December 2 – 8 Monday morning I opened a Facebook link that showed a purebred Boxer lying outside of his excuse-of-a-dog-house. He was stiff: frozen to death by sheer neglect. He was stretched out like my pet cow, Carolyn, who had died when I was a kid of a heart attack in the dead of(…)
November 23-December 1 Kittens, cats: what to do about the unwanted felines. That is the question our board of directors is trying to figure out. It seems to me at least, that cats and kittens suffer the most in our county. They are easily forgotten. Being plentiful, it seems they are considered replaceable. They are(…)
November 18-22 The call came Sunday, November 10, 2013, “We have a pregnant dog at our church. Some of the members were talking about shooting her today. We don’t know what to do with her. Can you take this dog?” “She is going to pop puppies any time,” Laura, the caller warned. Laura and(…)
November 11-17 It was Friday night: the night before opening of firearms-deer hunting season. Sherry Sullivan and her family had a busy evening planned. Sherry left at around 5pm. All five of their family dogs were home including Boodo, a hound, bird dog and Pit Bull mix male. Sweet Boodo is age 7. Ashley,(…)
The following weekly report is about the history and adoption of Eugene andJR. The Officers of the Bollinger County Stray Project want to voice our gratitude: a heartythank you to the sponsors who generously donated to the Eugene and JR fund. Without your donations we can not afford to save dogs like Eugene or to(…)
Bollinger County Stray Project Report Oct 28 – Nov 3 Written by Marilyn Neville She appeared “out of nowhere” on County DD, at the same time that the leaves were changing color, and temps were dropping to below freezing. Circumstances seem to show she was abandoned at a time when the rains of the fall season are(…)
Written by Marilyn Neville Bollinger County Stray Project Report October 21-27 He was born September 5, 2010, Labor Day week, one of 11 pups. He was the only pup that was not brindle. Their mother was a brindle bobbed tail Mountain Cur type: an energetic dog with hunting drive. When born each pup barely let their(…)
Bollinger County Stray Project Report October 14-20 Written by Marilyn Neville Five beagles were dumped in a remote farming area near Arbor of Stoddard County. They were displaced together, one suffering from an infected dog bite around her tiny neck, grey in color because of the filth on her little tri-color, freckled body, severely starved(…)
Written by Marilyn Neville Bollinger County Stray Project Report October 7-13 He was dumped in the Briarwood area, south of Marble Hill, east of Zalma, west of Advance and north of Sturdivent. He could have been born in any of those communities, unwanted from birth. How do I know that? Because his body showed the tell-tale(…)
Written by Marilyn Neville This is the last in a series of articles regarding allergies. In my search for relief for my arthritic concerns I had read that B-12 injections or the drops that go under the tongue can reduce or end some forms of arthritis in some people. Others saw benefits in other areas of(…)
