Updated Pictures

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.

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.

Storms

We've had some pretty great thunderstorms here lately, but nothing like what's happening in the US right now. In a way we welcome the rain eventhough everything turns to mud afterwards. The dust has been horrible lately. We had a massive dust storm a couple of weeks ago that covered literally everything in dust. The grass was dusty, hell, even the dust was covered in dust. It does wonders for your complexion when you walk outside and you feel it beating against your face. It's exfoliating!!! Im thinking about sticking my feet out of my window on the next one and calling it a combat pedicure. so here are a couple of pictures of a pretty awesome storm rolling in and a picture of dust covered in dust.

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Kirsten - I miss you and can't wait to see you. I also can't wait to meet the puppies and Fatoon.

Iraqi Puppies (24 photos, 1 video), by Kirsten Ellis

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Rescued!!!

Yesterday the Reed Security Company team came down here from Irbil to pick up ALL of the dogs, including the Mom!!!! Fatoon (the mamma) is headed to ATL to stay with Vicki and Casey and then with Fred and Ced!! Although I don't speak Arabic very well, I'm pretty sure she said she's very excited about it. The two female puppies have homes and we're still looking for homes for the remaining 5 males. So let me know if you're interested!!!!!! I'm sure mamma would love to have one of her pups close by to visit with. Anyhow, they are currently in Irbil Iraq and will fly back to the US the third week of April. I'll keep you updated as to how they are doing. We still need to fundraise money to get them all the way back to the US. I can't link anything in here, so please e-mail me at Kirsten_Ellis@hotmail.com or check out my facebook page for the link!! pass it around to as many people as you can!!