![]() ![]() ![]() But if Puzzle ever indicated to Charleson she did not want to work, Charleson would assume she was sick or injured, and not put her in the field. A haunting meditation on trust, hope and love by a woman who adopts and trains a Golden Retriever puppy to become a search-and-rescue dog ( People ). Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog About this ebook Read more from Susannah Charleson Related to Scent of the Missing. There is some language handlers use to indicate "ready, set, go!" to their dogs, and generally the hardest thing is holding Puzzle back till its time to search. "This is what they love to do," says Charleson. To date, Puzzle has never declined to work a search. Still, Charleson tells NPR's Neal Conan, "a not uncommon assumption is that search dogs only find the deceased." In fact, Charleson clarifies, the first thing the dogs are certified in is "live finds," or recovering missing people when they are still alive. Scent of the Missing is the story of Charleson’s partnership with Puzzle, her Golden Retriever, and their experiences training as a search and rescue team. And when the space shuttle crumbled over Tex., police called in Puzzle. Search-and-rescue dog handler Susannah Charleson and her partner, a golden retriever named Puzzle, work with the elite Metro Area Rescue K9 unit in Dallas, Tex.Ĭharleson tells the story of their partnership in her book, Scent Of The Missing.Ĭharleson and Puzzle have worked all kinds of cases, from a teen who disappeared, to an Alzheimer's patient who wandered off. ![]()
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