Poor, Poor Aspen:(

We have had our dog Aspen now for almost 4 years. In that time she has been on many backpacking trips with Daniel and I. Whenever we take her we worry about two things: Aspen running away with a pack of wolves and living in the wild and getting caught in an animal trap. Well, Daniel had to go do backup down in Escalante, UT this weekend for a trek that out there. While he was hiking into their camp, Aspen's leg was caught in a coyote trap!!! She started yelping like crazy and Daniel ran over to see what was the matter and our worst fear had come true. It took Daniel almost 5 minutes to get her leg out of the dang trap all the while with Aspen freaking out. Miraculously, her leg was not broken. The trap didn't even break the skin! It was also a miracle that Daniel was able to get the trap open by himself. It is crazy that Heavenly Father will even watch after his animals and we are so thankful that He did! As soon as her leg was free, Aspen walked away. She has a little limp and again some hurt pride but other than that she is fine. What a blessing! Daniel was ticked so he dismantled the trap and brought it home. The owner of the trap left his name on it. Daniel did some investigating once he was back in town and found out that it is illegal to trap in that area. The guy has a heard of cattle so he leaves coyote traps out there anyway. If anybody knows L.H. Hall he had better watch out because there might be a few of his cattle that have coyote traps wrapped around their legs! Canyon has been very concerned about Aspen's sad sad attitude and has been hanging out with her. It has been a very traumatic experience for both Daniel and Aspen.