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Featured behavior health blogs

Caliente' And The Gate
by Cindy Benson

I had a situation happen recently here at the ranch that I would not have thought was possible. My adult jack Caliente' got his head stuck between the gate and the post it is latched to and proceeded to hang himself. If I had not been blessed the arrival of my son to help me I would have lost him. Here is my story.

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