Today I pulled 13 from the San Bernadino city shelter in San Bernadino and it was a lot of work. The dogs were mostly fine, scared as usual, not knowing what was going on; but they settled down as they were loaded and just watched as others were loaded behind them. Some were not as socialized as others and they were even more scared, but they too calmed down eventually. One got away from me during loading, but was quickly recaptured. He just did not want to go into a kennel. No way was that going to happen. Well I finally got him in, all 80 pounds of him and he was ok after he saw that bad things weren’t going to happen to him in there. All in all a very good group that transported well to the boarding facility and were off loaded with no other issues. All it takes is time, patience and a lot of conversation between me and the dogs.

Today was a long day as many volunteers prepared these lucky flyers for their first plane ride. Yes it will be a long one, all the way to New York for the 50 chosen ones. As you can see from the photos and video, a lot goes into making sure all goes smoothly for these little ones. Many people volunteer many hours getting everything prepped so there are no issues on flight day. And yes, things were ready and off to LAX we went. Lucky it was nice and cool, so heat wasn’t an issue as it is sometimes in the summer. Everyone arrived on time and they were prepped for final boarding for their flight later tonight. It was so very hard for some of the foster moms to say goodbye for the last time. It never gets easier, but knowing they are going to good homes is at least some consolation, not much, but some. Tomorrow is a new day and other dogs will be waiting for their turn.