Animals Lost and Found

What came for us this Christmas is a young female beagle - who peered out of the woods for 3 weeks every now and than but would not let me catch it.  It happened upon my neighbors lawn one night whence I enlisted the aid of her dogs to capture this one.  The beagle has been with us ever since - 2 weeks now.  It is very skiddish - but seen herre with Bo Bo our rescued treeing walker hound - from the herkimer SPCA over 7 years ago now.

I have been a dog rescuer my whole life, growing up in an area where stray dogs were so prevalent, it was heartbreaking for me.  Many would end up in body bags at the "Humane Society", euthanized prematurely.  These days, we can communicate alot more efficiently when we lose a pet - through Craigslist and other local postings - and vets offices.  But many people abandon dogs they no longer have the means or ability to care for.   I have cared for numerous dogs over many decades - striving for a quality long lived life of health and happiness for all creatures.  The dogs are run almost every day for starters - hound dogs thrive on open space and their senses of scent stimulated.  Our farm devotes 3 kennels to Hound dogs -  our Hound Dog Rescue - a no kill facility.  An expense which eats up about $8 of my earnings per day for just our cats and dogs.
I have done this for years uncompensated.   Non profits receive countless donations for their work - and someday I hope to form a non profit to continue my work in a sustainable way.