K-9, pets, etc.

Re: Deploying Airman needs help transporting dog to temporary foster home

VickiV — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:33:08 GMT

Marina,

That is such great news both for the soldier and his special pal. Thanks for letting us know.

Vicki

Re: Deploying Airman needs help transporting dog to temporary foster home - Great News

Leanna — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:49:37 GMT

That is wonderful news. i'm so glad people stepped up to help them out!

Re: Deploying Airman needs help transporting dog to temporary foster home - Great News

Stargazer — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:59:31 GMT

Great News!!!! Anna the greyhound should be all set for the jouney to her temporary home. If anything changes I will post. Thanks to all who read this and please don't forget the beloved pets our troops leave behind.

Re: Deploying Airman needs help transporting dog to temporary foster home

Stargazer — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:53:34 GMT

Update -

All but one leg of this transport have been filled. If anyone can help with the Brinkley, AR to Memphis, TN 72 miles section please contact me. I now have direct contact information if you can help.

Transports can be a lot of fun and are very rewarding, especially in this situation.

thanks

Marina

Re: Deploying Airman needs help transporting dog to temporary foster home

door — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:37:59 GMT

Marina Hello!

What a good thing you are involving yourself in.

So many people do not know that this happens to soldiers.

To many soldiers their pet is their best friend and the sadness of not being able to find a home for them is heartbreaking.

Having to put your pet to sleep because you are deploying is beyond sad.

Thank you for helping our troops, door

Deploying Airman needs help transporting dog to temporary foster home

Stargazer — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:57:56 GMT

Can anyone help with this transport from Oklahoma to Alabama?

Posted yesterday on my greyhound adoption forum.....

I just wanted to check to see if anyone would be willing to help out with a transport. It's not a regular transport in that the grey is going to a new home. This one is for my greyhound Nadir's littermate Anna. When Anna retired I fostered her in my home for over a year. She was adopted by a young lady in the Air Force two years ago. I had told Anna's new mom that if she was ever was deployed there was always a place in my home for Anna to stay while she was away. XXXX will be leaving for deployment in May and Guardian Angels for Soldiers Pets is setting up a transport for April 18th to help get Anna to me. When Anna was adopted, XXXX lived a lot closer to me but since then she was relocated to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma and I am in southeast Alabama. XXXX is going to drive Anna a portion of the way and I am also doing the same. Guardian Angels is looking for volunteers to pick up legs of the route to help fill in the gap to transport Anna. If you would be willing to help out please let me know and I can send you the information on the route and who you would need to contact.

The routes still needed for this transport are:

Roland, OK to Russellville, AR 91 miles,
Russellville, AR to Little Rock, AR 77 miles,
Brinkley, AR to Memphis, TN 72 miles
Eldridge, AL to Hoover, AL 71 miles

I am working on getting specific contact information for this transport but the generic contact for Guardian Angels is:

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This is a retired racing greyhound that will be temporarily homed with another greyhound, and someone who is familiar with the Airman and her dog. It is really tough for deploying troops to find someone to care for their beloved pet and here we have the perfect scenario to help this airman and her dog. If you can help please PM me or e-mail Guardian Angels directly. As soon as I have more info I will update this post. You can also view this post on the greyhound forum here: http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=227570&st=0&gopid=3940488&#entry3940488

Thank you!!!

Marina