Collin was a stray. I picked her up on the side of Missouri Highway 13 near Humansville, Missouri, on July 29, 1990. She was starved. She was covered with ticks. She was suffering from a severe case of mange. When she would try to walk, she would stagger and fall down- her hind legs would no longer support her. It appeared that she had been hit by a car. What a sweet dog she turned out to be.