My good friend Lydia messaged me quite distraught.
She said she's seen the mother and 2 puppies and one isn't looking good at all.
Seems that when these tiny little 3 lb puppies try to nurse, their mom just pushes them away.
I honestly thought she was overeacting until I saw the condition mom was in.
She's given everything to her puppies and now it seems like she's ready to die.
I wormed the two puppies that came out, the mom and left dewormer, dog food for puppies and mom.
The smallest of the two was barely moving, they were just covered in flees and extremely thin.
There's one female who looks very fat, but I'm so very convinced that she is sick.
The dogs' lives are being threatened poisoning or "removal".
We picked puppies and the mother in our arms and hurried them to the car to Vet check.
At the vet, the healthier of the pups seemed to have no problems nursing but the littlest guy,
who weighed maybe 1/2 a pound didn't have the strength to stand or nurse.
Poor little guy collapsed onto his mom's teet.
Obviously, he needed intensive care, so we brought him home with us.
Mom and healthier pup was left at the vet where mom couldn't at all run away from her last pup.
The little one who we named BB (for Baby Brett), showed signs of wanting to live for a few hours,
drinking a lot of milk and water by syringe,
but unfortunately, after a hour or so of screaming of pain, his heart slowed until it completely stopped.
He died laying on a towel on my lap.
Thankfully, he felt some real love and care in his last moments.!!!
Day 2: This morning, a call into the vet office informed me that mom, who we have named Kate,
is eating well and her remaining pup is nursing on mom a lot.
Day 5: Kate, the mother dog and her last remaining pup had been at the vet for at least five days now.
Kate, in the effort of weaning her last pup, Bean,
snapped repeatedly and the vets felt they should be seperated.
Being that the little guy was much under 2 lbs, and we had no puppies that small,
we took him home to keep him safe.
With the flu going through our puppy population, we had to keep him apart from the others.
Thankfully, our guest house guest, Kaitlin has been keeping him safe in their suite,
allowing him to run and play without fear of loosing him or having him trampled by all our xl dogs.
Bean is only 2 lbs at 6 weeks of age!
The mother Kate was adopted by a kind woman Maria Seniszyn.
Mom is no longer skin and bones, living the life now thanks to all of you.
Bean before and now!
Thanks all for your alway support!