BREAK IN AND ARSON

WEEKEND OF MARCH 5-6

THE DAY HAD COME TO AN END AND AT MID-NIGHT WE TURNED IN FOR THE NIGHT...ALL OF THE ANIMALS WERE IN THEIR KENNELS AND HORSE BARNS...IT WAS VERY QUITE, AND THEN THE DOGS STARTED TO BARK...IT WAS THEN WE DISCOVERED THAT THE BACK FENCE HAD BEEN TORN DOWN AND THAT WE HAD A BREAK IN...LUCKILY ALL OF THE HORSES AND DOGS WERE SAFE AND SECURE IN THEIR HOUSES...IT WAS THE HORSES THAT THE CULPRITS WERE AFTER, AND WHEN THEY COULDN'T GET ANY OF THEM THEY SET THE SHELTER ON FIRE...IT HAD BEEN VERY DRY AND HOT FOR A FEW DAYS, SO THE GRASS WAS EASILY SET FIRE TO AND IT SPREAD TO SEVERAL TREES...THE TREES WILL SURVIVE, BUT THEY LOST THEIR LEAVES...THE POLICE AND FIREMEN ARRIVED WITHIN MINUTES OF OUR CALL TO THEM AND THE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL...NONE OF THE BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED, AND ALL OF THE ANIMALS ARE SAFE...OUR VERY GOOD FRIENDS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE NOW DOING HOURLY CHECKS OF THE SHELTER AT NIGHT...HOPEFULLY, THEY WILL ONE DAY FIND THE BOYS WHO CAUSED US SO MUCH GREIF...THE BACK WIRE MESH FENCE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED, WHICH WILL TAKE A BIG BIGHT OUR OF OUR FUNDS.

THE ABOVE PHOTOS ABOVE AND BELOW SHOW SOME OF THE DAMAGE TO THE TREES AND THE GRASS.

NOW, SOME HAPPY NEWS

ON THE FAR LEFT AND THE FAR RIGHT IS OUR NEW GIRL:  SWEETY

COQUI CAUGHT SOME YOUNG BOYS THROWING STONES AT SWEETY AND SHE TOOK OFF AFTER THEM...WHEN SHE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM, SHE LET THEM KNOW THAT IF SHE SAW THEM AGAIN SHE WOULD CUT OFF THEIR HANDS...SHE SCARED THE LIVING HELL OUT OF THEM...SWEETY NEARLY GOT HIT BY A CAR, BUT COQUI WAS ABLE TO CATCH HER...SHE IS NOW IN LOVE WITH OUR BOY AGUSTIN...HE IS THE DOG WE GOT A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH THE BROKEN LEG, AS YOU CAN NOW SEE HE IS WELL AND LOVING SWEETY AS MUCH AS SHE LOVES HIM...A HAPPY ENDING FOR BOTH.