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The possibility dogs what a handful of "unadoptables" taught me about service, hope, and healing

A tour of the psychiatric service dog industry traces the author's work with unwanted shelter dogs before matching them with people in need, documenting her own partnership with a search canine while sharing uplifting success stories.

Main Author:	Charleson, Susannah.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Subjects:	Dog adoption. Social behavior in animals. Human-animal communication. Psychiatric service dogs. Human-animal relationships.

Summary:	A tour of the psychiatric service dog industry traces the author's work with unwanted shelter dogs before matching them with people in need, documenting her own partnership with a search canine while sharing uplifting success stories.
Physical Description:	260 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:	9780547734934 (hardcover) : 054773493X
Author Notes:	Susannah Charleson works as a search specialist with her K9 partner, a Golden Retriever named Puzzle, for a U.S. search-and-rescue team and research group focusing on the special-needs missing. Charleson is the Executive Director of Possibility Dogs, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing and training homeless dogs for service and therapy work. Charleson's first book, Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog, was a New York Times bestseller. Her second book, The Possibility Dogs: What a Handful of "Unadoptables" Taught Me About Service, Hope, and Healing was released in 2013. Charleson is also a commercial pilot and flight instructor. (Bowker Author Biography)

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