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2009 Farmers Market - 4-H'ers Bathing Pets The Avoyelles Parish 4-H Service Learning Project; Pets and People, was carried out at the Farmers Market in Marksville three weekends in a row this summer.  4-H youth invited the public to bring their pets for a pet bath/dip.  The bath took care of insects and pests such as lice, fleas, and ticks.  Over a three Saturday period approximately 120 animals were bathed (including one cat). 4-H'ers learned and taught many things during this service learning project.  For starters, they taught the proper way to give an animal a bath under the direction of a local vet from the Mansura area.  Proper pet care is a 4-H project, and so many of the youth were familiar with basic grooming and were prepared to use their elbow grease to work hard on the animals. [Image: 4-h] [Image: 4-h] [Image: 4-h] [Image: 4-h] [Image: 4-h] [Image: 4-h] [Image: 4-h] [Image: 4-h] [Image: 4-h] [Image: 4-h]

Last Updated: 8/21/2009 2:49:33 PM