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A Dog’s Devotion

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IBA Winner: Animals/Pets: Narrative Nonfiction
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IBA Winner: Animals/Pets: Narrative Nonfiction
Foreword Indie Awards: 2022 GOLD Winner for Adventure, Sports & Recreation

True Tales of a K9 Search and Rescue Team

A Dog’s Devotion

Walk in the shadows of disaster, crime, adventure and tragedy with search and rescue K9 Keb and her human companions Suzanne and Guy, as they search the Pacific Northwest wilderness for the lost and the dead. Join them on search and rescue missions, as they are inserted by helicopter to search high snowfields on Mount Rainer or traverse steep forested slopes searching for a clandestine grave. Experience the trials, successes , and failures of real-life search and rescue in Washington State and beyond, where a wrong turn can mean life or death.

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K9 Keb
2022 American Humane
Search and Rescue Hero Dog 

Keb is the winner of the prestigious 2022 American Humane Search and Rescue Hero Dog Award!

Grateful WOOFS from Keb for all your votes.

About Us

Suzanne Elshult, MA has been active in K9 Search and Rescue (K9SAR) and deployed on hundreds of missions since 2001. She has held leadership positions with both the Snohomish County Volunteer Search and Rescue K9 Team and Everett Mountain Rescue, and is currently the Past President of Cascadia Search Dogs and a K9 handler with the Canine Forensics Foundation and Mason County Search and Rescue.

She and her K9 partners have been looking  for the dead and missing on missions ranging from disaster searches to urban searches looking for dementia subjects and missing children, to mountain and wilderness searches, and old ancestral graves in all kinds of environments. Suzanne has worked with K9 “Keb” since 2010. They have certified in Human Remains Detection, Historical/Archeological Search Airscent Wilderness, Avalanche, and First Responder Disaster search disciplines.

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OSO 10 year memorial today, the deadliest landslide in the US history, the tragedy which changed the lives and trajectory as SAR volunteer professionals for many of us. Keb and I would have loved to attend the memorial event today but will be heading to Eastern WA to try and bring answers to another big American tragedy, the lost children at the 500 plus Native American boarding schools throughout our nation. KING5 will be recognizing the contributions of Keb and all the other SAR dogs on the OSO landslide at the KING5 News at 4:30 pm today. Our hearts ache for the many deceased and families left behind today. #OsoLandslide #adogsdevotion #disasterdogs #HRDdogs ... See MoreSee Less
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Hard to believe it has been ten years. Keb who deployed two weeks over the course of this tragic event is now 14, and is probably one of very few dogs still alive. Check out King5’s daily podcast this week as well as a Special Friday evening on the ten-year anniversary day. Many SAR dogs - over 100 from seven different states - were a part of the huge month-long recovery effort and will be highlighted in the KING5 Special along with many, many first responders and others that became a part of this massive rescue and recovery effort. I still remember the details as if it all happened yesterday and I still often think about the families that were left behind. Link to podcast in comments. #osolandslide #King5 #disasterdogs #hrddogs #adogsdevotion ... See MoreSee Less
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