There were two homeless dogs hanging around the apartments, both of them very sweet. My neighbor, Darla, started feeding them, and someone else was leaving them food too. One of them disappeared, we hadn't seen her for three days when Darla discovered her in the park across the street. She (the dog) had given berth to six puppies. Lady, (we now call the dog Lady) had dug a lair into a hill in the park, in front of and over the lair are bushes, Lady and her pups are well hidden. Every evening and morning, when there are not likely to be children in the park, we take her food and water. We decided it best not to make the children in the park aware of her, we don't want her or her puppies hurt. It's going to get cold, Lady and her pups need a safe warm place to stay, there is a place to take stray animals, but it is in one of the Palestine areas and we can't go there. I am going to take a picture of her and the puppies, a pet shop near by is going to put it up with a note that this family needs a home, We are hoping that someone will come forward and take them.
It has been several days since I wrote that last paragraph and a lot has happened in that time. ( I didn't get back to this letter sooner because Don has been on the computer doing school work the last few days) A teenage boy who lives on the other side of the park has been feeding the dogs too. He is going to take Lady as soon as she can be separated from the puppies. A pet shop has said that they will put a picture of the puppies up in their shop, and we (mostly Darla) have been asking around to find homes for them.
Lady and her puppies in their lair. I crawled up through the bushes to get this picture and when I got out I was covered with sticks leaves and dirt. Lady didn't mind the flash, she's very sweet.
This is Brown Dog, the father, (we think) he also needs a home.........we're working on it.
Shalom...................Bernice