Keb, semifinalist for the American Humane Hero Dog award, made an appearance at the Edmonds Underwater Park Saturday, during an advanced rescue training for divers on Sunday July 10. Read more HERE.
News
AKC Family Dog Article (July/August 2022)
The AKC Family Dog Magazine (July/Aug 2022) just published an article about Suzanne and her two certified human remains detection dogs, Keb and Kili. You can read the article here.
UC Berkeley Alumni Magazine
Class Notes from the Summer, 2022 "California Magazine" (of the UC Berkeley Alumni Association) highlighted "A Dog's Devotion: True Adventures of a K9 Search and Rescue Team", authored by Suzanne Elshult and Guy Mansfield (Class of 1971).
Keb is Semi-Finalist in Humane Hero Dog Awards
Vote for Keb Here Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everybody that voted and helped Keb succeed in becoming a semi-finalist in the American Hero Dog Awards. The formal announcement came out yesterday and Keb is now one of the three top dogs in the United...
Our Publishing Journey Continues. Book Jacket is DONE!
Book publishing activities are heating up. Final touches to our book, “A Dog’s Devotion,” were made in May. We just approved the book jacket and we have now started working with our Lyons Press assigned publicist Emily Cable. The learning curve is steep given that we...
Lynnwood News Featuring Keb’s Nomination for Hero Dog Award 2022
Lynnwood News featured Keb's nomination to the 2022 American Hero Dog Award in the search and rescue category in it's April 17, 2022 edition. You can vote for Keb daily HERE.
Rescue from Three Fingers Mountain
In October 2021, Snohomish County SAR received notification of an SOS from an emergency satellite locator beacon at 6,800 feet, just below the summit of Three Fingers Mountain. Two experienced and well-equipped hikers were stranded by a weather system that had moved...
A Somber Search in November
In early November 2021, Jay Schreckengost, a respected Deputy Fire Chief in the Seattle Fire Department, went missing on a hunting trip in the mountains of eastern Washington. Suzanne and Guy supported what would become one of the longest, large-scale search missions...
Working With Our Publisher
Working with our publisher the last several months has been an educational experience to say the least. In February we collaborated with the Production Editor and submitted our final edits. Once the copyeditor has cleaned up the manuscript, it will be sent to...
Helping our Canadian Neighbors
Suzanne, who is an NSDA (National Search Dog Alliance) Principal Evaluator, recently returned from a productive three-day trip to Mission, British Columbia where she tested K9 SAR teams wanting to get the NSDA HRD (human remains detection) Land Certification. Andy...