Puppies and More

We have 5 puppy mill puppies that a local animal control called us about a week ago. They were terrified, hungry, and not at all social. Due to the size of the shelter and the fact that they took in 12 dogs in two hours, the pups were in danger of euth.

One week later, they are happy, well fed, vaccinated, dewormed, and becoming very social. Their pictures will be posted on Petfinder and the PAWS Hancock website (www.pawshancock.org) later today. We were told they were collie mix, but after a close look, we think there's some Corgi and maybe golden retriever in them.

Our "V" puppies are ready to go to new homes. They had been abandoned, and after two weeks of good nutrition and deworming, they are growing, playful, cuddly, and ready to move to new homes. One pup, Vin, was extra small and very malnourished, but he's making a great comeback and is already a cuddler deluxe!

Aeneas, the border collie pup of Allie's, is still here, but we can't figure out why. He's absolutely a wonderful puppy. He's a smooth coat, quiet, pretty well crate trained, knows how to follow and marches right up and down the main kennel area with me, comes when called, learning sit.

Orion and Orlando, Olive's puppies, are very playful, paper trained, and looking for new homes. They remind me of the odd couple. Orlando is very neat while Orion is too busy playing to be quite so tidy.

Toby wants a yard and someone to play with, as do the basset mix pups, Gibbs and DeNose-O.

We will be getting Olive spayed next week. She's a sweet, kind, housebroken little lady who is a dedicated mom. No more puppies for her - it's time to enjoy life and a new home.

Peaches will receive her next dose of Heartgard, and we hope she handles it okay. She was the dog who was incorrectly reported as a negative on her heartworm test. Unfortunately, she was very positive, anemic, and since they went ahead and did the spay surgery, her immune system was compromised and her white count was very high. We have been treating her with antibiotics, vitamins, and additionally some beef liver (which she tolerates but doesn't like), and she will be re-evaluated after this dose of ivermectin. She is feeling very much better.

There's an adoption event this coming weekend - come on out and meet these wonderful dogs!