walking, sniffling, wiggling and shopping!

Checkers is feeling GRRRREAT six weeks after his FHO surgery on his left hip. He is walking and moving and in another two to four weeks you won't even be able to notice that he ever had an injury! Checkers is young and active and is looking for his forever home now. He is a door dasher (we discovered this at his foster home) so that might explain how he ended up in the shelter with an injured hip. Who wants to adopt a cutie pie moppy headed cocker spaniel? A special heart felt thanks to The Hogan Foundation for their generous assistance with Checker's surgery. We couldn't have rescued him without their help!

Well, mommy dog Heidi picked up kennel cough while in the shelter and she passed an upper respiratory infection along to her babies. They are all on Clavamox right now and we are monitoring them to make sure their condition doesn't get worse. Their little noses are really conjested and when you hold them up to your ear you can hear how bad it is. But the good news is, Heidi is not sneezing as often and she is getting better and the puppies are stable, not getting worse. The pups are eating, sleeping and growing by the minute. We are feeding Heidi five to six home cooked meals a day plus she is eating dry food that is out for snacking in between meals. All those calories are getting lost nursing and she is still very thin. But she sure has an appetite and is eating up everything we offer her so that is great! When Heidi is done nursing her puppies, she will be getting spayed and put up for adoption first. She is a darling little girl, her temperament could not be sweeter. She has allowed visitors to come and see her puppies and she is very trusting of people. She is housetrained, knows how to use a doggie door and is dog friendly. She is such a nice girl and we hope to line up an amazing forever home for her so that she can begin to know what life can be like as a much loved pet and no more working dog. Heidi might be six to seven years old but she is such a sweetheart!

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