Search Dogs and Me: One Man and his Life-Saving Dogs - Softcover

Powell, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0856408670 ISBN 13: 9780856408670

Publisher: Blackstaff Press, 2011

Synopsis

One of the most moving and remarkable true stories you will ever read about the partnership between a man and his search and rescue dogs

About this title

About the Author:

Neil Powell is originally from Cork but now lives near Newcastle, County Down, in the foothills of the Mourne Mountains, with his wife and eight dogs. In the early 1970s he trained Ireland’s first mountain rescue dog, and since then has gone on to train drowned victim recovery dogs, collapsed structure search dogs and is a founder member of British International Rescue Dogs team. Neil’s dogs have been the recipients of awards for animal gallantry and devotion to duty. To find out more about Neil, visit www.neilapowell.com.

Review:

If Marley & Me made you cry, be warned - you will need a full box of tissues ... [Search Dogs & Me is] candid and heartwarming. * Irish News * Describes in vivid detail the demands of working in mountain rescue and leaves us in no doubt as to the faithful bond that grows between man and his dog. An oustanding must-read for all dog owners. -- Pen Farthing, bestselling author of 'One Dog at a Time: Saving the Strays of Helmand' a paean to one man's canine passion * Irish Examiner * a fascinating book * Irish Catholic *

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstaff Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0856408670
• ISBN 13: 9780856408670
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288