Jim Scanlon (deceased)
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Dec 14, 2012 3:10:42 GMT 9
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2012 5:18:16 GMT 9
I havent been able to sell my house in NJ, mostly because of the decline of home prices everywhere. When we moved to AZ, i was still trying to sell it, rent it, or at worst, just walk away.
After about 5 months of just paying the bills, we were approached by a potential renter to see if we would rent to them. One of the big considerations was that they had a Belgian Shepherd who was a trained attack dog, and they needed our permission for them to bring the dog to live at our house.
Seems an Air Force SP Tech Sergeant was returning after 3 years in Italy where his partner was this dog named Fhantom. When he was returning stateside the choice was going to be that Fhantom would be put down, unless the Tech took him home with him.
So now the dog is being repatriated, brought slowly back into society, and we just gave permission for the wife to bring a "rescue" dog from the shelter that she will be training for placement into a Forever Home. In the meantime, the dog will also be used to help Fhantom become more socialized.
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Post by Gene on Dec 14, 2012 5:39:24 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on Dec 14, 2012 7:33:16 GMT 9
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Post by MOW on Dec 14, 2012 9:55:29 GMT 9
USAF Working Dogs :salute
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2012 11:29:24 GMT 9
It's both my pleasure and honor to help this family any way I can. They have 3 young adopted kids, I've only met the oldest son, I guess he's about 13, his younger NATURAL sister is about 11, and their younger NATURAL brother is about 8 or 9. Yeah, they adopted 3 natural siblings.
The Sarge was supposed to go TDY to Saudi, but they changed his orders and he's at the NCO Academy in Florida (I think). I met them in October, my wife is in NJ now and will probably meet them within the next few weeks
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