In Search of the Missing : Working with Search and Rescue Dogs

by Mccarthy, Mick; Ahern, Patricia

• ISBN13: 9781856356916
• ISBN10: 1856356914
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-15
• Publisher: Dufour Editions

Summary

Renowned as one of the most skilled search dog handlers on both land and sea, Mick McCarthy has over twenty years experience of searching for missing persons. He has experienced first-hand the dangers, thrills, tragedies, and triumphs of search and rescue operations, which he has carried out on flood-swollen rivers, raging seas, through woodland, bog land, and on treacherous mountains, often in the dead of night. This is the captivating story of his dogs, his life, and his adventures in the field, in search of missing persons.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 11
Prologue	p. 21
One Boy and His Dogs	p. 24
Between the Gigs and the Reels	p. 37
Stepping Stones	p. 48
Lockerbie	p. 56
A Mountain to Climb	p. 61
Cumbria	p. 84
Castleisland Call-out	p. 97
Rizzo	p. 100
Dog Talk	p. 105
The Ministers and the Muzzles	p. 114
The German Boy Scout	p. 121
Nightmare at Wellington Terrace	p. 129
Hungry Hill	p. 134
Frolics on Caroline Street and Beyond	p. 140
Equinox	p. 147
Back to Basics	p. 156
Bothered and Bewildered	p. 166
Water-dog	p. 170
Sadness Along the Slaney	p. 175
Ninety-one and Missing	p. 182
Understanding Lucy	p. 188
The Missing Schoolboy	p. 196
Drownings at Owenahincha	p. 206
Coole Mountain Tragedy	p. 212
Bandon River Call-out	p. 218
Puppy Love	p. 221
Badgershill	p. 229
Dog Tales and Sheep	p. 235
Reminiscence and Recollection	p. 242
River Lee Search	p. 248
The Passing	p. 257
Shadows of a Searcher	p. 262
Appendix: Bloodhounds and Bloodlines	p. 269
Acknowledgements	p. 273
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