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On deployment Veteran's Beloved Labrador Sold
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Veteran's Beloved Labrador Sold While He Was Deployed in Afghanistan
Brandon Harker, a veteran of the War in Afghanistan living in Washington, returned home this week after an eight-month deployment and discovered the friend with whom he had entrusted the care of his Labrador retriever, had sold the two-year-old purebred on {elsewhere} without any explanation.
"My friend just said they 'got rid of him,'" Harker said. "They never gave me any other explanation. He would say, 'I don't know who we gave him to' and, 'I don't know their phone number.'"
The dog, named Oakley, "is two years and four months old and Harker has had him since he was just eight weeks." The dog is also micro-chipped, registered, weighs about 100 pounds and has "a unique coat--on his face he has spots of a darker yellow (champagne), he also has spots of the same color going down his sides and legs."
Harker is hoping {elsewhere} can help him find his dog.
"I am just trying to get him back since he was wrongfully given away or sold without my permission while I was deployed," Harker wrote in his own {elsewhere} posting. He is asking that anyone in the area who may know where his dog is to contact him via his {elsewhere} posting.
Brandon Harker, a veteran of the War in Afghanistan living in Washington, returned home this week after an eight-month deployment and discovered the friend with whom he had entrusted the care of his Labrador retriever, had sold the two-year-old purebred on {elsewhere} without any explanation.
"My friend just said they 'got rid of him,'" Harker said. "They never gave me any other explanation. He would say, 'I don't know who we gave him to' and, 'I don't know their phone number.'"
The dog, named Oakley, "is two years and four months old and Harker has had him since he was just eight weeks." The dog is also micro-chipped, registered, weighs about 100 pounds and has "a unique coat--on his face he has spots of a darker yellow (champagne), he also has spots of the same color going down his sides and legs."
Harker is hoping {elsewhere} can help him find his dog.
"I am just trying to get him back since he was wrongfully given away or sold without my permission while I was deployed," Harker wrote in his own {elsewhere} posting. He is asking that anyone in the area who may know where his dog is to contact him via his {elsewhere} posting.
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If the dog is properly micro-chipped then he can be easily traced and could not be reregistered without the original owners permission, that's what micro-chipping is all about.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Find-Oakley/283805531761221
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/27/us/washington-soldier-dog/index.html?iref=allsearch
as for the friend I can see a late night trip to a deserted location
Well that just sucks. I think that I would take it out of the "friend's" * until he gave up the dog's location.
If the dog is properly micro-chipped then he can be easily traced and could not be reregistered without the original owners permission, that's what micro-chipping is all about.
+1. You just don't do that. That person would be an "ex-" friend to me.
Then, let's ask him where the dog is.
I'm sure dude knows some advanced water boarding skills being out in the bush.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Find-Oakley/283805531761221?ref=stream&hc_location=stream