Do You Want a Mama Dog and 9 Pups?
Right before Mother’s Day I got a text from one of the members of GMDAP asking if I wanted to foster a mama dog and her 9 puppies. My immediate response was to say YES! But I talked it over with Rob first because I knew it would be a lot of work for both of us. We had never fostered a mama dog and puppies before so I was super excited and a little nervous. Rob was hesitant but agreed because he could tell how much it meant to me.
We learned Patience was found with her puppies in a shed in Kentucky – very hungry. She had 10 puppies, 2 didn’t make it. 😥She was a 41 pound, sweet, 2 year old young lady with beautiful blue eyes.
Below are pictures of Patience and her puppies that were taken in Kentucky where they were waiting for a foster. We had started to think of foster names but then saw from the pictures they were already named after characters in the Lion King movie. We loved their names! There were six boys and two girls.
Puppy Transport
Patience was part of a Geauga Mama Dogs And Pups rescue transport of 38 puppies, one adult dog and two cats.
Preparing the Mama and Puppy Area
Before Patience and her puppies arrived I did the usual sanitizing, mopping, and wiping everything down. We zip tied what’s called X-pen to our current pen because we knew the puppies were so small they could squeeze through the railings. We didn’t put the x-pen on the railings next to the walls because we thought it was not needed. We were wrong. The puppies were able to squeeze their head through the railings, even when next to the wall so we put x-pen all the way around.
Patience and Her Puppies Arrive!
We got Patience and her eight puppies on May 13th, 2023, the day before Mother’s Day. At first we kept her away from our dog Lily because we thought she had some sort of mange. We found out the hair loss was from lack of nutrients while she was pregnant and nursing. Luckily our dog Lily gets along well with other dogs and is totally fine with Patience being in the house. Lily is getting used to lots of puppies coming and going. Olive, our cat, was not so sure. She walked in to the entry way next to the room where the puppies are, sniffed the air, turned up her nose and ran upstairs.
Once everyone arrived we had to reconfigure their pen area twice. We started with a kiddie pool in the pen for the puppies and mama to use as a whelping box to lay in while Patience nursed. The puppies kept climbing over the side and falling out so that lasted about 5 minutes.
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Geauga Mama Dogs and Pups
Go to the Geauga Mama Dogs and Pups website to see puppies and mama dogs available for adoption, learn about our group, donate or volunteer to foster or transport.
