The Possibility Dogs: What a Handful of "Unadoptables" Taught Me About Service, Hope, and Healing
By Susannah CharlesonAfter a grisly search-and-rescue operation led to troubling consequences for author Susannah Charleson, she found that her relationship with Puzzle, her search dog, made a surprising contribution to her own healing. Inspired by that experience, Charleson learned to identify abandoned dogs with service potential, plucking them from shelters and training them to work with disabled human partners, to whom the dogs bring assistance, comfort, and hope. Similar to her best-selling first book, Scent of the Missing, Charleson’s The Possibility Dogs goes beyond the science that explains working canines to tell the stories of the dogs themselves. Like Merlin, a black Lab puppy who had been thrown away in a garbage bag and now stabilizes his partner’s panic attacks. And service dog Jake Piper, a formerly starving pit bull mix who went from abandoned to irreplaceable. This heartwarming combination of memoir and research is sure to both inform and inspire.
Book details
- Paperback
- 260 pages
- English
- 0544228022
- 9780544228023
About Susannah Charleson
susannah charleson is the author of the new york times bestseller, scent of the missing, as well as a flight instructor, service dog trainer, and canine se Read More about Susannah Charleson
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