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Meet Kat Albrecht, an award-winning pet detective

A person pets a dog. (Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP)
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A person pets a dog. (Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP)

When former police bloodhound handler Kat Albrecht lost her own dog, she began to panic, but then stopped herself. Albrecht realized exactly what she needed to find her missing canine: another search dog. Within 20 minutes, she found her beloved pooch.

Kat Albrecht with her bloodhound A.J. (Courtesy of USCS Photography)
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Kat Albrecht with her bloodhound A.J. (Courtesy of USCS Photography)

The experience gave her an idea, and she became an award-winning pet detective, harnessing her training to use dogs to find pets. She’s the founder of the Missing Animal Response Network, the first-ever (online) pet detective academy dedicated to the development of community-based lost pet services.

Albrecht joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young for tips and advice.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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