Way back on August 6 I was returning from an errand and found a starving 
dog eating a dead bird that had been lying in my driveway for a couple of 
days.  She had obviously delivered a litter of puppies within the preceding 
couple of days and was trying to care for them - but domestic dogs don't 
know how to hunt.  Pushover that I am, I fed her and set up a feeding 
station at the end of my driveway so she could find food there.

It took me until August 12 to find her den and move her and her puppies 
down to my place.  It was in an unused metal grain bin about a mile from my 
place.

In October the puppies (3 male, 2 female) went out for adoption through the 
People 4 Paws organization in Shenandoah, IA.  The mother, which I've named 
"Karma," has gained a bit over 20 pounds and is up to her normal weight of 
50 pounds
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