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Huey was born 15 months ago in North Carolina with a litter 5 other pups. When he was 3 weeks old he was put up for adoption. Huey was the runt of the family and Stacie selected him for her pet soon after she saw him in a photograph. He was a French bulldog, white with large black spots. Stacie and her mom drove from Ohio to North Carolina to take him home after he was 3 months old. The drivers in North Carolina all drive like NASCAR drivers and her small Nissan Cube could not keep up with their aggressive driving style. 
They also had trouble trying to get out of North Carolina as their GPS did not work well in the mountains. They ended up on the back roads and almost lost. They stopped, asked for directions, and the man told them they needed a Garmin GPS in this area. Eventually they were able to get onto a main road and headed in the right direction back to Ohio. 
Yogi was born about the same time as Huey but in Oklahoma. Anita picked him out of the litter when he was a few weeks old; he was also a white and black French bulldog. Yogi was the biggest puppy of the litter. He was 3 months old before they could transport him from Oklahoma via Colorado, Cleveland, and on to Anita in Ohio. They went to the air freight building when he was scheduled to arrive. It seemed like hours of nervously waiting to see if he made the trip all right. They finally brought him to the counter in a small cage. Anita signed the delivery papers and found he was fine. Yogi was tiny little hairy bundle of energy. He looked a lot like Huey, only his right ear was white and his left ear was black. Both of Huey's ears were black. 
The two dogs are now fully grown and they run, play and sleep together with 3 other older rescue dogs. Anita has a large fenced in backyard where they can do their business and play. They play hide and seek around the yard and gallop after each other. They are both naturally muscular. Yogi is about 10 pounds heavier than Huey and he likes to run with a toy in his mouth. It's very hard to get hold of or remove a plastic key or a plastic bone or rubber ball from him even in the house. They both chase balls and want you to throw them out, but they don't bring them back. 
Sissie is a large brown and white French bulldog, which had a minor defect and could not become a show dog. Her friend Lala was a show dog until she broke a couple of teeth. She was a perfect French bulldog and was entered in many contests. Over the years she won several trophies until her accident. Once that happened, her owner had no use for either of them and put them up for sale. 
Romeo or Ro-Ro is the fifth dog, a gentle black Pekingese with a back problem. Four or five of them go for a daily or nightly one hour car ride and usually stop for some chicken nuggets. They sometimes go to Wendy's and feed the seagulls in the parking lot, when they appear to be cold and hungry. Anita had recently lost 2 of her rescue dogs and wanted to replace them. One was Cassie who had a weak heart and was a gentle Pug that Anita had for many years. The second was mongrel dog who was crippled after a broken hind leg that had not been set properly. She came from a puppy mill and she survived Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. They moved to Ohio after the owner lost her home to Katrina. The dog was always kept indoors in the apartment she lived in, even in good weather. She was mistreated and beaten by her owner, who no longer wanted her. When Anita obtained her, the crippled dog very slowly responded to kinder treatment and to other dogs. Mentally, the dog was not right and one day, she attacked Cassie and Cassie died of a heart attack. Anita took the mongrel dog to the Vet and had to have her put to sleep. That was a very sad day at the 'Lillies of the Field ' rescue home. Nate, Stacie's friend, help bury the two 2 dogs in back of the property. One nice sunny day, Huey and Yogi without their collars, were playing tug of war in the backyard. A strong wind came up and blew open the gate for an instant and the dogs escaped. They could run a long distance in a short time as they both were very fast. They went through the woods and chased the deer and the wild turkeys and thought, 'this is a lot of fun'. Anita came up from the basement after washing clothes and saw they were gone. She organized a search party in all directions with the neighbors, but they weren't located. They searched all of the roads and farms by car; first around a 5 mile and then a 10 mile radius and nothing. The next day they posted signs and continued the search for many days but to no avail. Anita contacted a detective as Huey and Yogi were valuable dogs. An American Indian named Hank Stalker was hired to find them. He was an experienced skilled tracker with unusually high senses and IQ. He had found 23 missing children and one horse in the 12 years in his job. He had never been asked to find dogs. He immediately set out on their trail, first by foot, then by horseback and after in his Jeep. He had been looking for several days before he found his first clue. Yogi had carried a toy in his mouth when he left home and after 20 miles he left it on the side of the road. Hank found the toy and saw from a photo of Yogi that he was on the right track. He concluded that they must be near Hartville. Hank posted the lost dog poster with the photo of the 2 French Bulldogs at the Hartville Kitchen. Hundreds of people from all over come to dine at this restaurant. Meanwhile Huey and Yogi had been enjoying themselves on the Amish farm. They had enough to eat and drink and slept in the barn, keeping out of sight for one week. They started to get homesick and went up to the farmhouse. 
Jeremiah, the 7 year old son, saw them and asked his Mom if he could keep them. He went inside and they followed him looking for a 'cookie'. Mom said we must look for the owners before we decide to keep them. Jeremiah took care of the dogs, fed and played with them and they became attached to him. 
A few days later, on Saturday afternoon the Amish family drove to the Hartville Kitchen for dinner in their horse and buggy. They saw the poster with the telephone number to call. Jeremiah cried as he knew he could not keep the dogs. Dad called the poster number and Hank answered. "We have your dogs and they are fine." Hank drove to the farm after dinner and picked up the dogs and brought them home to a very happy Anita and her family. 
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