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Kathy "Kat" Albrecht
is a former police
bloodhound handler,
crime scene
investigator,
search-and-rescue
manager, and
police-officer-turned-
is 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 used high-tech equipment such as
infrared cameras, amplified
listening-devices, and search cameras. She
pioneered the use of "search probability
theory" and deductive reasoning for missing
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 used high-tech equipment such as
infrared cameras, amplified
listening-devices, and search cameras. She
pioneered the use of "search probability
theory" and deductive reasoning for missing
cats and Feline Behavioral Profiling, a system of predicting patterns of feline
behavior similar to how FBI profiles criminal behavior. Kat discovered that
behavior is a critical barrier to the recovery of lost pets and has identified
predictable patterns of behavior in lost pets such as "The Silence Factor,"
"The Threshold Phenomenon," and "The Lost Pet Triad." Kat’s memoir The
Lost Pet Chronicles: Adventures of a K-9 Cop Turned Pet Detective
(Bloomsbury, April 2004) tells the inspirational story of her struggle to make
the risky and unusual career change from police detective to pet detective.
Kat and her search dogs have appeared on NBC Nightly News, CNN Financial
News, EXTRA, To Tell the Truth, K-9 to Five, Miracle Pets, Dogs with Jobs,
Pets: Part of the Family, Breed All About It and in the pages of People
Magazine, Parade, and Reader’s Digest.
In 1997 when Kat first came up with the idea to develop lost pet services, a
friend told her she was "having a pipe dream" if she thought she could make a
living as a pet detective. Kat's vision immediately expanded from a small
business concept to developing lost pet services worldwide. In spite of
struggles and setbacks, Kat has pursued her dream. She is the founder of
Missing Pet Partnership www.missingpetpartnership.org, a national
nonprofit organization that is working to research lost pet behavior and
provide training on lost pet issues in the animal welfare industry. Missing Pet
Partnership operates the world’s first pet detective academy where Kat and
her staff train and certify Missing Animal Response Technicians and search
dogs to track lost pets. She lives in Clovis, California with her two dogs and
two cats.
behavior similar to how FBI profiles criminal behavior. Kat discovered that
behavior is a critical barrier to the recovery of lost pets and has identified
predictable patterns of behavior in lost pets such as "The Silence Factor,"
"The Threshold Phenomenon," and "The Lost Pet Triad." Kat’s memoir The
Lost Pet Chronicles: Adventures of a K-9 Cop Turned Pet Detective
(Bloomsbury, April 2004) tells the inspirational story of her struggle to make
the risky and unusual career change from police detective to pet detective.
Kat and her search dogs have appeared on NBC Nightly News, CNN Financial
News, EXTRA, To Tell the Truth, K-9 to Five, Miracle Pets, Dogs with Jobs,
Pets: Part of the Family, Breed All About It and in the pages of People
Magazine, Parade, and Reader’s Digest.
In 1997 when Kat first came up with the idea to develop lost pet services, a
friend told her she was "having a pipe dream" if she thought she could make a
living as a pet detective. Kat's vision immediately expanded from a small
business concept to developing lost pet services worldwide. In spite of
struggles and setbacks, Kat has pursued her dream. She is the founder of
Missing Pet Partnership www.missingpetpartnership.org, a national
nonprofit organization that is working to research lost pet behavior and
provide training on lost pet issues in the animal welfare industry. Missing Pet
Partnership operates the world’s first pet detective academy where Kat and
her staff train and certify Missing Animal Response Technicians and search
dogs to track lost pets. She lives in Clovis, California with her two dogs and
two cats.
Combining the thrill of C.S.I.’s forensic
detective work with the warmth and charm of
All Creatures Great and Small, Kat Albrecht,
the nation’s first law-enforcement-based pet
detective, shares her often inspiring,
occasionally heartbreaking, and always
engaging journey from working as a beat cop to
becoming the world’s foremost expert in
locating lost pets.
For millions of people, a pet is more than just
detective work with the warmth and charm of
All Creatures Great and Small, Kat Albrecht,
the nation’s first law-enforcement-based pet
detective, shares her often inspiring,
occasionally heartbreaking, and always
engaging journey from working as a beat cop to
becoming the world’s foremost expert in
locating lost pets.
For millions of people, a pet is more than just
The Lost Pet Chronicles:
Adventures of a K-9 Cop Turned
Pet Detective
Adventures of a K-9 Cop Turned
Pet Detective
an animal that shares a living space. These millions will do anything to recover
a four-legged member of the family when it goes missing. Unfortunately, most
people just don’t know where to look. Kat Albrecht is the person they call.
Unable to pass a "Lost Pet" poster without stopping, she has combined a
natural gift for training animals with an extensive background in investigative
crime search techniques to create proven strategies for finding lost pets.
Using investigative techniques such as probability theory, behavioral profiling,
and physical searches by trained dogs, Albrecht has helped over 1,800 pet
owners locate their lost dogs, cats, snakes, turtles, ferrets, and horses. Along
the way, Kat has faced one-of-a-kind challenges in her work: technical issues
such as teaching her trained search dogs to pursue missing pets, unexpected
roadblocks (How do you convince a forensics lab to conduct a DNA test on a cat’
s whisker?), and the surprising difficulties associated with living in the shadow
of the comedic "Ace Ventura" image her job title inevitably conjures. Those
challenges are balanced by unique joys, though, each time Kat helps reunite a
missing pet with its owners.
Lost Pet Chronicles tells the fascinating and heart-warming story of Kat’s
unlikely career path—and of how, along the way, doing the work she loved
transformed her from a dissatisfied, disaffected cop into a woman who has
found her true calling.
a four-legged member of the family when it goes missing. Unfortunately, most
people just don’t know where to look. Kat Albrecht is the person they call.
Unable to pass a "Lost Pet" poster without stopping, she has combined a
natural gift for training animals with an extensive background in investigative
crime search techniques to create proven strategies for finding lost pets.
Using investigative techniques such as probability theory, behavioral profiling,
and physical searches by trained dogs, Albrecht has helped over 1,800 pet
owners locate their lost dogs, cats, snakes, turtles, ferrets, and horses. Along
the way, Kat has faced one-of-a-kind challenges in her work: technical issues
such as teaching her trained search dogs to pursue missing pets, unexpected
roadblocks (How do you convince a forensics lab to conduct a DNA test on a cat’
s whisker?), and the surprising difficulties associated with living in the shadow
of the comedic "Ace Ventura" image her job title inevitably conjures. Those
challenges are balanced by unique joys, though, each time Kat helps reunite a
missing pet with its owners.
Lost Pet Chronicles tells the fascinating and heart-warming story of Kat’s
unlikely career path—and of how, along the way, doing the work she loved
transformed her from a dissatisfied, disaffected cop into a woman who has
found her true calling.
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