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K-9 Search: One Handler's Journey

Sharolyn L. Sievert . Unknown Year . English

It was almost 4 months later that we got the call that our missing hunter had been found. Deceased. The first words out of the Operations Officer's mouth, after saying Sam was found, were "You are going to kick yourself."A volunteer search and rescue dog handler, Rebekkah has always put duty and responsibility first. She lives by the rules, believing that success means having a plan and not deviating from it. Dreams are things that happen at night and don't ever seem to come true for her. Things in Rebekkah's life are about to change, and she’s not really sure she’s ready for it. With her K-9 partners Ariel and Gus, Rebekkah faces decisions that could jeopardize their lives every time they deploy. As she responds to missing person searches through treacherous terrain, emotional battles and bitter disappointment, she finds that there is a fine line between success and failure; but that the search for life is definitely worth the risk.Sharolyn Sievert, a seasoned K-9 handler herself, takes the reader with her on fictional missions in K-9 SEARCH—One Handler’s Journey, weaving the laughter, fears, faith and tears of a life that isn’t sensational or sexy, and definitely not glamorous, but a heartwarming and genuine reflection of a SAR dog handler and her dogs.

Categories: Life Sciences

About the Author

Sharolyn Sievert had the prestigious honor of being awarded a Dog Writer's Assoc. of America Maxwell award in 2017. She has been active as a volunteer Search and Rescue K-9 handler since 2003, certifying multiple dogs in Search and Rescue disciplines of Area Search, Tracking, Human Remains Detection, and USAR Disaster. She is also active in Animal Assisted Therapy. Sharolyn was born in Tachikowa, Japan as an Air Force brat and spent much of her life adapting to new places and meeting new people as the daughter of a 20 year veteran of the military. Growing up with a dad who was an Eagle Scout, an avid outdoors-man, and hunter, the family outings were often spent hiking in the woods and vacations meant camping. Sharolyn's fictional books are gleaned from her own life as well as her experiences with her search dogs. While her K-9 Search novels are fiction, much of the SAR experiences are real, having happened to her or to her friends in SAR. Sharolyn not only has spent many years as a K-9 handler, she also is an instructor, teaching others about SAR, Search Management, and of also medical response for humans and pets.

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