cat. But Karen was so confident in her dog. She said, \u201cMy dog is insisting there\u2019s a cat under here.\u201d So the owner crawled farther back, and she found Miso, the cat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Isn\u2019t there a risk that a skittish cat will be frightened by a dog and go deeper into hiding?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That\u2019s exactly what Miso did. He moved farther back under the house. Once Karen knew that the cat was under that deck, she put Halo in the car. So, yeah, there\u2019s a risk. But the ability of the dog to tell us there\u2019s a cat under this house or in this wood pile is a very important clue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Let me back up and say: A lot of people think that a search dog is the answer to finding their missing pet. It\u2019s only one tool. We use cameras to monitor traps and feeding stations. We\u2019ve also used amplified listening devices. It\u2019s just being innovative in seeing what technologies are out there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">How does the behavior of missing dogs tend to differ from that of cats?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">We have had cases where dogs have hidden, like when there\u2019s fireworks going off. But in general, dogs run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The interesting thing about dogs is, their recovery is more dependent upon the behavior of people. When people see this dog trotting down their sidewalk, are they thinking this is a lost dog?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A dog that is found in a rural area \u2014 people assume that it was dumped. They don\u2019t realize that this dog may have escaped from its home or been involved in a rollover car accident. So even if it has an ID tag, they won\u2019t call the number on there, because they\u2019re thinking that if the owner cared about this dog, they wouldn\u2019t have let it run loose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">What should people do if their dog goes missing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">You\u2019ve got to get out there and broadcast it. So you\u2019re doing things like posting on Facebook, making big, neon posters. We have what we call the five-plus-five-plus-55 rule: You want to use five words that people can read in five seconds if they\u2019re traveling at 55 miles an hour. For example: \u201cLost black poodle, blue collar.\u201d And you put these at major intersections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">You also need to do a physical search of your own property. Because we\u2019ve just had so many cases where the owner thinks the dog is missing and the dog is right there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Do you have any other advice for pet owners?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s a process to recover a missing dog or missing cat. 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