Leo (Tex 12-146) [1]

  With Love to all from "Pearl" Joey Courtney and Tim Stubbs

 Happy Minnesota Spring from a former Texan

April 13, 2012

Hello RAGOM fans! Meet Tex! He and his sister Clementine were rescued from a shelter in Texas. Little did they know that when they were picked up by their personal chauffer/valet/rescuer, Miss Devon, they were going to be starring in their own little Rescue Roadtrip video diary!

While on vacation in the great state of Texas, Devon found Clementine and Tex among a litter of five puppies in the Collin County animal shelter. The shelter had rescued them after they got a call about someone threatening to shoot them. These little fur-butts suffered from one of the worst cases of flea infestation the staff had ever seen. There were clumps of flea dirt as big as a dime and their coats and skin were in poor shape.

Willing to risk that her car might become a “rolling flea circus” Devon and her resident, Chaz, picked up the pups and started the long journey north [2]. Each stop along the way [3] was documented and production values – pee and poop – were carefully observed [4]. They visited OK and KS [5], and even met some new friends [6] along the way before it was time to stop for the night. Because the hotel only allowed two pets per room, Clem snuck in inside a duffle bag! By midnight, thanks to the barking and unpredictable squat-and-pees, they were in danger of being invited to leave, but managed to make it through! After a restful (?) night and sincere apologies to the staff and fellow travelers, they were off to Iowa [7] and their foster home [8].

We have learned that all the other puppies from this litter have been taken in by local rescues. RAGOM would like to thank Collin County Animal Services for taking such good care of these sweet pups and entrusting RAGOM with their future. And, a huge thank you to Devon for the fun videos and amazing photographs, but most importantly for getting these sweet kids on the road to a great life as RAGOM dogs!