Colorado family has waited 1 year to reunite with Rozy, the dog

Rozy, the canine, is has had fairly the journey to Colorado. Jennifer Skiff, Director of Worldwide Applications, Animal Wellness Motion explains; “Rozy’s journey has been having her household depart her in Afghanistan. Ready for 8 months in kennels to get on a charity flight that took her to Vancouver after which attending to the border and being denied (entry into the US) once more this weekend.” 

Born as a avenue canine in Kabul she was taken in by the Baquet household. They’re Americans who have been dwelling in Afghanistan and operating a mining consulting enterprise. Jessie Baquet, the oldest of two daughters, stated after they introduced her house from the shelter Rozy was a giant hit straight away. 

“We introduced her house and she or he was similar to operating round,” she says. 

In 2021 after almost a decade of happiness, a sequence of cataclysmic occasions ripped Rozy away from the Baquets..  

That they had traveled to Colorado Springs in June of 2021 for a go to when James, the daddy of the household, suffered a stroke and could not return house. The household stayed in Colorado Springs to look after him.  

Quickly after, the US pulled out of Afghanistan and the Taliban took over. Rozy was trapped on their lonesome of their household house with solely neighbors to check out her. 

Quickly even that might be too dangerous as a result of the Taliban was taking on the neighborhood and getting curious why neighbors have been visiting a seemingly empty house. Neighbors instructed the Baquets they could not watch Rozy for much longer. 

“Ultimately folks have been like, ‘yeah no we won’t,’” stated Jessie Baquet. 

The Baquets thought they’d misplaced their canine perpetually till they linked with Animal Wellness Motion. The group stated they might get Rozy to the US however it would not be straightforward. 

The CDC had not too long ago banned entry to canine from nations the place rabies is widespread. Afghanistan is a type of nations. That meant they needed to fly Rozy to Canada first, then apply for an exemption from the CDC. A course of that took 6 months. 

“We filed all the right paperwork beginning in February and we saved getting denials regardless that they have been the right paperwork,” stated Jennifer Skiff. 

Lastly, Friday, after a protracted journey, Rozy was granted permission to enter the US and landed in Seattle. She and her driver Owen are street tripping to Colorado. They’re anticipated to reach on Tuesday. 

Jessie Baquet says having Rozy in Colorado will make their new place really feel extra like house. 

“I simply assume it is like including the final piece of the puzzle,” stated Jessie. 

Rozy will not be the one canine that Animal Wellness Motion rescued. They’ve reunited a whole lot of canine with their homeowners and there are nonetheless greater than 200 ready in a Canadian kennel for permission from the CDC to return house.