Some of us worked on the 2010 NGPR calendar and contest last weekend and some of us drove. Roger’s Rescue volunteers brought up four pups from Kentucky to homes in New York, New Jersey and New England. There were also two Pyr volunteer transports going on across the I-90 corridor. One transport left on Saturday from Indiana heading to points east with dogs from Indy Pyr Rescue going to homes in the Northeast. The other headed west early Saturday morning bringing Wilbur and Orville from Maine to Ohio.
Wilbur and Orville have been making the rounds lately. If these beautiful boys hadn’t been rescued by Shari, NGPR’s Alabama rep, they would have been destroyed in a Southern kill shelter. They spent time in a holding pattern in Alabama, waiting to come up together for fostering. Most NGPR fosters already have a fine selection of their own dogs, so taking two together is pushing it! Shari wanted to keep them together, so when Janet in Maine said she would foster both dogs, it was ideal.
- The two Sharons traveling with the two boys.
They weren’t in Maine long when Ron, who knew the breed well, contacted rescue about adopting them. He was in Ohio, about 11 hours from Maine where the boys were. We knew if rescue transport could go one way (heading east) that we could probably head the other way (west) too. Suzanne organized the transport which came together in about 24 hours, cementing plans for Wilbur and Orville to get home over the weekend.
It was a busy weekend for Pyrs rescuers on the computer and on the road. We thank everyone who gave up a part of their weekend to do this. We’re excited about the Top Dog rescue contest and wish everyone well but our #1 job will always be getting the dogs home.
