Living Free is happy to share the story of Quartz’s amazing, 14-leg journey back to our sanctuary from Colorado.

Quartz was originally rescued by Living Free Animal Sanctuary on April 9, 2019 along with her brother Nomad and her sister Phoenix. The pups were 1 1⁄2 months old. We are overjoyed when Quartz was adopted on May 29, 2019 at 3 months old.

In January of this year, Quartz’s adopter let us know he could no longer keep Quartz and wanted to return her. We will always take back dogs who were adopted from Living Free, no questions asked.

Unfortunately, Quartz’s adopter had moved to Colorado. After some time looking for a way to transport her we got in touch with Mark McDonald, a former Living Free volunteer who had moved to Colorado as well. He was volunteering at a rescue called Animal Friends Alliance in Fort Collins. They told us about an amazing non-profit transport organization, Just a Girl Moving Dogs (JGMD).

JGMD was able to schedule Quartz for a transport that took place from March 12th to March 13th. They broke the trip into 14 legs that moved her through 4 states (CO, UT, NV, CA). All the drivers were volunteers for JGMD. Through Facebook messenger we were able to track Quartz’s journey home. All of her transporters loved on her, and although she had a couple of grumpy moments, she did great on the trip. She was very happy to see our Kennel Supervisor, Edgar, at the end of her journey.

Quartz is now in our kennel and is doing well. In the next few weeks we will be evaluating her personality so that we can determine the best home for this resilient dog.

RIDE ALONG WITH QUARTZ:

FROM FORT COLLINS, COLORADO TO MOUNTAIN CENTER, CALIFORNIA

SATURDAY – MARCH 12, 2022


LEG ONE:


Fort Collins, CO to Denver, CO
63 MIles, 1 Hour 15 Minutes
7:00 am – 8:15 am

DRIVER: Debra Fairchild

LEG TWO:

Denver, CO to Silverthorne, CO
67 Miles, 1 Hour 30 Minutes
8:25 am – 9:55 am

DRIVER: Jan Hansen

LEG THREE – LEG FOUR:

Silverthorne, CO to Grand Junction, CO

177 Miles, 3 Hour 15 Minutes

10:05 am – 1:35 pm

DRIVER: Hayley Blumenstock

LEG FIVE:
 
Grand Junction, CO to Green River, UT
102 Miles, 1 Hour 40 Minutes
1:45 pm – 3:25 pm
 
DRIVER: Buddy Barkley

LEG SIX:
 
Green River, UT to Salina, UT
107 Miles, 1 Hour 45 Minutes
3:35 pm – 5:20 pm
 
DRIVER: Timothy-Melanie Pococke

***OVERNIGHT IN/NEAR SALINA, UT***
 
MARCH 12-13, 2022 – B & B FOR D-O-G
 
HOST: Jeannine Fullmer

SUNDAY – MARCH 13, 2022
 

LEG SEVEN:
 
Salina, UT to Beaver, UT
81 Miles, 1 Hour 20 Minutes
7:00 am – 8:20 am
 
DRIVER: Cameron Nielson

LEG EIGHT:

Beaver, UT to Cedar City, UT

52 Miles, 55 Minutes

8:30 am – 9:25 am

DRIVER: Dianne Morse

LEG NINE:


Cedar City, UT to Mesquite, NV
90 Miles, 1 Hour 30 Minutes
9:35 am (MDT) – 10:05 am (PDT)


DRIVER: Beth Ann Cahoon-Jackman

LEG TEN:
 
Mesquite, NV to Las Vegas, NV
82 Miles, 1 Hour 15 Minutes
10:15 am – 11:30 am
 
DRIVER: Greg Dutkowski

LEG ELEVEN – TWELVE:
 
Las Vegas, NV to Barstow, CA
158 Miles, 2 Hour 35 Minutes
11:40 am – 2:25 pm
 
DRIVER: Dyandra Rayos Matute & Laura Porcell

LEG THIRTEEN:
 
Barstow, CA to San Bernardino, CA 
71 Miles, 1 Hour 15 Minutes
2:35 pm – 3:50 pm
 
DRIVER: Katherine Proepper

LEG FOURTEEN:
 
San Bernardino, CA to Mountain Center, CA
57 Miles, 1 Hour 15 Minutes
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
 
DRIVER: Kelly A Garrett

WELCOME HOME QUARTZ!