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Amazing Dogs Who Help

Dogs can be great pets, but did you know that they can also have jobs and work? Did you know they can be heroes who help save humans too? Learn the true stories about the amazing and diverse ways that dogs are helping us.

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  • Detective Dogs

    How Working Dogs Sniff Out Invasive Species

    Stevens, Alison Pearce,
    Throughout North America, trained working dogs are helping scientists locate and control the spread of invasive species.
    Book, 2025New York : Holiday House, [2025] — J 636.73 STEVENS
  • Daring Dogs

    30 True Tales of Heroic Hounds

    Hamilton, Kimberlie,
    Meet the most extraordinary dogs in the world in this illustrated book of mini-profiles, from the first cloned pup to canine war heroes and beyond.
    Book, 2020New York : Scholastic Press, [2020] — J 636.7088 HAMILTO
  • Solo has a fine nose and knows how to use it, but he's only one of many thousands of scent-detection dogs all over the United States. They think their job is simply the best, most interesting game they've ever played!
    Book, 2019New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2019] — J 636.7088 WARREN
  • Avalanche Dog Heroes

    Piper and Friends Learn to Search the Snow

    Rusch, Elizabeth,
    Follow along with Piper, a friendly border collie who came to the mountain as a smart but timid shelter dog, terrified by everything. Over a season she and her canine classmates romp together through the snow, learning and practicing the skills they…
    Book, 2018Seattle, WA : Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books, [2018] — J 636.7088 RUSCH
  • Book, 2019Washington, DC : National Geographic Kids, [2019] — E 636.7088 GERRY
  • Top Dogs

    True Stories of Canines That Made History

    MacLeod, Elizabeth,
    True stories about dogs whose actions influenced the course of history, including the first seeing-eye dog, search and rescue dogs, and military dogs.
    Book, 2017Toronto : Annick Press, [2017] — J 636.7088 MACLEOD
  • This true story of a hero's journey from adorable puppy to skilled Urban Search and Rescue dog is proof that superheroes walk--and bark--among us.
    Book, 2019New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2019] — J 636.7088 PETERS
  • Craig & Fred

    a Marine, a Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other

    Grossi, Craig,
    Tells the uplifting true story of a U.S. Marine, the stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield, and how they saved each other and now travel America spreading a positive message.
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017] — J 636.7009 GROSSI
  • Paws of Courage

    True Tales of Heroic Dogs That Protect and Serve

    Furstinger, Nancy,
    Modern wars recruit more than just human soldiers. Our canine companions also serve in the line of duty and under fire, whether helping police protect our home turf or accompanying soldiers on missions abroad.
    Book, 2016Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2016] — J 636.7 FURSTIN
  • Discover how working dogs are bred and trained and how these hardworking canines find happy homes when it comes time to retire.
    Book, 2013New York : Children's Press, 2013. — J 636.73 GREGORY
  • Meet Isaiah. He's one of nearly 70 golden retrievers who are sent around the county to perform a special job--to comfort and calm people after a tragedy has occurred.
    Book, 2015New York, New York : Bearport Publishing, [2015] — J 615.8515 LUNIS
  • A dog's nose is 300 times more powerful than a human nose, so it's no wonder that dogs use their incredibly advanced sense of smell to do some very important jobs.
    Book, 2014New York : Bloomsbury, 2014. — J 636.7088 PATENT
  • Sniffer Dogs

    How Dogs (and Their Noses) Save the World

    Castaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco), 1962-
    Readers will discover how detection dogs are able to use their noses to find everything from people, both alive and dead, to explosives to . . . whale poop.
    Book, 2014Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014] — J 636.7088 CASTALD
  • Book, 2012New York : Bearport Pub., [2012] — J 636.73 RUDOLPH
  • Learn how a dog's unique abilities--such as their sense of smell--make them suitable for the work they do.
    Book, 2006Milwaukee, WI : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2006. — J 636.7088 BARNES