Refugees...

Our refugee has brought another refugee to our

home. Monday, Baby (to give her a name)

showed up on our porch. She is a small beagle,

maybe 2/3 yrs old, who has definitely been

mistreated and not fed in a very long time.

She is nothing but skin and bones

and is so weak! It's sad to see her in this

shape or any dog for that matter!
All I could think about was what a great

dog she could be if someone would have

just taken care of her.

Just a moment to rant!!
In my honest opinion people
that treat dogs or any animals this way

should be treated the same! No animal

deserves to starve to death and be mistreated

this way! If you can't even feed your pet the

scraps off your table, that you will probably

throw in the garbage,

then DON'T get another pet!
It may not be the best diet for the animal
but at least it isn't starving to death!


Monday the temp outside was 99 degrees

w/a heat index of 108. The dog was so hot I

immediately tried to scoop her up but
she fell off the porch and just laid there.

It was so sad. I put her in the tub, cooled her

down and cleaned her up. She was covered

in briers, mud and a few ticks.

My good friend Michele, (thank you) has been

such a help with her. She gave us some great advice

on how to help her. She has been wormed, bathed,

tick & flea meds. given and we have been feeding

her every 4 times a day 1/2 cup of dry puppy

food mixed with a tablespoon of cottage cheese.
At first she was barely able to finish the 1/2 cup

but she isnow able to finish it and looks for more.

She is gaining her strength back. Her eyes

are no longer glassy and she has even barked at

our ferrets once or twice. She likes to follow us

around, specially the kids. Last night she started

wagging her tail when she saw me.

Which is a huge improvement!

For now we have a new pet. We are going to nurse

her back to health and see how she does. My intentions

were to nurse her to health and then find a home for her,

but Sean seems to have taken to her and has said

we may keep her. We'll see...

Update on the other refugees!

Oh our other refugees (Judah and Buddy-the brother)

are still camping out on our front lawn. We are not

feeding them hoping they'll go home. Personally

I would love to keep Judah. So far though

they just come and go. Judah pretty much stays

here. They are thieves! We keep finding articles of

clothing in our yard every morning that do

not belong to us. Not sure where these two are

getting them from. We an old baby blanket,

boxer shorts and this am we had

a torn up teddy bear.