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]

It's amazing how things go along for a while at a snail's pace and then all of a sudden picks the speed of a jet. I had a brief meeting today with the president of the First National Bank in Waynesboro about the memorial service and was told that not only was there going to be the Old Fella Memorial service that day but that the park was going to be dedicated at the same time. All of the employees of the bank will be there as well as people from the city and county governmentas well as the Old Fella Burke County Animal Rescue people. Old Fella is going to have a great day in his honor.

[fulltimegrams22]

joelbaker wrote:

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.

For those of you who do not understand the rules of voting I have cut and pasted a portion of the rules below which will show you if Old Fella wins then all votes can be recounted, deleted, etc. All of which could make Old Fella ineligible for the win. I hope everyone will use their discretion and vote accordingly.

I don't know much about computers but I do believe that your IP address is assigned to your computer by your Internet Provider which identifies your computer for everything you do on the internet, including voting more than once per day. I could be wrong but I do believe it to be how Internet Protocol works and I don't believe the IP address changes, please correct me if I am wrong.


Here it is...

Rules

Staff and volunteers of organizations are allowed and encouraged to vote for their own organizations, subject to the one vote per person per day limitation. No nominated organization will be chosen as a finalist without its written consent, and GreaterGood.org reserves the right to determine the final eligibility of each organization to receive funding and to audit, recount, and discount votes. The Animal Rescue Site reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any votes that appear to be (a) created by an automated system; or (b) fraudulent in any way .

[det62]

I vote each morning from home, then go to work and vote from my computer AND from two co-worker's computers :B

[minkhill]

Although I don't get here to post much anymore, I specifically wanted to come on today and also remind everyone to vote for the Old Fella Shelter.
I have been voting from home and work every day, and will give the "every couple of hours" idea a shot too! Thanks for the tip!
Karen

[Gentle_Spirit]

If you are sad for any reason.....watch this and you'll feel good!

http://www.dogwork.com/dogsnow/

Makes me remember how much fun Baxter used to have.

[Dixie_Flyer]

Watch for a PM

[Missy120]

I must have missed a post where it shows a link to vote, I keep seeing mentions of voting, I am not sure what you are voting for or where to go. Would someone please post a link so I an help out?

[Hoops]

Don't think he will gain it either in short amount of time left. At least we tried. Been voting too, and feeding the shelter animals.

[Gentle_Spirit]

I've been voting every day!

[Dixie_Flyer]

Old Fella is losing ground fast!

[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