Dandy Dan
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Excellent news Richard. We are in a State Park with limited internet access but I am trying to keep up. Glad that all is working out so well.
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and Beau (waiting at the Rainbow Bridge)
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bonniesoo
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Great news Richard....Old Fella is smiling!!
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Dixie Flyer
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Front Page Today's Waynesboro True Citizen Newspaper
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Wife Sue
Pets: Old Fella, Levi and Charlie at Rainbow Bridge. Suzie the Imp, Peaches the Princess and Izzie the cat.
Old Fella Burke County Animal Rescue
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Dixie Flyer
504 Jones Ave Waynesboro, Georgia 30830
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Waynesboro True Citizen Newspaper Old Fella obituary.
http://www.thetruecitizen.com/news/2008/0702/pdf/Page_02.pdf
Now that the paper is over a week old I can now put a link to the article so everyone can read it without becoming a subscriber to the paper.
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Dixie Flyer
504 Jones Ave Waynesboro, Georgia 30830
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This was also in today's paper:
$6,000 offered for dog killer
By Diana Royal
dianar@thetruecitizen.com
What started out as a $500 reward
for a dog killer has now
reached $6,000 – and may keep
growing from there.
Old Fella Animal Rescue volunteer
Bruce Storm initiated the
reward with $500 out of his own
pocket for information leading to
the person(s) responsible for the
death of a dog named “Brandy.”
The six-month-old dog was
found dead at dumpsters on Story
Mill Road on the day she was to
be adopted. Old Fella volunteers
say they monitored and fed
Brandy for about 48 hours until
an adoptive family was found.
Brandy’s story has garnered
national attention, as organizations
around the United States are
now chipping in to help find
whoever shot her.
The Humane Society of the
United States contributed
$2,500; $1,500 came from the
Atlanta Humane Society; and the
Georgia SPCA (Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
also added $1,500 to the
pot.
Storm says he anticipates more
donations to increase the reward
and hopes to see it reach $10,000 this week.
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chemisd
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How awful for Brandy....I hope they catch whoever was responsible....
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Dixie Flyer
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This morning everything is well with the family. Charlie, Suzie, Izzie, Sue and myself are looking forward to having a productive day. I will cut grass and wash the camper while Sue goes to pick blue berries. Suzie is worried about what toy she is going to chase after while Charlie tries to figure out where the tennis balls have been hiding. Izzie is just going to be a cat and do whatever cats do during the day, mostly sleep and allow us to live in his house.
I look around the house and see places where Old Fella should be only to be reminded he has taken his journey to Rainbow Bridge where he awaits our arrival. Charlie has helped us move forward with our lives and I believe Fella would be happy with our choice.
The memorial fund is growing but still has a ways to go before we can start with any plans as to what the memorial will look like. I do hope that we are able to place something in the park that truly expresses our love for this great old dog and what he represents to not only this community but to all of us who have been touched by his life.
Old Fella's courage and strong will to live was exemplified in the life he lived. His great love for his family carried him beyond what most would have endured. I realize now how much pain he was in the last few weeks of his life, but he did not want to leave us and that alone sustained him. We have been left with some beautiful memories of an old black dog that came our way and for a brief moment touched our lives and changed us for the better.
* This post was
edited 07/17/08 02:36pm by Dixie Flyer *
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bonniesoo
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Boy that was really well said Richard. Old Fella changed many lives and I believe many lives to come. We will always have rescues whenever Mika & Suki cross over to the bridge and that is directly because of Old Fella. Before we only looked for pekingese puppies from a reputable breeder now we will look in pekingese rescue. The faithfulness dogs express is just amazing to me. Suki will be sound asleep somewhere and hear me leave the room and immediately get up and come to where I am and lie down to resume her nap. Mika on the other hand.....well Mika would expect me to go get her and carry her to my new room!!! LOL...Have a fun day and give Suzie a scratch on the head and toss the ball once to Charlie for me.
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TrueLarry
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It was hard to read this thread - I had too many tears in my eyes to see the pages. I just started it because it had to do with pets. What a wonderful story and what a happy then sad ending. My wife and I have a seven (or so) year old rescue dog, a purebred Shih Tzu that was used by a breeder and then left at the pound for whatever fate she met. She had horrible teeth and needed surgery for a tumor that was cancerous but we are hopeful that it was localized. We had over $1,000 in her before the end of the first month. She was terrified of us and didn't trust anybody. Now we love her to death in spite of the fact that she can be a challenge sometimes. Dogs are such wonderful pets it is just amazing to me that people can cast them aside with no care whatsoever. My grandmother, who lived on a farm about a quarter mile off a highway, had three dogs that I knew of, all of which were just dumped out of cars by people who didn't want them anymore. It breaks my heart that people can be so heartless and cruel to domesticated animals who love us and depend on us. Bless you Richard for your kindness to Old Fellow and the pox upon the farmer who cussed you out for taking his dog. You did the right thing.
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nonameperson
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Hello Rich, Sue and the Daniels Gang
I have finally found my username and password for the fourm, and have taken the time to catch up, which was alot of reading. We passed around the info about Old Fella to all the rangers/parkattendants and campers who had come in contact with him over the years, all of whom, fell in love with him. I still want Rich and Sue to adopt me.
I am glad Charlie has joined your family to help ease the pain of the loss of Levi and Old Fella I have also posted the link on my myspace site for others to read.
God Bless you for all that you do.
Welcome Charlie!!!
Nina
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