Even the dogs suffered from burnout on that search. She handled it with sensitivity, but it was heart-breaking to read about.
There’s one section where Susannah writes feelingly about her time as an assistant on the search after the Columbia space shuttle exploded. Who knew? Oh, and the picture of the volunteer and his dog rappelling down the side of a building together blew me away. I had no idea that SAR dogs can work on the water also. I don’t want to give anything away, so I won’t say much, but just think about training in burnt buildings and the myriad of scents these dogs must be confronted with. I was amazed at some of the stories I read, not just about Puzzle but about all the dogs in their SAR team. When I was asked if I wanted to read and review this book, I asked the publicist, “Is this one of those books where you get all attached to the animal and then you sob the last fifty pages as they get sick and die? ‘Cuz I don’t do the whole crying thing.” To my relief, the answer is that Puzzle is alive and well.Īnd what a dog Puzzle is! She is highly intelligent and creative, and through Susannah’s eyes we can watch Puzzle reasoning her way through the problems she’s confronted with. What a huge commitment to make to help out other people. I did not realize that these workers are volunteers who spend hours training each week, not to mention the time that they spend actively searching. I don’t watch the news a lot, but even I have noticed that whenever a disaster happens, there’s always footage of a SAR (search-and-rescue) worker and his or her dog in the background. Yet I was drawn to the story of Susannah and Puzzle. Yeah, I’m not a big fan of the true stories. I’ve labeled 1252 read books as fiction and 129 as non-fiction. Let’s take a peek at my GoodReads shelves, shall we? Let’s see…. After a prolonged nation-wide search, the Golden Retriever Puzzle landed in her lap.
After volunteering as an assistant for her local search-and-rescue team, she eventually received approval to train a dog of her own. Susannah Charleson sort of fell into search-and-rescue.
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