Dogs on Deployment Care For Dogs When Soldiers Deploy

Dogs on Deployment cares for dogs when owners are overseas
Program has cared for 550 pets
WESH.com
Amanda Ober
Nov 20, 2014

ORLANDO, Fla. —Imagine having no option but to leave your pets at the pound because you have been assigned to serve overseas.

Susan Sackett loves Great Danes. Hers is named Baldwin. When she learned there was a military family in need of a temporary home for its Great Dane, named Chaos, it was a no-brainer.

"Because of all the work the service members do, and the life they put on the line for us, it's the least I can do for them," said Sackett, a Dogs on Deployment volunteer.

Chaos belongs to Nikki and Rich Rain, of Cedar Key.

The military couple was headed for a two-year tour in South Korea, and when they got to the airport, they found out it would cost $7,000 to bring Chaos because of her size. That's something they couldn't afford.

The national nonprofit called Dogs on Deployment came in. It provides an online network for service members to search for volunteers willing to board their pets.

Sackett kept in touch with the Rains online and provided Chaos a loving home while they sent money for the dog's care. When their return to the U.S. approached, the Rains sent items of clothing with their scent to prepare Chaos.

On Nov. 11, the dog and owners were reunited.
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