I must be doing something right. A family in Boston saw a rescue dog on this blog a few months ago, and had her flown north to live with them, and someone else in the States saw another dog here and decided to be his sponsor. So bear with me while I share yet another story of a family that needs sponsoring and adopting. This abandoned mother and offspring were rescued off a busy roadside in San Carlos. Gives a whole new meaning to the term "litter." I'll let Kristin tell the rest:
We picked up the mother and seven puppies this afternoon. They have had their flea and tick treatments and are being treated for worms and parasites for the next three days. All are in good condition other than being completely flea bitten. Mother is not very comfortable with people, most likely with good reason.
She is completely exhausted and has some health issues caused by nursing so many puppies. It is painful to even watch her nurse them and I will try to bottle feed them to give her a break. They are eating softened puppy chow.
This is the strangest litter of puppies I've seen. I am half convinced that these are not all her puppies and it is possible that two seperate litters were dumped with her. She has been nursing all of them and is a very good mommy.
They are not ready to be separated from the mother at this time. We guess their age to be 6-7 weeks and considering the amount of stress they have been through, they won't be ready for several more weeks. If you are interested in any of them let us know and we will hold them for you. Please identify them by their collar color.
