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03-18-2003, 12:00 PM
I thought I'd introduce you guys to some new additions to my shelter :D
Angie, a min pin mix, was fending for herself in a field for at least 5 weeks. It took some kind people that long to catch her. We were thinking she would be feral since she was so hard to catch. Funny thing is, as soon as she came in to our shelter and we showed her some loving, she turned into the biggest mushball within MINUTES! It was amazing. She's the biggest baby! She LOOOOOVES to be held and rubbed. If you put her down, she'll follow you right at your heels and keep trying to climb up your leg to be picked up again :D The day we took her in, it looked like she had swallowed a watermelon!! You could feel her spine so she was very skinny but VERY PREGNANT! My manager and I stayed late the day she came in (last Tuesday) and massaged her to make her more comfortable. Since she looked ready to burst at any second, my manager took her home for the night and sure enough, not 3 hours later, she began having her first puppy! The next morning, mom and babies were moved back to our shelter in their very own room where they will stay for 8 weeks.
Here is the proud mother herself:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/pbc2d30adf7bb6e164215615ebdf48d4d/fc7c2c6e.jpg
Here are the babies at 16 hours old - we think the father was a dapple Dachshund:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/p4566cb9f84d21429a398fde5f0426155/fc7c2c62.jpg
There are 5 healthy pups - 3 boys and 2 girls:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/pc40b6015fced1ed9da21920cc56b7aa9/fc7c2c55.jpg
Here they are at 6 days old (pic taken yesterday):
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/pec498b3b4df54bf1083cc246fa059af2/fc7c2c20.jpg
This is the biggest boy compared to the small girl. What a difference!:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/p3ae28d73b67b695b5a7ce32b905b38e0/fc7c2c1d.jpg
Angie, a min pin mix, was fending for herself in a field for at least 5 weeks. It took some kind people that long to catch her. We were thinking she would be feral since she was so hard to catch. Funny thing is, as soon as she came in to our shelter and we showed her some loving, she turned into the biggest mushball within MINUTES! It was amazing. She's the biggest baby! She LOOOOOVES to be held and rubbed. If you put her down, she'll follow you right at your heels and keep trying to climb up your leg to be picked up again :D The day we took her in, it looked like she had swallowed a watermelon!! You could feel her spine so she was very skinny but VERY PREGNANT! My manager and I stayed late the day she came in (last Tuesday) and massaged her to make her more comfortable. Since she looked ready to burst at any second, my manager took her home for the night and sure enough, not 3 hours later, she began having her first puppy! The next morning, mom and babies were moved back to our shelter in their very own room where they will stay for 8 weeks.
Here is the proud mother herself:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/pbc2d30adf7bb6e164215615ebdf48d4d/fc7c2c6e.jpg
Here are the babies at 16 hours old - we think the father was a dapple Dachshund:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/p4566cb9f84d21429a398fde5f0426155/fc7c2c62.jpg
There are 5 healthy pups - 3 boys and 2 girls:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/pc40b6015fced1ed9da21920cc56b7aa9/fc7c2c55.jpg
Here they are at 6 days old (pic taken yesterday):
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/pec498b3b4df54bf1083cc246fa059af2/fc7c2c20.jpg
This is the biggest boy compared to the small girl. What a difference!:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/p3ae28d73b67b695b5a7ce32b905b38e0/fc7c2c1d.jpg