Good News, Ratchet May Be Coming Home

It looks like Baghdad Pups will be returning for Ratchet! The US military will not stand in the rescue groups way, because Ratchet has received clearance to go. According to reporters at the Las Vegas Sun, "Beberg, who plans to return to the U.S. next month, was ecstatic about the news that her dog was cleared to leave. "I am thrilled that Ratchet is going home!!" she wrote in an e-mail to the SPCA and others Wednesday, adding that she planned to do a "victory dance" on Sunday.

Let's all keep our fingers crossed that Ratchet will stay safe, until Baghdad Pups returns. The military spokesperson has made the statement that "Our military working dogs carry rank and are afforded many of the rights and privileges of their fellow soldiers," he said. "Ratchet is a wild dog indigenous to Iraq. A stray, befriended by a soldier. As such, we do not control him, nor can we 'order' him not to leave" the base. Geez, Would it be so hard for them to look after him for a few days?

To the Department of Defense: America is watching, please look after Ratchet and treat him well. Hopefully, we will have an update within the next few days to let us know Ratchet is coming home. Then we can all do the victory dance!