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Learn moreFrom the author of the critically acclaimed bestseller, Scent of the Missing, comes a heartwarming and inspiring story that shows how dogs can be rescued and can rescue in return.
For her first book, Susannah Charleson was praised for her unique insight into the kinship between humans and dogs, as revealed through canine search and rescue. In The Possibility Dogs Charleson chronicles her journey into the world of psychiatric-service and therapy dogs trained to serve the human mind, a journey that began as a personal one. After a particularly grisly search led to a struggle with PTSD, Charleson credits healing to her partnership with search dog Puzzle. Inspired by that experience and having met dogs formally trained to assist in such crises, Charleson learns to identify abandoned dogs with service potential, often plucking them from shelters at the last minute, and how to train them for work beside hurting partners, to whom these second-chance dogs bring intelligence, comfort, and hope.
From black Lab puppy Merlin, once cast away in a garbage bag, who stabilizes his partner's panic attacks to Ollie, the blind and deaf terrier who soothes anxious children, to Jake Piper, the starving pit bull mix who goes from abandoned to irreplaceable, The Possibility Dogs illuminates a whole new world of canine potential.
Susannah Charleson is the author of several acclaimed books, including Scent of the Missing and The Possibility Dogs. A flight instructor, service dog trainer, and canine search-and-rescue team member, she founded the nonprofit organization The Possibility Dogs, which rescues, trains, and places dogs with people suffering āunseenā disabilities. She lives in Texas with her ever-growing brood of animals, canine, feline, and anything that needs rescuing.
Susannah Charleson is the author of several acclaimed books, including Scent of the Missing and The Possibility Dogs. A flight instructor, service dog trainer, and canine search-and-rescue team member, she founded the nonprofit organization The Possibility Dogs, which rescues, trains, and places dogs with people suffering āunseenā disabilities. She lives in Texas with her ever-growing brood of animals, canine, feline, and anything that needs rescuing.
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āFor everyone who is interested in the human-animal bond, this book is essential reading.ā
āYou donāt have to be an animal lover to be moved by this beautifully written and impassioned account of the authorās work rescuing dogs from shelters and training them to be service animalsā¦This is the rare book that can change minds about the reality of animalsā emotional lives.ā
āThis deeply moving and personal story chronicles the authorās experiences learning to identify potential service dogs in shelters and discovering her own need for therapy dogs, especially as she also struggles with kidney diseaseā¦ Her story not only underlies the strength of the human-dog connection but also shows that rescued dogs from all sorts of backgrounds and breedsā¦can fill critical roles for humans in needā¦A touching and inspirational story.
āThe main subject is the less-familiar psychiatric-assistance dog, who knows when to respond to his or her ownerās subtlest behaviorā¦The case studies are interesting and include frequent public skepticism toward tormented yet normal-seeming people assisted by dogs.ā
āThe compassionate account of the authorās experiences with psychiatric service dogsā¦An inspiring and refreshingly optimistic reminder about the untapped possibilities that exist in the relationships between humans and dogs.ā
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