Scent of the Missing by Susannah Charleson

Charleston gently leads you out into the comforting fresh air with the soft touch and sweet gaze of a little mixed dog. The imagery conjured a frantic feeling of desperation a need to claw your way out of the hell that was laid before the mind’s eye. The journey begins immersed in the confused gritty red-dust covered memories of a firefighter who survived a terrible accident. I got absolutely nothing done for the past two days. I believe everyone knows the saying, “Never judge a book by its cover.” So, when I slid the book out of the shipping envelope and saw a little white dog with a goofy grin, tilted head, and ridiculous half cocked bat ears, I thought, “This will be cute.” I also figured I could read a few chapters a day in between my busy schedule of studying, working, and training two search dogs.

Would it have the same hold on me as her first book? The book is not about search and rescue to which I am involved as a K9 handler.

I knew a bit about what her new book might hold. I hit the follow Susannah on Facebook button soon after reading her first book about her journey through search in rescue and her search dog Puzzle. Inspired by that experience and having met dogs formally trained to assist in such crises, Charleson learns to identify abandoned dogs with service potential, often plucking them from shelters at the last minute, and to train them for work beside hurting partners, to whom these second-chance dogs bring intelligence, comfort, and hope.What a handful of “Unadoptables taught me about service, hope, and healingīy the author of “Scent of the Missing” – Susannah Charleson In one word Inspiring

After a particularly grisly search led to a struggle with PTSD, Charleson credits healing to her partnership with search dog Puzzle. In The Possibility Dogs Charleson chronicles her journey into the world of psychiatric-service and therapy dogs trained to serve the human mind, a journey that began as a personal one. For her first book, Susannah Charleson was praised for her unique insight into the kinship between humans and dogs, as revealed through canine search and rescue. From the author of the critically acclaimed bestseller, Scent of the Missing, comes a heartwarming and inspiring story that shows how dogs can be rescued and can rescue in return.

Scent of the Missing by Susannah Charleson