Can we keep him?

Not the first time we’d heard that, but this little guy was absolutely adorable and we were sorely tempted to keep him. It was our first rescue in the Twin Cessna, and a very sweet dog both on the flight back from Rock Hill, South Carolina where we rescued him along with other puppies picked up from the same rescue facility.

After landing in Warrenton VA, the puppies needed to play. We don’t tend to keep puppies that are old enough to be rambunctious outside their cages in the plane, so when we arrive at our destination – they really enjoy some attention and outside time.

On our next flight, we experienced a similar “issue” - meet Jake, the cute dog in my wife’s lap. She was absolutely smitten with this sweet guy. After picking him up in Rocky Mount NC for a 90 minute flight to freedom (that would have lasted 4 hours in a car!), an occasional problem when coordinating multi-leg flights is the second pilot doesn’t have weather or capabilities to fly on the same day as we do. So we end up keeping the dog(s) for a night or more until the second pilot can get into our airport. Let’s just say, it was hard to say goodbye to Jake even though we knew he was off to a loving family!