Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog

Scent of the Missing:
Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog

by Susannah Charleson
An unforgettable memoir from a search-and-rescue pilot and her spirited canine partner In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Susannah Charleson clipped a photo from the newspaper of an exhausted canine handler, face buried in the fur of his search-and-rescue dog. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Susannah was so moved by the image that she decided to volunteer with a local canine team and soon discovered firsthand the long hours, nonexistent pay, and often heart-wrenching results they face. Once she qualified to train a dog of her own, she adopted Puzzle, a strong, bright Golden Retriever puppy who exhibited unique aptitudes as a working dog but who was less interested in the role of compliant house pet. Scent of the Missing is the story of Susannah and Puzzle s adventures as they search for the missing a lost teen, an Alzheimer s patient wandering in the cold, signs of the crew amid the debris of the space shuttle Columbia disast…