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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