Kirsten's being deployed to Iraq for 179 days. Read what her family & friends are doing, each day, to support her until she gets home!

Monday, May 23, 2011

Sad Farewell










Fatoon and her two pups arrived all safe and sound in DC!!! Robin and Mike who own Old Mill Pets in DC are friends of Vicki and Casey. They have been AWESOME and helped us all out tremendously. The kennel they were going to was apparently not a very good one so they offered to pick them up at the airport and take them back to their kennel and their vet for a check up. So they've been living the good life, getting baths and lots of TLC from Robin and Mike.


The male pup flew to CA today. Robin took him to the airport and called Casey crying because he howled and cried the whole time. I'm sure this has all been very confusing for him, but now he's been taken away from his mom and sister which only adds to his misery.


However, what he doesn't know is that hes going to an AMAZING home in Palm Springs CA where he'll probably be begging for a little bit of time off between Tracy's two kids, playing ball, running on the golf course, swimming in the pool... he'll forget all of his worries pretty quickly!!!


I can't wait to see pictures of his arrival in Palm Springs!! He's such a lucky dog, literally, to be going to live with Tracy, an amazing woman with a huge heart.


Don't worry, I'll post his pictures along with Fatoon and the female's pup arrival in Atlanta on Wednesday!!!!! REALLY excited for them to be able to fly in luxury on Pet Airways and to live the good life in GA.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Two Left



























About two weeks ago I received some crushing news. 5 of the 7 puppies that we rescued here in Kirkuk have died. It all happened so fast, they got sick and died within a day or two over the period of four or five days. It was horrible. Such a tragic loss when they were SO close to flying out of this country. Fatoon and the two remaining puppies are doing fine and are scheduled to fly out of here tomorrow. They will arrive in DC on the 20th at 12:40 from Frankfurt. I'm super excited to get them into better vet care than what they have here in Iraq. Fatoon and the female pup, the lighter of the two will be flying on Pet Airways to Atlanta on the 25th. Vicki, Casey, Mom, Dad, Sarah, Tessa and Ellis will all be there to welcmoe them home. The male puppy will be flying out to CA to live with Tracy, a WONDERFUL lady who is probably more excited about him than I am, if that's even possible. I'm anxious to get these guys into better homes and I can't wait to post pictures of them arriving in Atlanta and CA.