Robert D Calkins

Robert "Bob" Calkins has been a search and rescue dog handler in Kitsap County, Washington, for more than a dozen years. He currently searches with Sierra's younger brother Magnum, a nine-year old Golden Retriever. He and his dogs have responded to everything from routine missing person cases, to homicides, to the horrific landslide that in 2014 swept over homes in the tiny community of Oso, Washington. Bob is the author of the Sierra the Search Dog series of books for children and adults.

Robert "Bob" Calkins has been a search and rescue dog handler in Kitsap County, Washington, for more than a dozen years. He currently searches with Sierra's younger brother Magnum, a nine-year old Golden Retriever. He and his dogs have responded to everything from routine missing person cases, to homicides, to the horrific landslide that in 2014 swept over homes in the tiny community of Oso, Washington. Bob is the author of the Sierra the Search Dog series of books for children and adults. See less