Amber Higgins is an American author who has over thirty years working with dogs professionally as a breeder, all-breed show or pet groomer, certified search dog instructor, handler and trainer, pet dog trainer and award winning pet business manager or owner.
She has a degree in Media Communications, her work was first published in magazines and newspapers in the 1990's. Her book, "A Squirrel Planted an Acorn' is a short story from a tree's point of view and one of many which she plans to publish.
For about 15 years, Amber was an active volunteer with her "Wrinkledpups" Bloodhounds and German Shepherds to aid in the search for lost and missing persons. Amber's puppies went to several U.S. states, Canada and So America to help find missing people.
In 2011, Amber created the Family Disaster Dog Training concept where family dogs find missing loved ones like working Mantrailing search dogs do. Except and additionally, pet dogs learn much more to help the family and carry emergency supplies during evacuation of disabled persons, young children and elderly. 2 books were born, "Family Disaster Dogs" and "Evacuate with Your Dog's Help"
In 2015, the children's picture book, "My Puppy Can Find Me" came out to show parents and children how the family dog can search for and find a child or go find mom.
By 2021, after many requests from dog trainers in other countries. The fourth book of the series was published. "Start Mantrailing " is being used around the world to start dogs, and new handlers, on the journey of finding missing persons using Mantrailing skills which is not the same as "tracking". This book uses American bloodhound training methods to train all breeds of dogs to follow the trail of the person the dog is scented to find. The dog works on a long lead and will discriminate one live person's scent from all other scents.
Learn how easy it is to train any dog to help in some way and possibly save a life. Learn how to be prepared for emergencies with a dog's help. Learn to Send Your Dog for Help or to your partner or child on command. Find missing persons. Ask a dog to retrieve items by name; first aid kit, water bottles, cell phones if you are trapped and much more...
Books are available in paperback, Kindle and Audible.
Amber lives, trains and writes in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas, USA. She has several other books in the works, follow her Facebook page authoramberhiggins and look up the Family Disaster Dogs group or page on Facebook or Twitter.
Visit familydisasterdogs.com for more information and to contact the author.
