pandrax posted:

It was actually a lot easier to take him home than it would seem. The SPCA's Operation Baghdad Pups project got him on a flight out of Iraq, to Kuwait, then he took a FedEx (donated space by them) flight to Europe, chartered from France or Germany, to New Jersey. I paid for his last leg of travel, the rest was donated air space, and done as a group of about 10 dogs. Before getting him out of country I had to have him vaccinated, and when he got back home, he had to be fixed, vaccinated again, but that was about it. The SPCA also donated a chip and free training with Bark Busters. They were really professional about all of this, and because I got Jolly as a puppy, he would have lived on the city streets as a stray. So I think his life's a lot better being with me in the states than being in Iraq.