Army Special Forces veteran Michael Clements has repeatedly faced down death and danger during his eight tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. But, even for this hardened warrior, there was one thing he couldn’t face – saying goodbye to Jelly Beans and Neighbor.
“It was pretty funny, a badass green beret, all broken up leaving his dogs,” says Clements.
Leaving Guam to retire after 23 years in the service, Clements couldn’t afford to take his beloved dogs with him to his North Carolina home. He was in the middle of a divorce, and headed first to Hawaii for a month of medical treatment for spinal injuries sustained during his service. With no other options, he brought the dogs to Guam Animals In Need (GAIN), which provides shelter for abandoned and homeless dogs.
“I was stuck. I didn’t know what to do,” says Clements, who had brought Neighbor, a Husky, and Jelly Beans, a four-year-old Akita mix, from Fort Bragg for his one-year stay on Guam.
“They’re my children,” says Clements, who says the dogs had the run of his house, jumping up to sit on his lap and sleeping on the bed. “I don’t have kids. They were like the kids of my house.”
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