> 'My forever dog': Search and Rescue dog handler recounts being on scene during Oso landslide
'My forever dog': Search and Rescue dog handler recounts being on scene during Oso landslide
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It's been a decade since America's deadliest landslide, but it's been most of her lifetime for one of the search and rescue dogs. Suzanne Elshult and her labrador Keb have an exceptional bond.
"She is my heart dog. She is my forever dog," said Suzanne Elshult, president of CAIRN K-9 Detection.
What makes their bond so special is the more than 100 missions they've been on as a search and rescue team.
"There are times when you get into that zone when you just feel like you're one where you're kind of building off of each other, and things are just working. You're perfectly in sync and there's no feeling quite like it," Elshult said.
There was no mission more life-changing or tragic than the Oso landslide.
"We were one of the first dogs deployed, and we were the very last dog deployed," Elshult said.
READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/oso-landslide/search-rescue-dog-handler-respond-oso/281-eecae62f-eefb-4f60-82a5-180e58cec687