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02-10-2013, 07:38 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Springfield, MO, USA
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| I know this is all about yorkies but.... I'm just excited and wanted to share with "dog people." I signed up about a month ago to be a foster for the humane society. Saturday afternoon, I got a call they needed someone to take in a lab mix who just had NINE PUPPIES!!! I'm so excited! They're keeping them until Tuesday to be sure the momma is feeding them all and taking care of them. They are providing everything. I have a spare bedroom upstairs I'm going to keep them in at first, since it seems to be warmer up there and it gets the afternoon sun. Later, I will move them to the kitchen downstairs where there is linoleum once the pups are more mobile. They need me to keep them 8 weeks and bring them in twice during that time for vet checks. Seems like a fun adventure. I love to take in animals in need. Hoping there's no incidents with Lilly or my old female cat. She's declawed and almost toothless and I hope momma dog realizes she's no threat to the puppies. Since this is a page for yorkies, I'm enclosing a picture of Lilly earlier today. She was lying there so sweet at my feet I couldn't resist snapping a pic |
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02-10-2013, 07:40 PM | #2 |
T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England
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| Aww so cute!
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02-10-2013, 07:56 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker | awww congrats on the new babies and new mommy coming home yea lets hope she see her as a family member ... sending love 9 pups u r going to have ur hands full cant wait to see pictures ..... send love
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02-10-2013, 08:09 PM | #4 |
Hook Em! Bevo & Mack Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Texas
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| Your gonna be a busy bee!! What fun and so awesome you are soon this!
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02-10-2013, 08:22 PM | #5 |
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| hahaha. I can feel your enthusiasm through the screen! THANK YOU for doing this for those dogs. I know it will be hard work and a lot of yelping and crying, times of trouble maybe and, yes, mess; but oh, my goodness, the cuteness, the fascination in watching each grow and begin to develop a personality and his own nature and the fun of socializing each of them and the hugging and kissing and fun of romping with a batch of 6 week old puppies when they get a little older and helping momma dog if she needs feeding help - all of it. It will bring you rewards and smiles and a tremendous sense of accomplishment to help this doggie family get a good start in this world. And it will break your heart in two when they leave but take courage, you will get another and another and another and be so fulfilled for doing this great thing. I salute you and also want to welcome you to YorkieTalk, whatever breed you are advocating for and helping. I can't wait to hear all about it when the family gets there and see lots of pictures. Stories - tell us stories about what they do, how you get it all done. Can't wait and again, kudos to you for helping dogs in trouble. But for you, I know what would likely happen to this little furry family. You are making a future for them all possible.
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02-10-2013, 10:44 PM | #6 |
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| How cute - Lilly that is - she looks like she is going to be tall. Wonderful of you to take in mama and her babies and even though this is a Yorkie site, I think we would all love to see some pictures of mama and her babies.
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02-10-2013, 11:38 PM | #7 |
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| I think it is absolutely wonderful that you are helping this little mama .
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02-11-2013, 05:56 AM | #8 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | That is exciting. Do they know you have a cat? Is the mom ok with Cats? Please make sure. Sometimes they forget to check and you want to make sure your old girl does not get hurt.
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02-11-2013, 10:04 AM | #9 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: FL, USA
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| Congratulations on becoming a Foster Mommy! It is great fun...and awful giving them back. It is a great adventure, fostering, but a lot of work, especially with a litter, and you need to be prepared for her to be somewhat skitz...liking you one second and maybe even growling and snarling the next. You CAN do this! Mommy Lab Mix can go either way...nice as pie with humans and/or other animals around her babies...or evil queen of the universe. This is especially important since YOU will be included in her reaction and she does NOT know you. If I was doing this and she was already my dog and knew me, I would handle her babies as early and as frequently as possible...I'd be there while she welped them. However, with a dog that does not know me yet, I would personally go quite slow with her at first, ignoring the babies and focusing all my attention on making her Queen For A Day Every Day until she understands I mean no harm...that I am only there to help her. I would hand feed her, bring her water, milk, whatever...getting closer and closer to those babies gradually and watching her reaction and body language, brushing my hand against them and speaking softly to her the entire time, watching her every and slightest move and expression. If she showed any sign of aggression toward me, I would back off until I re-gain her trust...setting her food down outside her puppy pen and making her get up to get it or wait for me to come back and serve it to her...which I would do in about 10 minutes...after she has time to realize the 'uh-oh' of baring her teeth, etc., at me. To be perfectly honest, I would probably separate her from my Yorkies and kitties unless I am sure that Mommy feels safe...if Yorkie and/or kitty in a kennel, or viewable through a gate at the doorway disturbs Mommy, then I would wait until those babies are older. I'd keep the gate up so she can see the Yorkies walking by...keep the kitties away completely if she shows any protectiveness over those puppies. From experience, I believe that she will have NO PROBLEM leaving those itty bitty babies to do in your kitty or Yorkie if she feels kitty or Yorkie is threatening her babies...IF she is so inclined to be hostile and/protective at all. The upside here is that after the 'new' wears off the puppies and they start to explore, she will likely get friendlier. She will get bored being stuck in there all day tending to their needs and start wanting a little 'me' time and all the while be getting used to your household, too. Just my experience. Besides stray and feral pregnant dogs and cats, I have had two Shep/Lab mixes of my own oops'd into welping thanks to me not being the only only who could allow that oops to occur...not everyone else was as careful, obviously , and I knew both of my fur babies before they had their babies. One Mommy was never hostile to me, but did not want my kids anywhere near her babies and growled at them, baring her teeth. I, of course, stepped in and stopped the aggression, but also kept the kids back, too. Safety works both ways. One Mommy was exceedingly nervous with me touching her babies, and I would not allow anyone else anywhere near her because she was horrendously over protective until they were walking, and even then, before anyone else but me touched them, I put her in a separate, closed off location. She would growl and snarl and bare her teeth if she even 'heard' another human voice. I am not trying to scare you. Like I said, you can do this, and it is a wonderful, absolutely necessary thing to do...bless you for caring. I am only telling you this because they can go from "bitch" to "BITCH!!!!" faster than I can type it. I am awaiting breathlessly reading your adventures...this can be one of the single most rewarding things you will ever do!
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02-11-2013, 10:09 AM | #10 |
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| What a wonderful thing you are doing! Please let us know how it goes and post pics of those precious puppies.
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02-11-2013, 09:43 PM | #11 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Springfield, MO, USA
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| Thank you for all the advice! I did have to put down on the application that I had a cat and then I didn't have Lilly at the time and so I did tell her I have an 11 week old puppy now too. She did suggest putting her in a room by herself, which I have a spare bedroom they are going to stay in, in a pen and the door shut. My cat's box and food and water bowls are in my bedroom. Lilly has the bathroom. I don't intend to let them around momma and babies much at all and not at all at first. I've never had a momma dog and puppies. I have had plenty of momma cats and babies, so this will be a new experience for me. Looking forward to it. I also start a new job on Monday so I have a very full plate. LOL |
02-12-2013, 06:14 AM | #12 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | WOW, you are one angel of a human being for taking in a Momma and her NINE puppies. I truly admire you! You're saving 10 lives there, and that is precious. Keep us posted on the new adventures, and how Lilly does with all the little ones.
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