21 Dogs Impounded

[Richard Crowe]

Well, "the best laid plans of mice and men"  Judy has had surgery and we cut down the number of foster dogs in our home to make it a bit easier for me to care for the dogs and Judy while she is recuperating.  Suddenly this happened...

http://www.countynewscenter.com/video?v=155953

Our group rescued four of these dogs while other rescues took the other 17...  No strain for Judy and I, since we had fosters lined up to care for the 4 dogs we rescued.  Two of them are six week old puppies.  Healthy and very adoptable as soon as they get a  decent age for adoption...

Then there were two young females who were ratty and fearful.  These are my entry pictures.  I always take entry pictures to get a baseline of how the dogs looked when we got them.  They have been washed and trimmed a bit since the images were shot but still need some work before their "official portraits"

Anyway our vet determined that both girls have Giardia and we have the only home with enough room to isolate the two girls while they are treated for their condition.  BTW:  Home Depot sells a wonderful anti bacterial/anti virus cleaner called ODOMAX.  A gallon is fairly inexpensive and the darn stuff kills just about anything including the AIDS virus.

Now, we have also received a NINE and a HALF year old Maltese WHO IS PREGNANT . We are the ones with experience whelping puppies and we have the set up to do this (puppy pens and whelping boxes).  So we have another foster and soon to be several (Judy used her stethoscope and heard at least three puppy heart beats) puppies.  Judy is a retired RN who taught and practiced maternity nursing...  Lucky thing is that we have been told that the sire of the pups is a Maltese. No worry about pit bull-Maltese puppies popping out.

I just learned that we can expect another pregnant gal early next week.  

 

[Nicky, Riley & Boris]

Oh my goodness seems like a very full house to me. Best wishes to Judy in her recovery and wishing you both lots of stamina, you are doing the work of angels.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Never a dull moment at your house, Richard! Hope Judy's feeling better. Thanks to both of you for all you do on behalf of the dogs.

[Richard Crowe]

Nancy, 

Judy is the one who does the majority of the work, I just assist her.

We already have an adoptive family for one of the male puppies (who we named Bert and Ernie).  They are willing to wait until the pup is  old enough for adoption (after they are neutered).  We are happy that the two girls are really coming around. At first they were very fearful but, they seem to be warming up to us.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I just don't know how you do so much, Richard.  I am in awe!  These doggies are absolutely adorable and I hope they find permanent homes quickly.