HELP!! I've got myself in a pickle *Update w/pics #70*

[Kfamr]

I'm in a hurry so I'm going to copy and paste my IM to people;

• friend found two puppies on someones property in a tiny cage on asphalt, no shade, food or water
• called animal control, they made him give them food, water, and shade and gave him 2 weeks to get rid of them
• finally got him to give her the puppies
• they have a place to stay tonight (my sister's garage)

I don't know what the future holds for them tomorrow. I will most likely be up all night trying to figure something out.



My options so far;
1. I will use my own money to get them vetted and A. AnimalHouse/Sarah can take them and we will find homes for them or B. a rescue may be able to help.

2. Find someone else willing to help (anyone??)

3. Take them to a no-kill shelter

I am in Palm Harbor/Pinellas County. Around 30 minutes from Tampa.

[3muttsandaboston]

Sorry I have no advice and i'm too far away to be of any help, but those little ones are adorable and should have no problem finding a home! That second picture made me laugh. Those little ones look like they have a bad case of worms with those bloated bellies. Good luck with whatever you decide.

[Kfamr]

They've got tape worms for sure -- one of them gave me a nice stool sample. I'm just really scared $$ wise and WHAT I'm going to do with them tomorrow. My dad is already pissed so they can't stay here.

[kt_luvs_kitties]

I would have Sarah do it if she is willing. I would offer to pay half if I could.

If not, maybe take them to a no kill shelter, and make a small donation for their care.

Good luck, they are adorable!

[Kfamr]

We are here at my sister's house and the pups are in a crate in her garage (with a nice cool fan blowing on them.)

They are so sweet and complete lovebugs.

I almost want to say they were used as bait dogs. They have large puncture wounds (healed, but scarred) all over. They look too large to be caused by puppy teeth.


It certainly will be an interesting next couple of days! I've done this fostering stuff before but they are some active strong puppies.

We've named them Dublin (front/female with more black on her fur) and Clodagh (klo-dah.) They're named with an Irish theme that my friend chose.

[BC_MoM]

Poor pups. Thank God for people like you, Kay. Keep us updated on what happens... if I could help, I would. I would even ask the BC rescues in the area that will take honorary Border Collies from time to time, but they are full up.

[Karen]

Oh, goodness, they are beautiful! They look like they have a lot of Boxer in them, maybe contact Boxer rescues?

http://www.flbr.org/ ?

[finn's mom]

They are gorgeous. It's good and bad that I'm not closer to you. I hope you're able to figure something out, they are lucky to have gotten this far and be found by you!

[Pawsitive Thinking]

I'd be happy to donate something towards their care - thank you for doing this for them

[beeniesmom]

OMG! They are adorable. They really do look like they have Boxer in them.
Good luck.

[Ginger's Mom]

Kay, how old do you think these pups are? About four months?

[Kfamr]

Yep, I'd say around 4-5 months.

They slept through the night nicely withouth making a sound. No messes. They loooove attention.

They got to meet Lucas but they were SCARED of him. Another reason I think they were used as bait dogs.


Still not sure what I'm going to do with them today. I have a lot of options, though. Thanks for all the comments and offerings of help, I will keep you updated for sure.

[Animalhouse26]

Kay, I REALLY Hope we can get something figured out for these two! I Really do! UGH. We just couldn't leave them on the side of the road!

[Kfamr]

I'm heading to the vets with them now. My vet agreed to seeing them at 10:30 (love him, i always pop in on him like this!)


I just want to get them checked out and they will give them their first vaccines.