[Dailydrool] Homeless pets

[Paul, Marie D. (WIC)]

I saw this article on the Fox News website yesterday and got a warm
fussy feeling.  I wonder if there is any way to contact this vet to get
more information and maybe help with our homeless babies as well some
rescues.  It seems like a really neat program.


 


 


Homeless Pets Help War Vets Work Through Troubles


Monday, December 21, 2009  

WASHINGTON -  Dave Sharpe was troubled by thoughts he couldn't share
after he returned from serving in Iraq. "I found myself waking up in the
middle of the night, punching holes in walls, kicking and beating the
refrigerator door," he said.

Then one day, the former Air Force 
<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580800,00.html>  senior airman went
with a friend to a local pit bull rescue and took home a puppy,
Cheyenne. Next time he found himself kicking something, "I saw this
puppy, cocking her head, looking up at me, like, what are you doing?"

Finally, Sharpe had someone he could open up to. "I froze, I put down my
drink, I picked her up and laid with her in my bed," he said. "I cried
and I told her the whole story. I didn't feel judged."

The experience inspired Sharpe, of Arlington, Va., to start Pets2Vets, a
group that pairs veterans with homeless pets by arranging adoptions of
shelter animals. It has made two or three matches a week since its start
in October.

 

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