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Introducing Karma & Kozmo!
As you know, we had the wonderful opportunity to bring two Goldens from Turkey into our program. Two of our volunteers went to O'Hare International Airport last night to pick them up. Below is a beautiful description about what it was like to meet our two Turkey Goldens, written by our volunteer.
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It was so rewarding - I didn't expect that! When they first came out of the doors from Customs on a big cart, pushed by a porter, I actually got tears in my eyes. To think these brave animals had gone from living on the streets, and beach, to different shelters, to then being transported to Istanbul, and then crated in the bottom of a noisy plane
for hours and hours, to come out in a noisy airport and on and on and on
.
The crates we
re gigantic, and the dogs just aren't that big
, so really looked lost and in need of a helping hand
. The flight volunteer that accompanied our two Goldens through customs was amazing and said he would do it again
if he was able
. The porter whee
led
the dogs to the "animal relief area" and we got leashes on the
m and let them out. They were so happy and loved rolling in the snow! We then we loaded them up and brought them home - I had brought a quilt and we put that down in the back and they jumped right in the van. We didn't crate them because they
were so
calm
, and they slept all the way home. Karma slept. Kozm
o woke up about half way and then snuck, inch by inch, onto my lap in the front seat for the remainder of the ride.
When we arrived home,
we
put them in the laundry room together,
with
their
quilt, so they had time to decompress and unwind. They were perfect
during the
night and I never heard a peep. The laundry room was clean and dry
in the
morning. They slept about eight hours, we went out, and they came in and had some food and water. For never having been in a house, they were very respectful (Turkish culture does not have dogs
in the house, but outside in yards and gardens, and on the streets). These are such nice dogs, it makes me so happy to think we are expanding our
mission outside of ourselves, our communities and our nation, into the world. And for such a fabulous benefit - deserving dogs get a fantastic forever home and leave behind fighting for food and living a life without social interaction.
As an extra benefit, the adoptive families will have an extremely loyal and loving
companion for years! Win -win!
Both Lynda and I were moved by our experience with these two sweet dogs."
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Kozmo
is a two-year-old male Golden. He is very small, probably between 50-55 lbs. He is animated, happy, affectionate, and beautiful. He was very nervou
s coming out of the crate, but recovered enough in the car to take a nice nap and then sit in the front seat! He slept all night with no whining or
complaining,
and was ready to go roll in the snow this morning!
Karma is a two-year-old female Golden. She is also small, maybe even under
50 lbs. She was not nervous coming out of the crate, but very composed.
She also is so
happy, and affectionate. She is the traditional light golden color and a very pretty girl. She slept the entire way back from the airport, played outside with Kozmo, and then slept the entire night.
Karma and Kozmo have both
traveled
to their foster home. They are both going to need a good bath and some tender, love and care, which they will receive
unconditionally
from their fosters.
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