DOVES OVER THE FARM

Rudi, Roadways and Rural Responsibility

Rudi, my 3-year-old wonderful German Shepherd, and I have a quarterly project. We take a garbage bag while walking to collect garbage. We live in rural Yellowstone County, Montana. We’ve done this for the past couple of years and “patrol” a 3-mile stretch (a 1 ½ out-and-back route on both sides). This past weekend we also walked the next half-mile stretch on both sides. Unfortunately, there is never a lack of things to collect, especially aluminum cans, plastic water bottles, cigarette butts, food wrappers, and yes, some things that I don’t know what the...

 
 
 
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