Rachael, thanks for your suggestions, it is
a terrible situation. Unfortunately, the mother speaks very little English and does not read English either. She has five sons and I sometimes talk to her in the little Spanish I know, but if I'm lucky I talk to her sons and they are all very nice, they just don't understand. Their yard is adjacent to our yard, so I give Rica some dog biscuits etc. My son works for a large
computer co and they sometimes get exceptionally large wooden boxes from shipments and he is going to try to get one so we can make a doghouse for her with her sons. I did tell her that Rica needs water every day, needs a dog house and to be able to get some exercise. We have got along well, and they don't seem to resent my going over there, so far so good. Rica is such a loving dog, if they didn't want her I would take her in a minute. Thanks again Jackie