Search Dogs and Me (eBook)

Carefully Dylan picked his way upwards, waiting every now and again for me to catch up, then climbing again. His bright orange coat was only just in view as he cautiously made his way through gaps in the boulders and small slabs of granite. Higher and higher we went into the cloud and the hammering rain.' For the last forty years, Neil Powell has worked with dogs – in mountain search and rescue, drowned victim recovery, collapsed structure searching, and optical disc and drug detection. Neil and his dogs have participated in countless searches – often in life-threatening situations – and saved many lives in Ireland, the United Kingdom and throughout the world. But these dogs are not just heroic working animals, they are much-loved family pets with their own individual quirks and personalities. It is their remarkable bond with Neil that forms the heart of the book. Search Dogs and Me is a heartwarming, inspiring and beautifully told story that will melt – and break – the hearts of dog lovers everywhere.

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Neil Powell has been a dog handler for more than forty years and the dogs in his charge (breeds including the Alsatian, bloodhound, retriever and Labrador) have participated in every kind of search and rescue: from daring mountaineering rescues in the Mourne Mountains to helping to find victims of the Lockerbie bombing, from training the first Drowned Victim Recovery Dogs in Ireland to preparing two rescue Labradors to sniff out pirate DVDs for the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America).Neil and his dogs have participated in countless searches and saved many lives in Ireland, the United Kingdom and worldwide. Both heroic working dogs and much loved family pets, all the dogs in the book have their own quirks and personalities, but its their remarkable bond with Neil that forms the heart of this book. Search Dogs & Me is a heartwarming, inspiring and beautifully told story that proves once more the extraordinary things that man and dog can achieve by working together.