Country — January 17, 2018

SHEEP: GREG CATCHUR

12 COUNTRY-MAGAZINE.COM FEBRUARY/MARCH 2018

Animal Lover

The Ride Home

Blu McMullin doesn’t mind

a bit when the chickens

hop onto his hat.

My son Blu McMullin is always helping those in need, especially
animals. He and his wife, Jan, live on Paradise Farm. It really is
25 acres of paradise.
As we enter their drive, we see 12 beautiful horses grazing
on the green grass, and geese and chickens in the barnyard.
Three farm dogs meet us in the driveway and there are four
smaller ones in the backyard. All rescues. Blu also has ducks on
two ponds, one stocked with bass and the other with catfish.
He volunteers at the Charleston Dog Shelter and has helped
find happy homes for more than 100 puppies. Once, Jan and
Blu had six 2-day-old puppies that they bottle-fed every four
hours. All of the puppies survived.
Animals make Blu’s world a happy place. He says he feels
closer to God in the pasture with his animals.

BEVERLY McMULLIN

Springdale, Arkansas

AS I DROVE on our two-lane country road one evening,

the cars going in both directions suddenly stopped

ahead of me. All I could see was a dog running in and

out and around the cars, seeming quite intent.

I assumed we were stopped so we would not hit

him. This went on for several minutes, and I wondered

why he wasn’t afraid of all the cars. Soon enough, I

saw the reason for the commotion, on a dirt road off to

my right. The dog lay still and flat on the ground, his

eyes locked on about 20 sheep standing in a pack.

A truckload of sheep had somehow gotten loose.

They were running all over the street, and the dog

was rounding them up. The dog’s owner stood by her

truck, waiting for him to finish. Thankfully, there

were no casualties, and we all drove slowly past as

soon as it was safe. Only in the country would we have

such entertainment on our way home from work!

CATHY NEUMEISTER

Cottonwood, California

FRESH AIR

Reader Greg Catchur hit a

roadblock similar to Cathy’s

on a drive through Utah.