In late March of 2014, death descended upon the community of Oso,
Washington in the form of a massive landslide. Ten million cubic
yards of dirt and mud crashed through homes, sweeping a
20-foot-high wall of debris before it and scouring the valley
floor. In the cold rain of that morning, an entire community
disappeared in a sea of mud. In the desperate hours that followed,
rescue crews were able to pull only eight survivors out of the
wrecked landscape. And then all became quiet, with the stunned
realization that many more people were missing, but none were still
living. This is the moment when the story of A Dog's Devotion
begins. The emergency call from Oso went out, and was answered by
K9 Search and Rescue (SAR) teams from across the Pacific Northwest.
Suzanne, along with her 4-year-old Labrador Retriever, Keb, and her
teammate Guy, was one of the SAR teams to respond to this disaster.
In this book, readers immediately find themselves on the ground in
the cold mud of the Oso Landslide Disaster on the desperate search
for the remains of over forty lost souls. In subsequent chapters,
readers will accompany Suzanne, Guy, and Keb as they are inserted
by helicopter to search high snowfields on Mount Rainier, or as
they traverse steep, forested slopes searching for the clandestine
grave of murder victims. They'll join K9 Keb, as her keen nose
leads to human remains in the forests of Washington State and as
far away as the woods of Scandinavia. Keb's story is of a dedicated
K9 who can distinguish the scent of the dead from the scent of the
living, and who can detect buried bones and even corpses
underwater. Readers will follow this intrepid K9 and her teammates
as they face the challenges of changeable weather, deep northwest
forests, high mountain slopes, and menacing coyotes to find dead
bodies, missing hikers, and even the bones of murder victims from
long ago. Among their successes: finding multiple victims buried by
the 2014 Oso Landslide, solving the mysterious disappearance of
women in wealthy suburbs, and finding human bones thought to be
forever lost to time. It's their story about evolving as search and
rescue volunteers while overcoming harsh conditions, inner demons,
a rust-bound bureaucracy, and back-stabbing teammates. While
internal conflicts threaten their larger K9 team, Keb's training,
loyalty, and perseverance inspire them, and help them find the
resolve to carry on their service to the community.
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