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03/01/09 - 8 PM - How Mickey was found
A good Samaritan who works for the Scranton Times,
was driving home from work on the Interstate and saw a woman trying to catch
a dog. He swung around an exit and came back around onto the
interstate and came upon Mickey about to jump off the interstate and down
into a junkyard. He yelled "hey buddy" and Mickey came back his
way and rolled over onto his back for a belly rub. Rich put Mickey
into his car and went to find the woman. She had driven away so he
took Mickey home and called the police. Rich found out that AABR was
looking for a fawn boxer and gave us a call.
03/0109 9AM
Many thanks go to the many volunteers who searched for Mickey, and for the
good folks of Scranton for their help in looking for Mickey!
02/28/09 - Lost Dog!
Mickey backed out of his collar while on a
walk with his foster dad. He was in Nay Aug Park in
Scranton PA. This happened at 4PM yesterday and volunteers
have been out there searching.
Nay Aug Park is
1901 Mulberry St,
Scranton, PA 18503
Link to Map (Google interactive)
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02/17/09
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This lucky dog's name is now Mickey, but he did not have a name just a
short time ago. He was known as #688 at a high-kill, gassing shelter in NC.
I came across his picture on the shelter's website while looking for another
dog that I had received an urgent email on. When I saw that beautiful face I
panicked. I had to save him. After contacting AABR, I was told that our
rescue was full to the brim. We could only take him into rescue if I
fostered him myself. Having 6 dogs of our own, we do not often foster. But,
in order to save #688's life, we decided to commit.
A wonderful woman in NC offered to give him a foster home until he could
get a transport to PA and get him to the vet and ready to go.
Arrangements for transport were not going too well and then I remembered
hearing about a program called
PilotsnPaws. This is a volunteer program through which pilots of small
aircraft offer their services to transport rescue dogs from point A to point
B. I went onto their website and created a post for Mickey the Gaston boxer.
I received a response from a pilot who resides in our local area. He offered
to make a few alterations to a flight plan to make it possible to pick up
our boy THE VERY NEXT DAY!! We had to put a rush on his vetting, but his
foster mom was willing to do whatever it took to get our dog on this plane
for us. So Mickey was vetted early in the morning and on a flight to PA by
early evening on the day on which he was scheduled to die in a gas chamber.
We picked him up at our local airport and took him home. The co-pilot, Rick,
who was my contact, said that it was a very RARE transport. He said that I
should know that things do not usually fall into place so perfectly and that
our Mickey is one very lucky boy!! Thanks to Carolina Boxer Rescue, Karen,
Jeff and Rick for making this rescue a reality!
Update - Mickey is a little shy but warms up quickly once he knows that
he can trust you. He is a little wary of new things but is slowly coming
around. Mickey does the cutest thing with his front paws. He lifts one
really high in the air when he gets comfortable with you like he is reaching
for a friend. He is one of the sweetest boys that I have come across in
doing rescue and would make someone a wonderful companion. He does very well
in his crate.
We will send in an update when we get to know him a little bit better. |
