Susan Purvis

I am fascinated by this topic. I was disappointed in that the training sounded very haphazard. Ms Purvis's dog did not have a reliable recall for what seemed a very long time. I found it understandable that rescue groups were frustrated by this lack of control. The author was very upset by dogs that had not received their certification working rescue missions, but she didn't really give a good explanation for her concern. There may be one, but I didn't hear it in this book. I was more interested in the actual search and rescue and not so much in the marriage situation and the politics of rescue groups. I think Kate Braestrup's book Here If You Need Me gave a better look rescue from a psychological perspective and Falling Season by Hal Clifford a better explanation of avalanche and rescue in the Colorado mountains.… (más)