Cooper got a chance to play with the stray puppy that was found near the farm last week. The pup was apparently healthy and cared for, but had no collar or tattoo for identification. People frequently abandon cats in farming areas, but the same happens to dogs sometimes. My late pal Beau (a Great Dane mix) was abandoned in our neighborhood by someone who thought he was cute as a puppy but rapidly got too big to keep in an apartment. Something like that probably happened to this little guy. No reports of a lost dog of this type were found and a relative of one of the neighbors decided to adopt it.