Last Friday we helped out C.A.R.E.with a transport. C.A.R.E. arranges and provides transportation for domestic animals who are going to rescue organizations and adoptive homes. Since June 2007, 520 transports, 9,522 dogs, and 663 cats have been saved through transport. Wow!
It's amazing how many wonderful volunteers help make these transports possible. We drove and picked up 18 dogs in Hays, Kansas, and brought them all back to Colorado. The transport started long before we actually got there. The first drop-off/pick-up started in Kansas City, Mo., then went to Salina, Kansas where more dogs where picked up. Then another driver drove to meet us in Hays. Talk about team work. It seems most work places today, getting everyone to work as a team can seem near impossible. Yet get a group of unpaid caring volunteers with a passion to make a difference, and everything falls into place. Even if there are a few snags, everyone stays focused, cheerful, and ready to do what it takes to make it happen.
We also took Avie! She was pretty darn excited.
Everyone helping load up the dogs. (I wish I would of taken more pictures.)
Avie keeping an eye on things. :)
This little guy was named Milk Dude. What a cutie.
The van we were driving did not have a bench seat, so we put a doggie bed in the middle for Avie.
Kansas. What can I say about Kansas. It's flat.
Look at these cute little English Pointers! We ended up taking two home to foster. :) Initially we were thinking we were going to foster to adopt one, but we are still trying to decide if we're ready to be a two dog family.
The two we brought home, Spot and Morgan, are as sweet as can be! Someone is coming to meet Morgan tomorrow, and no doubt they will fall in love with her. :( I'm already sad. (More on Morgan tomorrow.)
When we tell people we foster dogs, the response we usually get is, "I could never do that, it would be too hard to let them go." Well....IT'S NOT EASY. And truthfully, sometimes it's down right heartbreaking. I don't like when it's time to say goodbye. With every adoption my husband and I both wonder if we are cut out for this. The shortest amount of time we've had a foster has been four days. The more days that go by, the more attached we get. We have to constantly remind ourselves why we are doing this, and that doesn't always help us feel better at that moment. The thing is, we're not doing this for ourselves. Each dog we have fostered has a story. The pups we have right now were abandoned in the bushes on the side of a busy highway. The more fosters rescue groups can get, the more dogs they can save. So when people tell us that it would be too hard, well... it is. We are nothing special. Ask anyone that fosters and they will tell you, it is hard. BUT once the initial sadness is lifted, we are left with some happiness knowing another dog has found a caring and loving home.
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