451: Offering Pet Detective Services with Annalisa Berns

Ever wondered what it takes to be a pet detective and how you could add it as a service to your business? Annalisa Burns, The Pet Detective, sheds light on the unique skills and training required for pet search and rescue. She discusses the challenges and emotional aspects of tracking lost pets, emphasizing the critical role of understanding animal behavior. She shares about the growing demand for pet detective services across the U.S., and ways to add it as a service, or a grow a business around it.

Main topics

• Pet Detective Role
• Training Essentials
• Search Techniques
• Service Demand

Main takeaway: Being a pet detective is critically important and in high demand, especially for trained pet detectives in locating and safely returning lost pets to their owners, utilizing a blend of specialized training, understanding of animal behavior, and various search methods.

About our guest:

Annalisa Berns, is the owner of Pet Search and Rescue and Pet Search and Rescue Investigations. She dreamed of working with animals from a young age. Annalisa found her life's work when she read Kat Albrecht's book, "The Lost Pet Chronicles." She is passionate about educating people about how to bring their lost pets home.

On a lost pet case Annalisa usually works 2-3 Search Dogs. She also coaches people how to find their lost pets. She is a licensed Private Investigator in California and Florida. She has also completed California Association of Licensed Investigator training NLITE. Annalisa helps train Search Dog Handlers to help find lost pets. She was a guest speaker at the Western States Veterinary Association twice and the American Veterinary Medical Association conference. She completed FEMA training with the Emergency Management Institute in Animals in Disaster: Awareness and Preparedness and Animal in Disaster: Community Planning. In 2023, she presented two mini sessions for Pet Sitters International. She also completed Introduction to Animal Psychology Certificate on Pet Behavior.

Links:

Previously on: https://www.petsitterconfessional.com/episodes/417

https://www.petsearchandrescue.com

https://www.instagram.com/petsearchandrescue/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/PetSearchAndRescue

training on calming signals for dogs: https://pethelpful.com/dogs/Dog-Behavior-Understanding-Dog-Calming-Signals

Phone: 310-880-8268

Kat Albright: https://www.missinganimalresponse.com

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