'During my son's first deployment he was assigned to an outpost where there happened to be six dogs. One of the dogs was a female German Shepherd/Kuwati police dog abandoned because she got "knocked up" by a desert dog (hence the "tell tale" curl in her pup's tail). She had 1 pup left. At the closing of the outpost the soldiers were reminded the dogs couldn't be taken to the base (no mascot, not pet rule). As sad as it was, the Army was going to have to put the dogs down; it was more humane to do that than to abandon them to starvation. With the help of The International Veterinary Hospital in Kuwait City, my son, Paul, shipped the pup, Scout (named by the soldiers) home. Another caring soldier sent the mother to his family in Washington State.
Scout has been a loving and special dog. She's adapted well, loves to chase squirrels, play with our other dogs and, as my son says, "guards the perimeter".
Pearl River, LA
