RESCUED, MY FAVORITE BREED By Christa Stout
A little help goes a long way
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he last two months have been tough for all rescues, shelters and pounds - very few adoptions and lots of dumped, sick and surrendered dogs. This is the environment that Wendy came into by starting her 501c3 non-profit organization, Triple H. Farm Rescue, outside of Washburn. Wendy is not inexperienced, quite the contrary, she has lots of rescue experience and is starting her efforts in the animal world on a small scale. She is working out of her garage and between April and September, does bi-monthly flea treatment distribution for dogs and cats, free of charge to anyone who wants to come by. The preventive is given by weight of the animal and kills all female fleas. A three months’ use of this
Find Triple H Farm on Facebook. flea treatment will get the infestation under control. If tick preventive is needed, a topical may be used, but since the flea treatment is internal, no other internal preventive can be given. Wendy and her volunteers give strict instructions how the treatment is to be used. Since Wendy has a captive audience, she also gives out a list of free and/or reduced price spaying and neutering clinics. She also provides dog and cat food for those who find themselves in a position of needing a little help to take care of their animals, she calls it her food pantry.
Her primary goal is to keep the animal population of southern Missouri healthy and eventually to start her own spay and neuter clinic for the area. I was amazed how many people stopped by to get the flea medicine and so many of these had multiple pets, many had five dogs and five cats. Wendy is an energetic person, who spent some time in the military, where, unfortunately, she wound up with neck, elbow and spine injuries and was discharged with neuro and spine disease.
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