Michael SchneiderFounder, Executive Director & Chief Pilot aka "Top Dog", Pilots To The Rescue · Top Dog @ Pilots To The Rescue

Maverick Pet Transport Video

1 Mar 2021 · 3 min

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The video documents a pet‑transport operation led by a team that picks up five puppies from Longleaf Animal Hospital in Southern Pines, NC, loads them into a truck, drives to Rocky Mount, NC, meets a volunteer pilot from Pilots to the Rescue (named Vic), and loads the puppies into a small aircraft bound for New York. The narration is informal and enthusiastic, mentioning the puppies by name (Miss Daisy, Maverick) and describing the steps of the journey—preparing empty crates, securing the puppies, traveling to the airport, and the final take‑off. The clip highlights the coordination between animal‑care facilities, ground transport, and charitable aviation services to relocate rescued animals quickly.

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Good morning, welcome to transport day. Here we are arriving at Longleaf Animal Hospital in Southern Pines, North Carolina, where we will pick up 5 more puppies, take them up to Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and put them on a plane heading to New York. All right, here are the empty crates getting ready to get full. And there is Miss Daisy, all ready to go. All right, puppies are all loaded up into the truck, all nice and comfy. Off to Rocky Mount to meet the airplane.
Hey baby, good girl.
All right folks, here we are at the airport in Rocky Mount. We're going to meet Vic with, uh, Pilots to the Rescue, load these puppies up, get them up to New York in a couple of hours. All right, let's go on out to that runway and meet Vic. Get these puppies loaded up so they can go to New York. There he is.
Last time, at least this time it's not that bad.
All right, puppers are all loaded up.
I'll have them back in an hour.
They will be in New York in 1 hour. Bye, Daisy! Maverick! Got my co-driver with me today, Maverick. There they go, up, up and away to New York.