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

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. ""This story of an unusual job for working dogs and their human trainers well may inspire a new generation of search-and-rescue dog handlers.""-Booklist ""[McCarthy] is brutally honest when he describes how his obsession for Search and Rescue work took over and affected his personal life.""-Library Journal

Mick McCarthy is from Cork and is the first person in the Republic of Ireland to qualify a dog as an upgraded international mountain rescue search dog. He is the founder of the Cork Area Search and Rescue Dog Association and is a founding member of both the Search and Rescue Dog Association Ireland and the British Overseas Disaster Unit. Patricia Ahern changed to a career in journalism, which she began with the Cork Independent. She is the author of Picture Poetry Mallow and has an MA in Women's Studies, a H Dip in Journalism and Media Communications and a BA in English and Sociology.