I have to share this story because I think it is SO SO SO important.
My friend at work Shannon has one of my dogs, Scottie. Scottie was taken from one the the nasty kill shelters. We aren't really sure what Scottie is but he sure is CUTE! Shannon adopted Scottie a few months after starting at my work.
Long story short Scottie is the love of their life. Shannon is always coming into work telling me stories of how great Scottie is. Then Shannon got pregnant. Shannon was somewhat worried about the dogs reaction to kids but took it all in stride. They did what all the experts said to do to introduce the baby and the dog. Scottie did GREAT with the baby. Now 2 years later Shannon's son and the dog are BEST FRIENDS.
Her son kept was having some "allergy" issues. The doctor at the hospital told Shannon that is was the dog. 100% the dog. The dog has got to go.
Shannon refused to believe it was the dog but her son has to come first, right?! I mean Scottie is technically her first child but the health of her human son is very important to her.
Shannon did her best to clean the house of all dog hair, keep Scottie off furniture and try to keep Gavin from hugging Scottie as much as he normal did. BUT Shannon didn't really believe or want to believe that getting rid of the dog was the answer.
She took her son to see a specialist to find out really what was her son allergic to. The tests took a few weeks to come back and we were all on the edge of our seats waiting to hear the news. Praying and crossing our paws that it really wasn't the dog. The thought of #1 getting rid of their first child, the dog was so heartbreaking to Shannon and her husband. #2 Scottie was seriously her son's best friend. How can you just take a 2 year old's best friend away?
Scottie stayed in the house even though the allergy tests hadn't come back yet and the hospital doctor said they needed to get rid of him ASAP!
The allergy tests came back and guess what IT ISN'T THE DOG!
I told Shannon she needs to tell the doctor at the hospital to not jump to conclusions. I mean think about if Shannon would have believed the doctor and got rid of Scottie like so many other parents do. Poor Scottie would have been torn from a family that he loves, a little boy would be heartbroken from loosing his best friend and Shannon and her husband would have lost their first baby, the dog. And for what? For NOTHING more then a doctor just ASSuming something.
The lesson learned for anyone reading this until you can PROVE with an allergy test that it is the dog or the cat or the whatever animal DO NOT jump the gun and dump your pet! You could be doing it for nothing.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Puppies update
The puppies that were born on Friday morning are doing well. The male puppy that was born on Thursday morning is doing much better. I don't think that the last 2 mom's have enough milk for their babies. Since Lexus had 5 and Caddie had 2 and Lexus kept kicking the boy (the runt) out of the bed, I took the boy and had him moved to Caddie. Caddie excepted him and he is doing really well.
The first litter just turned 3 weeks yesterday. They are starting to "walk" a bit like drunk sailors but they are walking.. lol Their eyes are totally open and they are starting to play with each other. So, freaking cute.
Mercedes litter turned 2 weeks old yesterday so they have started on their 3 days of wormer. Viper the all black one does not have eyes open at all but Chevy and Shelby do. It is so weird. Chevy is about 3 times the size of Viper and Shelby. Seriously the dog is HUGE!
I picked up some babies milk and I am getting a bottle this afternoon so I can start supplementing the last 2 litters. I am really worried that they aren't getting enough to eat.
Keep paws crossed that everyone stays healthy!
I love these puppies but man are they a lot of work, why would anyone want to do this on purpose.
The first litter just turned 3 weeks yesterday. They are starting to "walk" a bit like drunk sailors but they are walking.. lol Their eyes are totally open and they are starting to play with each other. So, freaking cute.
Mercedes litter turned 2 weeks old yesterday so they have started on their 3 days of wormer. Viper the all black one does not have eyes open at all but Chevy and Shelby do. It is so weird. Chevy is about 3 times the size of Viper and Shelby. Seriously the dog is HUGE!
I picked up some babies milk and I am getting a bottle this afternoon so I can start supplementing the last 2 litters. I am really worried that they aren't getting enough to eat.
Keep paws crossed that everyone stays healthy!
I love these puppies but man are they a lot of work, why would anyone want to do this on purpose.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Litter #4 born this morning
Caddie had her puppies this morning. So, that is it all the puppies are born. 14 in total.
Caddie had 2 little girls.
Caddie had 2 little girls.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Born Today
This morning I woke up to 5 new babies. Lexus (the all black mom) had her babies this morning. 4 girls and 1 boy.
The boy is not doing very well so please pray for him and cross your paws.
The boy is not doing very well so please pray for him and cross your paws.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Two things annoy me.......
Tell me if I am wrong here but 2 things annoy me and I just seem to be seeing it a lot lately.
#1. A rescue group comes into a shelter and takes all the puppies in a litter (or sometimes just the cutest ones in a litter, leaving behind for example the black ones) and leaves mom behind to die.
THAT MAKES ME SO MAD! If you are taking a litter of puppies you should under obligation and seriously because it is the right thing to do take the mom. How can you as a so called rescue person walk into a shelter and look at the mom and say THANKS FOR THE PUPPIES BUT I AM GOING TO LEAVE YOU HERE TO DIE!
I think that any rescue person / organization that does that shouldn't be allowed to call themselves a rescue. You aren't rescuing shit! You are just taking out of the shelter what is going to be easy and quick to adopt.
I am sorry but to me rescue is taking dogs that ACTUALLY NEED HELP! Not, just the cute, the young, the HEALTHY. I really feel like I am alone in feeling this way some days.
That is why I took all the mom's and dad's from the shelter 2 weeks ago. There were plenty of rescues wanting the mom and puppies but NO ONE wanted the dad's. UGH! Makes me so mad. I kind of did it to prove a point.
Don't get me wrong I am glad that I did, I LOVE THOSE DOGS anyone who is connected to me on my facebook page can see that. I swear I have so many pictures of those babies. Oh they just make my day to go home to them.
Oh and good news Batman was adopted :-) YAY for Batman!
#2. That annoys me is that people ALWAYS, let me repeat that ALWAYS come to rescue when they are having issues with their dog and / or need to rehome their dog. But where do or did they turn when they wanted a dog????
THE NEWSPAPER (because we all know that all the good breeders advertise in newspapers... NOT!), the Pet Store (because that is where you can get a really great PUPPY MILL BREED dog that has so many issues you can't handle it after 6 months. Not to mention the Pet Store is oh so helpful with training issues and matching people up with a dog that suites their life style) and /or they turn to the internet where some dog is SHIPPED like a pair of shoes to your front door.
They add to the pet overpopulation problem, putting money into the hands of assholes, I mean criminals. BUT if they have an issue or need to rehome the dog the first thing that pops into their head is CONTACT A RESCUE.........WTF.
I really just want to say to people, ya know what if the Newspaper ad, the back yard breeder, the Pet Store that sold you your dog was so wonderful to buy from why aren't you turning to them now????
Ok, just needed to vent :-) I feel better now.
Actually what I need is to go home and hug puppies. I love puppy breath!
#1. A rescue group comes into a shelter and takes all the puppies in a litter (or sometimes just the cutest ones in a litter, leaving behind for example the black ones) and leaves mom behind to die.
THAT MAKES ME SO MAD! If you are taking a litter of puppies you should under obligation and seriously because it is the right thing to do take the mom. How can you as a so called rescue person walk into a shelter and look at the mom and say THANKS FOR THE PUPPIES BUT I AM GOING TO LEAVE YOU HERE TO DIE!
I think that any rescue person / organization that does that shouldn't be allowed to call themselves a rescue. You aren't rescuing shit! You are just taking out of the shelter what is going to be easy and quick to adopt.
I am sorry but to me rescue is taking dogs that ACTUALLY NEED HELP! Not, just the cute, the young, the HEALTHY. I really feel like I am alone in feeling this way some days.
That is why I took all the mom's and dad's from the shelter 2 weeks ago. There were plenty of rescues wanting the mom and puppies but NO ONE wanted the dad's. UGH! Makes me so mad. I kind of did it to prove a point.
Don't get me wrong I am glad that I did, I LOVE THOSE DOGS anyone who is connected to me on my facebook page can see that. I swear I have so many pictures of those babies. Oh they just make my day to go home to them.
Oh and good news Batman was adopted :-) YAY for Batman!
#2. That annoys me is that people ALWAYS, let me repeat that ALWAYS come to rescue when they are having issues with their dog and / or need to rehome their dog. But where do or did they turn when they wanted a dog????
THE NEWSPAPER (because we all know that all the good breeders advertise in newspapers... NOT!), the Pet Store (because that is where you can get a really great PUPPY MILL BREED dog that has so many issues you can't handle it after 6 months. Not to mention the Pet Store is oh so helpful with training issues and matching people up with a dog that suites their life style) and /or they turn to the internet where some dog is SHIPPED like a pair of shoes to your front door.
They add to the pet overpopulation problem, putting money into the hands of assholes, I mean criminals. BUT if they have an issue or need to rehome the dog the first thing that pops into their head is CONTACT A RESCUE.........WTF.
I really just want to say to people, ya know what if the Newspaper ad, the back yard breeder, the Pet Store that sold you your dog was so wonderful to buy from why aren't you turning to them now????
Ok, just needed to vent :-) I feel better now.
Actually what I need is to go home and hug puppies. I love puppy breath!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Puppies
Mom #2 Mercedes
Babies Born Friday January 22nd - Saturday January 23rd
Chevy 01/22/2010 around 10pm
Shelby born 01/22/2010 around 10:30pm
Viper born 10/23/2010
Mom #1 - Portia
Babies all born at the shelter on 01/16/2010
Cluth
Astro
Bolt
Bentley
Two more mom waiting to give birth!!! Any day now!!!!
Lexus -
Caddie -
Babies Born Friday January 22nd - Saturday January 23rd
Chevy 01/22/2010 around 10pm
Shelby born 01/22/2010 around 10:30pm
Viper born 10/23/2010
Mom #1 - Portia
Babies all born at the shelter on 01/16/2010
Cluth
Astro
Bolt
Bentley
Two more mom waiting to give birth!!! Any day now!!!!
Lexus -
Caddie -
Monday, February 1, 2010
Holy Tired....
WOW the puppies are a TON of work, cute as hell but a TON of work. Seriously why in the hell would anyone want to breed to make money? There is not a snowballs chance in hell that you are going to make money at this if you are just breeding randomly and not breeding to keep some fancy gene pool going. UGH! It is so much work and the puppies are only 2 and 1 week old. LOL!
Well I guess that is how people make money at it, they don't do it right.
The mom's are all doing well. The 2 week old puppies have their eyes open and the 1 week old puppies are growing. The one from litter #2 is HUGE looks like he doesn't even belong with the other two. He is literally double in size, maybe triple. PIG!
The 2 mom's that haven't give birth are doing ok. The one is super friendly and a total lover, lap dog. The other acts all shy so cute! They both LOVE THEIR BELLIES SCRATCHED!
The males are doing ok. The one tried to eat me. I now I have a hole in my hand. OMG does that hurt. Well actually I have a hole on both sides of my hand but it is the one on my palm that hurts the worse. It is right in that muscle for your thumb.. ugh!
The other two are doing great. One is adopted already.... foster homes mom FELL IN LOVE with him.. lol And the other is in a foster home just loving life, he is good with cats and everything :-)
I had a lot of adoption this weekend.... Lucy, Libby, Polly, Kiwi and Batman. Pretty good weekend!
There are 3 maybe 4 dogs in kill shelters I am working on saving. I called on about 7 today but luckily 3 got adopted or taken by another rescue. YAY!!!
Let's see what else is going on........... my friend June rescues a bunch of puppies so I am going over there tonight after work to give them all shots. Apparently they were all living outside in a pen.. ugh!
The American Eskimo was neutered and had his dental on Wed. It was under $300 so that isn't bad and the little old lady was so happy to have that all taken care of. My vet office said she asked about how much it would be for Revolution and when they told her how much she said "oh my I can't afford that." I hope her family / kids step up and help her. If not you know I will...
So, I guess that is it for catching you up on everything.
Last week was CRAZY, I sure hope this weekend isn't as bad. I was so tired by Friday I could hardly stand.. seriously! I am getting up an hour earlier to take care of mom's and puppies and work is crazy b/c it is the end of our fiscal year so I have been taking work home with me.
Well I guess that is how people make money at it, they don't do it right.
The mom's are all doing well. The 2 week old puppies have their eyes open and the 1 week old puppies are growing. The one from litter #2 is HUGE looks like he doesn't even belong with the other two. He is literally double in size, maybe triple. PIG!
The 2 mom's that haven't give birth are doing ok. The one is super friendly and a total lover, lap dog. The other acts all shy so cute! They both LOVE THEIR BELLIES SCRATCHED!
The males are doing ok. The one tried to eat me. I now I have a hole in my hand. OMG does that hurt. Well actually I have a hole on both sides of my hand but it is the one on my palm that hurts the worse. It is right in that muscle for your thumb.. ugh!
The other two are doing great. One is adopted already.... foster homes mom FELL IN LOVE with him.. lol And the other is in a foster home just loving life, he is good with cats and everything :-)
I had a lot of adoption this weekend.... Lucy, Libby, Polly, Kiwi and Batman. Pretty good weekend!
There are 3 maybe 4 dogs in kill shelters I am working on saving. I called on about 7 today but luckily 3 got adopted or taken by another rescue. YAY!!!
Let's see what else is going on........... my friend June rescues a bunch of puppies so I am going over there tonight after work to give them all shots. Apparently they were all living outside in a pen.. ugh!
The American Eskimo was neutered and had his dental on Wed. It was under $300 so that isn't bad and the little old lady was so happy to have that all taken care of. My vet office said she asked about how much it would be for Revolution and when they told her how much she said "oh my I can't afford that." I hope her family / kids step up and help her. If not you know I will...
So, I guess that is it for catching you up on everything.
Last week was CRAZY, I sure hope this weekend isn't as bad. I was so tired by Friday I could hardly stand.. seriously! I am getting up an hour earlier to take care of mom's and puppies and work is crazy b/c it is the end of our fiscal year so I have been taking work home with me.
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