email me at cherryharleytransports@fastmail.fm to make an offer
The most current version of this run sheet can be seen at:
must fill by Friday 5 pm
My boss has a friend who has taken a job out of state and the person who was going to foster his dogs until he could get settled has backed out at the last minute. He's got another friend in SC who will foster his dogs but we have to get them to her THIS WEEKEND. They are 2 typical friendly labs, and have ridden in vehicles so they should be no problem to transport. We can do this run on either Saturday or Sunday depending on which day is best for drivers. Please reply with which leg you can drive and which day is better for you. Thank you so much my friends!
Emily
PLEASE EMAIL ME THE FOLLOWING IF YOU HAVE NOT DRIVEN FOR ME PREVIOUSLY:
Leg you are volunteering for:
Nearest Large City:
Name:
Street:
City/State:
Home Phone:
Cell Phone:
Can you receive text messages?
Primary Email:
Street:
City/State:
Home Phone:
Cell Phone:
Can you receive text messages?
Primary Email:
Do you have access to this email after 5 pm and on weekends?
Secondary Email:
Do you have access to this email after 5 pm and on weekends?
Emergency Contact name and phone:
Vehicle Desc:
License Plate:
Do you have access to this email after 5 pm and on weekends?
Emergency Contact name and phone:
Vehicle Desc:
License Plate:
Suggested meeting place at the beginning of your leg:
Suggested meeting place at the end of your leg:
Suggested meeting place at the end of your leg:
(I allow my drivers to choose meeting places that are convenient for them)
How many dogs can you transport?
Do you have your own crates?
What other coordinators have you driven for?
I respond to ALL offers. If you offer and haven't heard back from me in 24 hours, please resend your email.
Passengers: 2 adult labs
All passengers are going to fully screened and approved rescues or adopters. No animals may be adopted off of a transport. If you are interested in a particular pet you have driven, you MUST go through the proper procedures and contact the rescue for an application. Keeping a pet that does not belong to you is THEFT.
Route and Legs
15 minutes has been added to each leg for water/potty breaks. All legs are flexible. Please let me know if you need to change anything. Also, I am not as young as I used to be. I make mistakes. Please let me know if you catch any errors in this run sheet!
Saturday or Sunday March 28 or 29
Leg 1 Filled, thanks Hunter!
Depart: Alexander City AL 8:00 am
Arrive: West Point GA 9:00 am Central/10:00 am Eastern time
Depart: Alexander City AL 8:00 am
Arrive: West Point GA 9:00 am Central/10:00 am Eastern time
1 hour
Leg 2 Filled, thanks Ellen!
Depart: West Point GA 10:15 am
Arrive: Union City GA 11:15 am
Depart: West Point GA 10:15 am
Arrive: Union City GA 11:15 am
1 hour
Leg 3 Filled, thanks Andrea!
Depart: Union City GA 11:30 am
Arrive: Madison GA 12:30 pm
Depart: Union City GA 11:30 am
Arrive: Madison GA 12:30 pm
1 hour
Leg 4 Filled, thanks Susan!
Depart: Madison GA 12:45 pm
Arrive: Grovetown GA 2:00 pm
Depart: Madison GA 12:45 pm
Arrive: Grovetown GA 2:00 pm
1 hour 15 min
Leg 5 Filled, thanks Mary!
Depart: Grovetown GA 2:15 pm
Arrive: Lexington SC 3:15 pm
Depart: Grovetown GA 2:15 pm
Arrive: Lexington SC 3:15 pm
1 hour
Leg 6 Filled, thanks Toni!
Depart: Lexington SC 3:30 pm
Arrive: Florence SC 5:00 pm
Depart: Lexington SC 3:30 pm
Arrive: Florence SC 5:00 pm
1 hour 30 min
End of Transport
THE FINE PRINT: CherryHarley Transports is not a business. I am a volunteer transport coordinator who has a network of volunteer drivers and we assist rescues in their efforts to save death row dogs and place them in approved adoptive homes. All rescues must have proper permits to import dogs and all dogs must have health certificates to cross state lines. Please remember that I am dependent on what the senders tell me about our passengers' temperaments. The very nature of rescue transport creates some risk for those who participate in it; even a good-natured dog may find it stressful to be passed from stranger to stranger and cooped up with unfamiliar dogs and may act in uncharacteristic ways. Neither I nor anyone associated with this transport can accept liability for any accidents or incidents that may occur during the transport. Thank you for understanding and volunteering. Emily Cherry (CherryHarley Transports)
IMPORTANT -- ALL TRANSPORT DRIVERS PLEASE READ
The info below will tell you WHY you need to know who you are driving for and where dogs are being sent.
Drivers, don't just sign up to help on a transport without doing your homework first. Click on the link below to see the tragic outcome of blindly signing up to drive a transport. Gone are the days where you can volunteer to drive (in blind faith) on any transport that just happens to land in your inbox.
If you are considering driving on a transport, make sure you know who the coordinator is. If you don't recognize their name, ask around. Dig up information. Google their name and email address. You want to make sure you are driving for a reputable coordinator - one with integrity, not some fly-by-night person posing as a coordinator who is going to use you to unwittingly help send dogs into unthinkable situations. Find out who this "coordinator" is - the rescue world is a small world - everybody knows everyone or at least knows about them. ASK AROUND before signing up to drive.
Another thing to look for..... if the name of the receiving rescue AND their website isn't provided on the transport sheet for you to see, **RED FLAG**! Ask questions of the "coordinator" and do not let them off the hook without being provided with all the information you need to check into the receiving rescue. Google the receiving rescue. Ask other people in rescue (and other coordinators whom you trust) about the receiving rescue. Check DNA sites.
Go to the receiving rescue's web page. Read about their adoption policies, etc. Do they spay/neuter BEFORE they adopt out? Do they interview and do background & reference checks on potential adopters? Or is it simply "cash and carry"? Do they seem genuinely in it for the dogs....or do you get the impression they are more interested in the adoption fee? Where are the rescued dogs living as they wait to be adopted - in foster homes or in a barn or a shed on their property? Look at the pictures of the dogs on their site. Do they look happy and in good shape? Look at the images in the background of the pictures - do you see things like crates stacked on top of crates, clutter, and dirty food bowls?
You could even take it a step further and email the receiving rescue and ask them to provide the name, address and phone number of the vet they use. Then, contact the clinic and ask them if they would recommend this rescue group? You'd be surprised what you can find out. BTW, all reputable coordinators do this as part of their screening process for rescues they work with.
Finally, ask yourself....WOULD I SEND A DOG I LOVE TO THIS RESCUE?
ONLY DRIVE TRANSPORTS FOR RESCUE GROUPS WITH UPSTANDING REPUTATIONS. PERIOD.
Also, please don't automatically cross post transport run sheets unless you have deemed it a safe and worthy transport. In other words, read through the run sheet first paying attention to the name of the coordinator and the receiving rescue. Don't pass it along if you see any red flags. If you're not sure whether something is a red flag, contact a coordinator you trust and find out.
If anything makes you uneasy about the transport - DO NOT VOLUNTEER TO DRIVE and speak up!
There are evil people out there just waiting to get their hands on FREE DOGS! Especially when the dogs can now be delivered right to their door step!
Please, please, please critically evaluate transports that you volunteer to drive for by looking at clues in the transport request/run sheet.
DO NOT drive a transport for an unaltered dog to a private adopter.
DO NOT drive a transport for a dog going to a rescue that you have heard questionable things about.
DO NOT drive a transport for a coordinator that other coordinators warn you about.
Everyone wants to help a shelter dog, but please ask yourself if such a move is truly in the best interest of the animal. As cruel as it sounds, there really is a fate much worse than euthanasia in a shelter.
All the details of a responsible transport should be available to the volunteer drivers to protect them from helping a dog into a fate worse than death.
***Thank you to Sheri Jackson for this valuable advice***
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