Susannah Charleston doesn't mention how she really earns a living and pays for all that dog food, but you get the feeling that she would scrub floors to keep her rescue dogs well fed and in good health. This is a fearless look at life and what happens when you decide to help other people. This is the first book about a dog that hasn't made me cry and I get teary while reading most dog books. I learned about an area that I'd never thought about, and I feel better rounded for having done so. It is educational, too it should be required reading for police and first responders who are not aware of the capabilities of mixed human-animal rescue teams. Her writing is readable and literate and a joy to absorb. (or is it Puzzle who is the handler?) It touches on the life of a SAR team member, triumphs and tragedies, and the feelings of accomplishment and failure that go with the territory. Scent of the Missing is the story of Susannah Charleson's journey from pilot and flight instructor to Search and Rescue volunteer, and ultimately as a SAR dog handler. She respects their species for what they are, and then tells us all about them.
Charleson accepts her companions (dogs and cats) on their own terms. Susannah Charleson does not fall into this trap (which admittedly puts books on the Best Seller list). Dogs (and cats and other pets) are NOT just small humans, and treating them as such degrades both the animal and the human.
from friends, and picked it up to find out what they saw in it.
I've always admired working dogs (from a distance) and their human partners. Scent of the Missing is the story of Susannah and Puzzle's adventures as they search for the missing lost teen, an Alzheimer's patient wandering in the cold, signs of the crew amid the debris of the space shuttle Columbia disaster and unravel the mystery of the bond between humans and dogs. 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. 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. 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. An unforgettable memoir from a search-and-rescue pilot and her spirited canine partner
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