Dharma Pup: Refugee Dogs: Rescuing Afghan War Pups

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Refugee Dogs: Rescuing Afghan War Pups

"Fred Armitage went to Afghanistan to protect people. What he didn't expect to protect was abused, homeless dogs left for dead in a war zone." enRoute Magazine

This is a very moving story about a Canadian soldier and the street pups he has rescued and taken from Kabul to Canada.

This is their Facebook page, Get us Outta here! (Afghan War Pups).

Author’s Note

July 2012

If someone had told me, even six months ago, that I’d be writing a dog memoir, I would have marked them off as drunk or clueless, or both, and said, “Not gonna happen. There’s no way I’ll end up with a dog, let alone write a book about a dog.”

And here I am, with a dog, writing a book about a dog.

Most of the notes I took at the time of this story were To-Do lists along the lines of:

Call vet

Get Pup to walk all the way to corner

Buy rug shampoo

I’m grateful to the people who shared the adventure and helped jog my memory and fact-check the story. All errors are mine.