Toys for Tots Drive On December 21st.

Posted on December 13, 2011 | 0 Comments
Tags: Toys for Tots, Community Involvement, Horse N Hound Events

Toys for tots Began in 1947, when Major Bill Hendricks, USCR and a group of Marine Reservists in Los Angeles collected and distributed 5,000 toys to needy children. The idea came from Bill’s wife, Diane. In the fall of 1947, Diane crafted a homemade doll and asked Bill to deliver the doll to an organization, which would give it to a needy child at Christmas. When Bill determined that no agency existed, Diane told Bill that he should start one. He did. The 1947 pilot project was so successful that the Marine Corps adopted Toys for Tots in 1948 and ...

Is Your Pet at a Healthy Weight?

Posted on December 1, 2011 | 0 Comments
Tags: Pet Health

Pet health is a lot like human health when it comes to weight gain. Our pets can suffer the same health problems that humans face when they are overweight or obese, such as diabetes, arthritis and heart disease.

Check to see if your dog or cat needs to go on a diet by rubbing your pet gently along the side from his chest back to his rear legs. Can you feel the ribs without trouble? If you can, then your pet's weight is probably fine. If you can't, he probably needs to go on a diet and get more exercise

If you're ...

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