SAVING CUPCAKE
Photos provided by Gilbert Gerstmann | email: ggerstmann1958@gmail.com
GILBERT GERSTMANN (Haughton, Louisiana) provided a heartwarming story about a club’s compassion and a handful of guys with a passion to save an abandoned dog. He wrote:
Around the end of June 2024, we found a female pit bull that had puppies at our club, the Shreveport Area Radio Kontrol Society, in Shreveport, Louisiana. She was skin and bones and covered with ticks. Looking at her, my heart was touched, and I had to help.
I brought food and water and an old bed from one of my Dobermans (I have a 9-1/2-year-old female and a 6-month-old male). I got a couple of guys to help feed her. She stayed off the runway and didn’t get around our airplanes. We could have 20 pilots flying and she would go to every one looking for love. She listened well and went way out on the field to do her thing.
Every time I tried to find a home, people refused after hearing that she was a pit bull because of the stigma. Some wanted the pound to get her, but I refused, knowing that they would put her down. That dog was full of love.
After weeks of 50-mile round trips, I was frustrated, but I wasn’t giving up. Finally, a good flying buddy talked to a coworker and the mother and daughter came to the field. It was love at first lick! I felt a big relief deep inside.
It’s nice to have a happy ending when too many bad things go on in our world. A special thanks to the guys that helped me at our club: John, Don, Terry, Chicken Jim, and Mike. A handful of guys also pitched in money to help the family with the vet bill.
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