Doggie Dude Ranch celebrates Biggins’s first birthday

Danny Federico editor@riverbendnews.org The Doggie Dude Ranch team celebrated a special milestone on Saturday, March 7 — the birthday of Biggins, a dog whose difficult start in life has become one of the ranch’s success stories. Referred to as the ranch’s “miracle baby,” Biggins’s journey began before he was even born. His mother, Stormy, arrived at the ranch late last February after staff received an urgent call from Taylor County Animal Control about a pregnant dog that needed immediate placement. Although the ranch had only been open for four months, the founders, Danielle Herb and her mother, Marianne St. Clair, knew they had to help. Shortly after arriving, Stormy