A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}

[Dixie_Flyer]

Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay there until I got too close then he got up on three legs and hobbled away. Just judging I would say he is at least 11 years old. Well back to my story. The next afternoon he wanders into camp and just sits there looking. He looked so sad, so the wife got a bowl of our dog's food and put it down for him and he came over and ate. He then walked over to our dog and the two of them sniffed each other over and then they lay down together for the rest of the afternoon. That night he disappeared.
The next morning he was back and was a little more receptive of me. I looked at his injured leg and found that half of his rear foot was gone. It had healed and was not causing any problem except that he was walking on the stub that was left with no foot pad which causes him to limp. His front teeth were gone except for one canine tooth and it looked decayed. His eyes were tired looking and showing his age. He spent the rest of the day just laying around looking for a handout and by afternoon the campground host came around and saw him. I enquired about the dog and was told he had been there for three years and that most of the campers were tolerant of him and gave him food.
So what to do? Do you pick him up and bring him home or do you let nature take it course. He can't harm anyone, he has no teeth and he isn't a nuisance unless you don't like dogs, and no one seems to mind him being there. He is gentle and likes other animals as seen by his interaction with our dog. He still would not let me touch him but he would eat from my hand. Enough said, what would you do???

On June 28th 2008 Old Fella passed away of complications caused by bone cancer. Fella spent almost three years with his new family and became the icon of rescued old stray dogs. He will be greatly missed but his foot prints have been left in our hearts forever.

Now Charlie, the ten year old rescued Golden Lab has come to be a part of the continuing Old Fella story. (*Note, Charlie took his journey to Rainbow Bridge unexpectedly September 30, 2008)Suzie continues to charm her way into our hearts with her antics as she has grown from a puppy into a young lady. Togther they will carry on the Old Fella legacy. Come join us in their daily lives and be a part of the best feel good thread in RV.NET history. The legacy lives on.


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Old Fella Burke County Animal Rescue

[Dixie_Flyer]

This is the statue which represents all strays and homeless animals.

[Gentle_Spirit]

Hey Shields! How did you do that? Thanks! I guess it's obvious which one is Wolfie! The other photo is me with Baxter a few years ago when he was young and healthy.

I'll try to figure out how to do photos again. Thanks everyone who helped!

[fulltimegrams22]

Great to know the statue has arrived, I wonder if I missed the choice on which statue? I haven't seen it posted so if I missed it can you point out which one?

Merry Christmas everyone..

Fulltimegrams22

[joelbaker]

Mymaize wrote:
I discovered that if I wait about 2 hours between votes, I can vote several times a day. I know it says only one vote a day but Ole Fella rescue needs every vote we can muster.

come on furbabies mommie and daddys. VOTE

Bette

If you're voting from home and you log on and off the Internet between votes that would make sense, because the IP address for your computer most likely changes.

[Mymaize]

I discovered that if I wait about 2 hours between votes, I can vote several times a day. I know it says only one vote a day but Ole Fella rescue needs every vote we can muster.

come on furbabies mommie and daddys. VOTE

Bette

[Dixie_Flyer]

I have the memorial statue and the memorial will be January 10th.

[TomW2]

Gentle Spirit...

To include a picture in a forum posting requires that you upload the picture to a web host first. There are several web hosts that you can upload pictures to for free. The one I use is www.picvault.info. They are all probably similar. With this one you use the Browse button to select the picture from your hard drive and then click on the Upload Image button to transfer the picture to the host. This particular host then presents you with several formats of the URL of the picture. For including the picture in a forum post you would use the Hotlink your image on message boards format. Just click on the Select Code button for that format and then copy it to the clipboard and then paste it into your forum posting. This does not require you to use the advanced post mechanism of RV.NET because the URL from picvault already has the HTML tags for an image.

[chemisd]

Old Fella is back to 64 again.....

[joelbaker]

I think I see where Wolfie got his name and why he's always hot! He is beautiful!

[Shields]

Thought maybe I could help out....For Gentle Spirit....Gs;)

[Gentle_Spirit]

[Gentle_Spirit]

Let's see if this works:

[Dixie_Flyer]

Gentle Spirit wrote:
How do you post a photo? I've looked and can't find any info on that. When I click on "image", it needs a url - which is an address for a website isn't it?

Thanks - Carole

Go to photo bucket and open an anbum and then put pictures into photo bucket from your PC. Then you can generate an url to post to the thread.

[CindyNRoger]

agteacher wrote:
Please continue to post the stories in the yahoo groups. I really look forward to the next in the series.

I only live about 60 miles from Sarah and Anna.

Really like the painting of Old Fella.

Does this mean you are coming to the rally next year. :W

[chrisnpat]

Very cool Richard. The photo is great.