![]() ![]() She also serves as the team's public information officer. Susannah Charleson works as a handler with her partner, Puzzle, for the Mark-9, and elite, volunteer canine search-and-rescue team based in Dallas. Scent of the Missing is the story of Susannah and Puzzle's adventures as they search for the missing-a 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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