Rocketman55
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Registered: Aug 2008
Location: SE Ohio, Glouster
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Thank YOU to the son of Rich Arnold, Bill Russell, and Mike Biggins
If you are ever hunting near a little town just NE of Athens Ohio, You can rest assured there are still some mighty fine folks living in that area. The little town I am referring to is Millfield, Ohio.
Let me tell my story The weekend of April 1st, I had taken my female to a local UKC hunt. Needless to say she sure didn't preform to my expectations so I withdrew and headed to the house. Upon arrival I was feeling a little dejected at her performance so I took my brand new T-5 collar off her, laid it in the bed of the truck and took her to her kennel. I was thinking I would gather up the collar and put it away the next day. Guess what, I forgot!. So that following Tuesday I went to pick up my 92 year old father who suffers from Dementia, and several other health issues but I always take him for a ride once a week. Usually around the roads he grew up on, as that is about all he remembers these days.
After about 3 hours of driving these back roads where we used to hunt, I realized my tailgate was still down. Low and behold that new T-5 collar was not in the bed of my truck. I thought well maybe I had actually put it up in my hunting room and didn't remember. Well when I got home I looked but didn't find it. So I went back and drove many of those same roads, NO LUCK. I double checked my haul box to make sure I hadn't put in it there, NO LUCK. So i figured well it is just gone.
Two days ago, one of the local farmers, who' family have been farming the farms for the last 80 years or so, contacted my nephew and told him he had found a dog collar along side the road a couple days ago. He and his family have allowed coon hunting on their land all these years and my nephew hunts his farms quite frequently. He gave the collar to my nephew and told him he might have a better idea who may have lost this collar and if he never found the owner, well then it was his to keep.
Now I had not told anybody I had lost my new collar, NOT EVEN MY WIFE, LOL. So mike calls and asks what I may know about a T-5 collar. I told him not a lot except that I lost mine new one about 2 1/2 months ago. So mike tells me the story of how it was found just 4-5 days ago off in the ditch. I told him if it was mine we could find out real quick as I still had it programmed into my handheld. Well last night I went over, powered the thing on, and it linked right up to my unit. Man was I tickled pink. It still had 3/4 charge on the collar.
So today I want to Thank the good folks in and around Millfield, Ohio. Mr. Bill Russell, Mr. Mike Biggins, and the son of Mr. Rich Arnold, as he is the one who actually found the collar. These folks are some of the finest, most honest people, you will ever meet, and I am thankful I live in a community that flourishes with these type people.
You all are a blessing, and It's good to know there are some families that are still raising their children to do the right thing. Now I will go and Thank each of them personally!!
Just wanted to recognize a gracious act of kindness in these trying times.
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