One book that I’ve had the chance to read recently is Susannah Charleson’s new book, The Possibility Dogs ( Amazon link). Susannah narrates both books.I’ve been doing lots of reading lately! I’ll be sharing several book reviews on my blog over the next month. Scent of the Missing was optioned for television in 2010 and is owned by CBS Productions.Ī book that follows Susannah’s work with rescued dogs trained for mental health service to the disabled and for therapy work in the wake of catastrophe or trauma - The Possibility Dogs: What a Handful of Rescues Taught Me About Service, Hope, & Healing, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, June 2013.Īudiobook editions of both Scent of the Missing and The Possibility Dogs are available from Blackstone Audio/. Scent is available through Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and fine independent booksellers nationwide and may be ordered directly from the book’s website, online, or purchased in stores. Portugese, Polish, Czechoslovakian, Japanese and Chinese editions are also available. Scent of the Missing is available in audio formats from Blackstone Audio and in e-print for Kindle, iPad, etc., as well. The e-book returned to Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestseller lists in fall, 2012. This critically well-received book also appeared on the New York Times, Dallas Morning News, and Denver Post Bestseller lists, with excerpts appearing in D Magazine, Bark, and other online venues. Susannah’s first book, Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search and Rescue Dog, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in April 2010. At home, Susannah lives with a rabble rescued cats, dogs, and chickens–many of them rescues with special needs, including a pup on wheels named Ruff Draft. Susannah is now partnered by golden Gambit, a 2014 pup sired by Puzzle’s grandfather. Her first search partner, Puzzle, was a Golden Retriever certified for the rescue or recovery of missing persons in urban, wilderness, disaster, and scent discrimination / trailing searches. Away from the keyboard, Susannah is a K9 search-and-rescue handler/trainer in the United States with a particular focus in search protocol for the special-needs missing, including the elderly and those with cognitive disabilities.

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