Poison Prevention Week
March 25-29 is National Animal Poison Prevention Week. This week is meant to educate and bring awareness to pet owners and the hazards found in our homes or around our homes. Here are some things that are poisonous to your pet: In the Kitchen Chocolate – especially dark chocolate, coffee, caffeine [...]
How Can I Become a Doobert Volunteer Pilot?
Dear Steve, I do have 298 hours of flying experience and I am planning to do 100 hours of time building in a turboprop which will be done in a month and after that I would be more than happy to do some volunteer flying for you. Rahul If you [...]
The Hardest Pre-Flight Question to Answer
This is a post I originally wrote over on the Pilot.dog site but it is good information for all pilots, especially animal rescue pilots. As an animal rescue pilot it is easy to feel compelled to push yourself to fly the mission or make the connection. And often the hardest [...]
The One Simple Thing We Can All Do to Help Save General Aviation for the Future
If you've been involved in general aviation for more than a few minutes you've probably heard the grumbling that general aviation is in trouble and airports and FBOs are struggling or folding up. There is also a valid concern the number of active pilots is not growing as fast as [...]
What Are My Responsibilities When Transporting an Animal as a Volunteer Pilot
Question Dear Steve, I'd like to volunteer with Doobert.com as a volunteer pilot but I don't know what my responsibilities are? Do I just show up and pick up the dog or is there more I need to know? David Answer David, I'd love to tell you there is nothing [...]
