Another had been tossed into a dump and had medical issues.
For example, one of the dogs has survived a house fire, but not without getting burned. Moreover, the dogs are all rescues, which brought with them certain unique issues. After all, Charleson is bringing Puzzle home to join a family of six adult dogs and three elderly cats. It’s also the part which one might expect to be most lacking here. The part of a dog memoir which most resonates me is where the forging of a relationship between owner and canine is described. Yet for all of what Charleson could bring to the field, she still felt trepidation when certification time drew close because she feared that her middle-age body would be too slow to keep up with her vibrant young dog. Her work as a pilot had taught Charleson how to talk on the radio, helped her understand the workings of the wind, and to not be squeamish or afraid of the dark. Moreover, Charleson might have something to contribute. She knew almost all disasters needed dogs on the ground to locate the living and the dead. Whether their assessment has any truth to it or not, Charleson found herself drawn to the field. Perhaps too each missing child she helped find lessened the heartache which miscarriage, some of which had occurred late in pregnancy, would have caused Charleson. Some family members and friends wonder if search and rescue helped fill a void. A multitude of miscarriages caused a strain on an already shaky marriage, which ultimately ended in divorce. Susannah Charleson has a history of her own, which puts a face to the throngs of search and rescue volunteers. Scent of the Missing is a beautiful and fascinating melody about the love and partnership with a search and rescue dog. It’s also about her multitude of pets who had to adjust to yet another canine in the house, the Golden Retriever whom Charleson raised as a pup to become a working dog, and the adventures and mishaps that Charleson and Puzzle shared while forging a relationship both on and off the field. Scent of the Missing is about a forty something-year-old woman who heeded a call on her life.
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