LADYBIRD #328

#328 LADYBIRD (Beagle X) Hartford, CT - Phoenix, AZ LADYBIRD #328 a Beagle mix was on our Pet Board for a long time. The owner had moved to Phoenix and couldn't take Ladybird with her. Then, for various reasons she had a hard time finding a place where Ladybird could stay. We had at least two or three drivers who tried to pick her up, several times, until finally everything came together when Team Drivers Kris & Brandy P were headed to Hartford. They picked up Ladybird and went on to their destination, fully expecting to do their normal run through AZ to CA. However, the best of plans and "normal" is not the way the freight business goes at times. Another driver was given the CA load and Kris and Brandy were sent to WA. We tried to get a repower during their trip but it just didn't work out. Kris has written about the trip so we will let him tell the rest of the story. See below. Operation Roger Team Leaders Kris & Brandy P pu 1/8/09 - del 1/19/09 ************************************************************* January 19, 2009 8:35 PM From: "Kris peters" To: "operation roger" Ladybird is a 3 year old female Beagle mix but we think she is more of a Boxer mix. We picked her up in Milldale, CT. She was going back to her previous owner in Phoenix, AZ. Ladybird had sat on the Pet Board for over 6 months and had had a couple failed attempts to pick her up because of aggression toward other animals that were larger than her. This just proves we never give up on an animal. Ladybird was a very energetic dog and kept on fighting Brandy (my wife) for the passenger seat. She would even go as far as climbing on top of Brandy to be able to sit in the seat. Ladybird is quite a challenge due to her lack of training. When we would open the door, we would have to do it as a team because we may have a 45 pound dog flying at us trying to get out. We could not get a direct load to Phoenix so she had to ride around with us for awhile. (They went to WA and then back through ND toward NJ before heading to CA). We finally got a load to Los Angeles, CA. Because we still were not going through AZ, Ladybird’s owner, Trinity, agreed to make the drive from Phoenix, AZ, to Las Vegas, NV. We met Trinity at the TA Truck Stop. All in all, Ladybird’s total travel miles were … 6,811 miles!! ************************************************************* Below is an e-mail received from Trinity: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:47 AM From: "Trinity”To: OperationRoger01@yahoo.com Message contains attachments bird dog.jpg (16KB) I got Ladybird last night. Thank you guys so much for reuniting me with her. It's been over 8 months since I've seen her, and she remembered me instantly. Thank you so much for all your hard work. I've attached a picture of Ladybird. Thanks again, Trinity