She kept it in her upstairs bedroom. It would hang in a closet by its tail.

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I learned that one has to be really focused and devote oneself if you're going to get into the animal world. It's a full-time occupation. I didn't get into that. My mother immersed herself with animals. But she didn't forget people, either.

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Before moving to Utah, she raised dachshunds and Shetland ponies at the family home on Jackson Street, ... She arrived at Hill Field with two children, three dogs, a litter of puppies and two horses, for which she was able to commandeer a stable built from airplane packing crates.

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