[Mishmash] Backfire

[Robyne Kerr]

>Linda, that was such a moving story, animals do some very amazing things.


Robyne

>Someone talking about rescuing animals reminded me of a personal experience
>a few years ago.
>
>I had a dog that had a dog house outside as he was a semi-large dog and I
>was unable to keep him inside the house.  A stray female dog wandered into
>our yard one day and made friends with him.  We would often see her with him
>and then she would leave.  One day I looked outside as I heard a loud
>whining.  My dog had pulled straw out of his house and was laying on the
>straw outside the doghouse.  I went outside to see what he was whining about
>as he had his nose up in the air and he was quite loud.
>
>When I looked inside the doghouse, the female dog was in the doghouse and
>she was giving birth to puppies.  She was doing ok so as it seemed to alarm
>her I moved away and talked to my dog and he quieted down.  I went back into
>the house and later in the evening i looked inside the dog house and she was
>sleeping with the puppies.  Their seemed to be several of them.
>
>The next morning I looked out side and she was crossing the street.  I went
>outside and looked inside the house and there were 7 puppies.  I left plenty
>food for my dog and her and went back inside.
>
>Coming home from somewhere the next day, i cried out with pain, there in the
>street just before I got home was the female dog.  You could tell she was
>dead, someone had hit her.  I went home and cried, first for her, then the
>puppies, then went out and looked inside the dog house at the puppies.  I
>knew that she had died sometime that day because she wasn't there during the
>morning.  My dog kept whining because the puppies were awake and grumbling a
>little.  He sure didn't know what to do.
>
>I called a local vet and asked him what to feed them because I knew they'd
>die before long.  He told me and I made the mixture and got a box and went
>outside and got the puppies and brought them into the house.  He told me to
>get a eyedropper and feed them.  I did.  Sometimes they rejected the mixture
>but I kept trying until they learned that was it, they better take it.  It
>didn't take long for them to start grabbing it with their mouth.  When they
>got older they would bounce out of the box and come into my bedroom and yip
>at me until I got up and fed them.  They were the funniest little things.  I
>had some funny moments raising them.
>
>I fed them until weaning stage and called the local Friends of Animals ( a
>wonderful organization) and they found homes for all of them. I watched them
>go one by one, and it was a little sad as I had bonded with them.   I was
>worse than Mother Hen, I wanted to give all of the people a background check
>but that wasn't feasible.
>
>The friends of animal eventually had to disband there, just my intuition,
>but I would say probably for lack of funds.  I think it was great what they
>did for animals in that area.
>
>The thing that puzzles me the most is how smart they were.   Did she make my
>dog leave his doghouse, or was it his idea, and I was amazed that he pulled
>straw out of the doghouse to lay on.  He left her some too.  Smart dog.  I
>eventually gave him to my family who lived out of town where he could run
>free instead of being tied up. It was the best thing for him.
>
>Linda
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Susan Flewelling" <kmm at nucleus.com>
>To: "Mishmash" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
>Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 11:02 AM
>Subject: Re: [Mishmash] Backfire
>
>
>>  At 08:50 AM 2/16/08, you wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Linda
>>
>>  Thanks, Linda - made my day!
>>
>>  Susan
>>
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