This sweet senior yellow lab (8-10 years) was found standing in the middle of a highway the other night, not seeming to know what to do or where to go. It appears he was hit by a car and suffered a stroke. At first, they thought he was blind in one eye, but after doing some testing, it appears he can see okay.
He was found by a good samaritan who got him vetted and kept him until a rescue could be found for him. One in New Hampshire was happy to take this handsome old guy in and so he was sent on transport from Missouri all the way to New Hampshire. Quite a ways to travels for an old guy!
I brought my Mom along this time as she loves dogs and is happy to have some time out of the house with someone to keep her mind off of things. We got over to the meeting place early and we buckled in for a long wait as the transport was running behind. Lo and behold, the person who was coming from the Rochester area was running a bit ahead. So she got him out, found him a spot to pee, we got him some water and on our way we went!
The trip out was, thankfully, entirely uneventful. The roads west of Syracuse were pretty hairy and I think the whole transport was a little on edge because yesterday a transporter in the south and the puppy she was transporting were killed in a horrific accident after getting caught in an unexpected ice storm. I know I felt really nervous heading out, but it ended up that we had a bit of sun and dry roads all the out and back from the meeting spot.
We arrived some 25 minutes early and got Buddy out for a little walking around and some pictures and, since it was only 15 and very windy on the river, we hopped back into the car to love on Buddy and wait for the next person to show up. My gosh this dog was a love sponge. He couldn't have leaned any harder into our petting. I'm pretty sure he was ready to crawl into our laps and I think my Mom was a little bit in love with him.
Once he was passed off, the car felt kind of empty without him. He was such a silent, sweet presence. I hope he quickly finds a home to cherish him for whatever remains of his life. He deserves it!
5 comments:
Oh how wonderful and what a great and important job this is that you folks are doing. :)
Gods bless you...and Gods bless Buddy! Hugs!
What a handsome pooch! I have always loved labs-they are the most loving, protective breed to have as a friend. Some day I hope to have another dog to love, but gotta wait-husband sais we have too many pets already and the cats do not like change (they get stressed easily). I envy the jobs you have taking these beloved furry critters to homes that will love them as you get to share your time with them. Puppy power is the most healing force!
Reading this at work......not a good place to break down sobbing.
I have a yellow lab and he is my heart and soul.
The Gods Bless you and Buddy.....and all of the creatures in need.
Much love-
~Mimi
The Goat Borrower
What organization do you transport for? I've been looking for someway to volunteer with animals but none of the shelters will call me back. I'm in north east OH so maybe on the same routes you're doing
Hi Jennifer. I don't actually transport for any sort of organization. I'm sure some do but many folks "freelance" and just find transports that are going through their area and contact the coordinator. A lot of coordinators just have me on their list and so things get sent out to me to sign up for or not as I see fit. But the places I've often found transports were:
1. The Petfinder forums: http://www.petfinder.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=9&sid=88fb2db33b603d08dd2d8063ca20194e
2. The CanineRescue mailing group on Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CanineRescue/
The last one is a HUGE group with tons of transports on it. To stop it from taking over my inbox, I filtered everything to one label and had it automatically archived. Then I can go through and do a search just in that label for anything coming through NY or my general region.
Each transport has a coordinator so you would contact that specific person about taking one leg of their transport.
I hope that helps!
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