{"id":9845,"date":"2015-09-24T06:44:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T06:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=9845"},"modified":"2015-09-24T06:47:42","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T06:47:42","slug":"rescues-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/rescues-dogs","title":{"rendered":"An 80-Year-Old Man Rescues Dogs And Takes Them For A Train Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Eugene and his brother Corky have been helping stray and abandoned animals for the last 30 years.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>They took in dogs left to die<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe live down on a dead-end street, where me and my brother have a horse barn\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eugene said. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People sometimes come by and dump dogs out here, leaving them to starve. So, we started feeding them, letting them in, taking them to the vet to get them spayed and neutered. We made a place for them to live.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The brothers have taken in a countless number of dogs over the last three decades; they currently have 9 living with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9846\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/CPlk10XU8AE1iGd.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/CPlk10XU8AE1iGd.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/CPlk10XU8AE1iGd-85x49.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CPlk10XU8AE1iGd.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>He wanted to do even more for them<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The brothers opened up their home for the dogs. They have plenty of room to play and run around, but Eugene wanted them to have even more. He wanted to take them out on little adventures and see the town. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One day I was out and I seen this guy with a tractor who attached these carts to pull rocks. I thought, \u2018Dang, that would do for a dog train<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,&#8217;\u201d he said. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m a pretty good welder, so I took these plastic barrels with holes cut in them, and put wheels under them and tied them together.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9847\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/fKiYi24l.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/fKiYi24l.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/fKiYi24l-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/fKiYi24l-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/fKiYi24l.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The dogs love it<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once he had the train built, Eugene started to take the dogs out a couple of times a week for some fresh air. The dogs absolutely love it &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Whenever they hear me hooking the tractor up to it, man, they get so excited. They all come running and jump in on their own. They&#8217;re ready to go.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They ride around town, through the forest near the farm, and to a local creek.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9848\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/jk0CDpul.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/jk0CDpul.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/jk0CDpul-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/jk0CDpul-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/jk0CDpul.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The dog train became a local phenomenon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People around the Texas town started noticing the adorable dog train and it soon became locally famous. Several people asked Eugene if they could take a picture of him with the dogs. The story went viral when one woman named Tiffany Johnson <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10207388166683390&amp;set=a.2077237131543.2123020.1263431776&amp;type=1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">posted a picture of the dog train on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which has now reached over 50,000 shares. But Eugene does not care about the attention he is getting, he just wants to keep doing it because his dogs love it so much. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m getting up in age. I&#8217;m 80 now, so I suppose it can&#8217;t last too much longer, but I&#8217;ll keep it going as long as I can. \u00a0The dogs have a great time. They just really enjoy it,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he said.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9849\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/ezgif.com-resize-2.gif\" alt=\"source\" width=\"702\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/ezgif.com-resize-2.gif 140w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/ezgif.com-resize-2-85x48.gif 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barkpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/eX2mIjV.gif\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/the-rock\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson Saves 2 Puppies From Drowning.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eugene Bostick is an 80-year-old who lives in Texas. 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