It was a long day just before the 4th of July holiday. It’s always busy the day before a holiday. Everyone wants their dogs out of the shelters so as to not have to spend another day there with everyone gone for the holiday. First I picked up the two chihuahuas at the vet hospital in San Bernardino; they had been pulled from the San Bernardino shelter the previous day. Then I met Trudy and picked up the chihuahuas to be transported to the valley and to Sky who will be fostering and adopting them to their furever homes. From there I went to another shelter, picked up a little terrier and transported him to Santa Barbara and his foster mom who will be adopting him to his furever home. It was a long day with the fosters separated by many miles, but it was worth it as 3 lives were saved and have a chance at a much better future.

Very early Friday morning, I stopped by a house in Woodland Hills and picked up two pitties that I had agreed to transport to the Seattle area in Washington. I also made arrangements to pick up another pittie who had an old injury to his back leg and, as we have seen many times before, no medical care was given and now he may lose that leg. A rescue in that area agreed to take him and provide whatever treatment that was needed. I also picked up a hound mix of some sort that finally found a rescue willing to take him on, as the rescue where he came from wasn’t have much luck in getting him adopted. All were very sweet and traveled well in their kennels. They were watered (ice cubes) and snacks given at each pit stop. They did love their beef jerky, which kept them somewhat occupied. It took us 18 ½ hrs from portal to portal, which I believe is really good time for that trip. We all went out to breakfast and got to know one another, since we had only spoken by the phone over the course arranging for the dogs to be brought up there. Since I need to get back to California, I knew I would have get started soon so we said our goodbyes, knowing we would be working with each other again. I started the return trip, arriving at 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning, ready to start on Monday with another transport already scheduled. Never ends.