[davisfh]

Thanks for a very good post. I happen to love animals too. We live rural in Mississippi and our neighbor has three horses that have no shelter. That's not always a problem, but it does get very cold here sometimes. On those occasions, I have a couple of bags of high calorie (sweet feed) horse food and I give each of them a portion of that and some of the apple chip treats made especially for horses. They love me so much that i can hardly get the gate into their pasture open.

I feed them in late evening because I know that they'll need those calories to help them through the cold night.

[Fantasywriter]

Wow—you and I are on the same wavelength. Very late every night I go out to feed two nearby dogs [at separate houses] that don’t get enough to eat. Last night I finally got caught by one of the owners. I think he was drunk off his a$$, though, and had no idea what was going on. Still trying to figure out whether to risk it again tonight or not.

Please, no one suggest I contact Animal Control. I’ve done that already. Around here people are pretty much allowed to keep their dogs anyway they like. Also, since I’ve been feeding them they’ve put on weight, so I can no longer claim they are starving.