Another Bunch of Cuteness

New foster pups came to live with me last Tuesday. The sweetest bunch of 7 week old coonhound mix pups ever. Again, another sick bunch pulled from a shelter on their last day. It seems like every pup pulled from a shelter, no matter where, has coccidia & kennel cough. Treasure was in the hospital for 3 days, but she is out now and doing well. Everyday, just when I think they are all starting to look better, someone seeems to have a setback. I have never had 6 pups before, and let me just say that it is a handful! I am sad to think that this will be my last litter of pups for a while. I go back to teaching preschool after Labor Day, and with the girls in school and sports, I simply will not have time to take care of puppies. These puppies need someone home witht them all the time as they can go downhill very quickly. I may just go back to doing an adult dog; who can hang out with my dogs in the backyard and sprawled across the couch.

Shandi

Treasure

Paisley

Sailor

Braden

Nugget

Sad Saturday

I have come to call Saturdays, Sad Saturdays as this is the day of week my heart usually breaks. It is the day my fosters leave for their forever homes. These sweet precious pups who fought so long and hard to survive and become healthy are leaving today for their forever homes. Actually, two are going to foster homes in New England where I expect they will be adopted within a few days. It's that bittersweet feeling.
I will go continue to hug on them now until it is time to go :-(

It's been a while...

Lots has happened since my last post. We have been super busy and just no time to blog. We promise to be better at reading blogs too. My precious pups have long gone to happy forever homes in New England. Each adopter has called or emailed me to let me know that they are totally in love with their pups and how well adjusted each is.

Jet has also found his forever home in Rhode Island. This was a tough one to let go, as we have had him since Jan. 09. I know it is the perfect home for him with 3 boys ages, 1, 4, 7. His new mom now believes me when I said that he was "too good to be true". He mothers the baby and watches over him all the time.

Since then, I have been blessed with 4 new pups that I have had for 4 weeks now. They also came to me pretty sick. There were 13 pups in their litter and 9 died from parvo/coccidia. I did not have them when all that tragedy occured. They were quarantined in the garage for 10 days, but have recovered wonderfully. They have thrived and grown so much. They are at the vet right now to be spayed/neutered.

There mom looks like a basset with short ears, yet only Drew has basset legs. And Peanut is 1/2 the size of everyone else.

Meet:

BELLE

DREW

PEANUT

DOTTIE

Fixin' Day

I know the title of this post sounds like something was broken, but actually, I dropped the pups off at the vet this morning to be nuetered/spayed before they are adopted out. When they came to me 2 weeks ago, they were between 7-9 pounds; today they were 12-13.6 pounds! Yay!

I think that Kylie has been adopted to a wonderful home in New York and will be transported as soon as she recovers from her surgery today.

Please keep them in your purrs & prayers that everything goes well for them during and after surgery.

In Jet's Defense; Holes or Moles?

The post below shows the trenches that Jet has dug in the yard. But in his defense, he only digs where the moles are, which is why they are long thin trenches. After all, he is a coonhound and he has caught 5 moles to date. Let the record show that my husband has caught ZERO! You can tell they are pretty old trenches now and he has not dug in a long time, so I think maybe he has caught them all for now. Jet is the EASIEST dog in the world, and we can't figure out why he has not found his forever home yet (or has he? hmmm....)
With Jet you have to ask yourself, Holes or Moles?

Where did my sweet little angels go?

Our puppies continue to thrive and grow. They have grown from very sick little angels to healthy little monsters in a matter of 2 weeks, and we couldn't be happier about this. Yesterday I could not find my keys anywhere. After searching high and low I decided I would check this little box they like to play in in the garage. The box is taped shut and has a little opening cut in the side like a house. I couldn't believe what the little monsters had in there! 1 soccer cleat, 1 semi chewed flip-flop, some dog toys, my completely chewed sunglasses that I didn't even know were missing & my unchewed keys!
I think it's been a while since we have had babies around the house and we must be more careful about where we set things.
These pups are all about fun now! They love to play with the other dogs and their most favorite thing to do is to play in the trenches that Jet has dug in the backyard.
Are these some big holes or what?

Update & many thanks.

Thank you to all have stopped by to wish our puppies well and to our bloggy friends at Life With Dogs for honoring us with the GOLDEN HYDRANT AWARD. We do not feel worthy as there are so many doing so much for homeless animals in need.

The puppies are doing well and growing stronger everyday. They are now acting crazy like normal healthy puppies should. They are eating prescription diet i/d food and that is suppose to be helping keep their intestinal tracts healthy. I never imagined there would be a day when something as simple as "firm stool" would make me so happy. For 4 days there has been no diarrhea!! Whoopee for healthy pups!