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Charleson, Susannah.

Scent of the missing : love and partnership with a search-and-rescue dog / Susannah Charleson.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.

viii, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

After the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, Susannah Charleson was so impressed by the newspaper photo of an exhausted handler and his search-and-rescue dog that she decided to train a dog of her own. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Charleson got Puzzle, a strong, bright Golden Retriever, who from the start, exhibited a unique aptitude for search-and-rescue work. But the puppy's willfulness challenged even Susannah, who had raised dogs for years. Scent of the Missing is the story of Susannah and Puzzle's adventures and the complex relationship they forge as they help in the pursuit and recovery of people who have fallen prey to crime, misadventure, or catastrophe.

Rescue dogs -- Texas -- Dallas -- Anecdotes.

Search dogs -- Texas -- Dallas -- Anecdotes.

Search and rescue operations -- Texas -- Dallas -- Anecdotes.

Golden retriever -- Texas -- Dallas -- Anecdotes.

Anecdotes.

Includes bibliographical reference (page 289).

Gone -- Dog for the job -- Into the wind -- Puzzle has landed -- All the wrong things -- First lessons -- Trust fall -- Six days down -- Housebreaking -- Someone else's storm -- Running with the big dogs -- The family story -- The search you're called out to -- Home and health -- This boy here -- Fear stages -- Snake-proofing -- A handler's guide to risk management -- Show and tell -- The wilderness test -- Clear building -- Trust the dog -- Columbia -- No bad news -- Jimmy -- Epilogue.

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