After spending over 30 years practicing orthopedic surgery, he retired his scrubs and took to the friendly skies where the views can’t be beat. In addition he is qualified to fly single engine aircraft, sea planes and is a certified flight instructor. Rork, “the pilot”, put himself through medical school working as a commercial pilot. That hero is Peter Rork M.D., Co-Founder and President of DOG IS MY CO-PILOT. And for these dogs, their time had run out. The more dogs coming into these shelters, the less time they have. These lucky dogs had arrived from several over-crowded, high-kill shelters in the LA area. The precious cargo inside: nervous canine first-time fliers. A tireless group of volunteers were quickly unloading dozens of plastic travel crates. Already on the tarmac was a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan and a large SPCAla transport van. This was an opportunity I definitely didn’t want to sleep through.Īt 5:30am sharp, just as the dawn was breaking, I arrived at a private aircraft terminal in Long Beach. Today, I had been invited to join a very important rescue mission helping transport shelter animals to their new “ FUR-EVER” homes. I thanked God getting up at this hour was not part of my normal routine. I trudged out of bed and decided it was too early to even think about making a cappuccino. Long gone were her days of being an abused breeder dog. Obviously dreaming of the new life she was spoiled with.
Olive was softly snoring right next to me.
It was pitch dark when my alarm abruptly ended my REM sleep.
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