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Scroll down for most recent UPDATE 10 - 27 - 09
URGENT NEED! Tequila Stinger - Momma and 10 puppies Neglected and starving
Surgical Care - Vet Bill
I have finally gotten pix taken, but these photos do not show how the puppies ribs stuck out. I didn't hold them right. But on a couple of them if you look at the rib cages down at the bottom you can see how sunken in they are and you can see the little spines sticking out on others. I am just not a good picture taker. OH the pix with her head down, she is eating her food with her meds in them. Pix go all the way to the bottom of the page.
Luckily, Wapatuii has lots of milk and hopefully she will love a few of these babies so we can take some of the strain off this other dog. We will open up the no dog cat only bedroom and put the new dog and the babies she will nurse in there in an expen with her babies. That was the gist of it at that point and the end of my email.
I got more info from the vet clinic the second time they called me around midnight to tell me the man said he wanted us to take just the puppies and would bring them down there. Then she told me that the owners also had an unneutered male Boxer and he was the Daddy!!! They owned the momma Boston and the boxer daddy and let them breed and this is not the first breeding. She had problems with her last litter and eclampsia. Sheesh that poor baby should have been spayed then. AND WHAT Kinda of person would let a little Boston female breed back to a BOXER on purpose???? If you are breeding you breed to smaller males not larger than the female and sure not 4 times bigger than the female. Sheesh. They wanted to surrender just the puppies, but I told the hospital I wouldn't take the pups without the momma. Bitch ain't I? Had to get that girl out of that situation. Cause if it happened again she would die for sure if she don't die this time.
Well I stayed up all night waiting for them to call me and tell me the man got the dog down there as I Knew as soon as I layed down and got to sleep they would call me to take my 2 hour drive down there. I didn’t want to be deep asleep and try to wake up to drive and have a wreck, better to be just tired from not going to bed yet. Never got a call from the clinic. He NEVER DID take them to the vet clinic! I got too tired to stay awake any longer at 8 am this morning so went to bed and slept until a little after noon.
Then got up and started got a voicemail from Wendy with BOSTON TERRIER RESCUE OF NORTH TEXAS asking if I could take a momma dog with 10 puppies. Said she was 4 years old and had week old puppies and they and the momma were not doing good. That they were supplemental feeding the momma and puppies, but they were all skinny. And they couldn’t afford to take them to the vet to take care of them. I told her of course and she got me contact information and sent me the hard to see pix via email the lady sent her.
I made contact with the lady. She told me that they lost 3 of the puppies last night, so they only had 7 puppies to surrender. She lived way south of Dallas and said she would be happy to drive up and meet me halfway. So I told her I would meet her in Carrollton.
Then I got another story from her from the one I got from the vets office and Wendy. Supposedly they “RESCUED” this dog and she had parvo when they got her and got her all fixed up from that and paid big vet bills etc. Then when I asked about shots etc, she said oh shots have been hit and miss and all we have been keeping up with is the rabies and it is past due. Her husband loved this dog so much and didn’t want to let her go, but she talked him into it because they didn’t have time or money to deal with the puppies and the momma dog. Their other dog is a White 75 lbs boxer who they love dearly. I handed her my clipboard with Owner Surrender form for her to fill out and told her I would put the dog in my van.
They had the dog and her the puppies in a small box as I had requested that they bring her in a box or crate, so I really couldn't see her or the puppies that well. She was very subdued, lackluster, no shine to her eyes, and curled up so I couldn’t tell how skinny she was at that time other than pretty skinny. I held my hand in front of her nose and she was fine. I picked up all her puppies set them in the box and she was fine with that. I noticed several of the puppies were cold and ALL of them were skinny with ribs showing and looking like they were starving to death. Then I picked up the momma and saw how skinny she was and she was dehydrated too as her skin stayed up when I pulled it up to check hydration when it is supposed to snap right back into place immediately. Her boobs did NOT look anything like what a normal nursing momma dogs should look like. Instead of being swollen with milk, they were shrunken like they do when the momma starts drying up.
After I saw that I went back to the truck and got my owner release form and told her I had to go so I could get them to the vet before they closed. LETS JUST SAY I HAULED ARSE as it was about an hour and a half drive and I made it in an hour if that tells you anything!! I got to the vet 15 minutes before they were due to close. I had called Dr. Cindy and she knew I was coming and would wait on me.
When I went to get momma dog out of the crate she snarled and snapped at me. So… I had to haul that BIG Boxer crate I had put her and the puppies in the vets office. Then we had to get one of those loop handles to get her out of the crate with her snarling and acting a poop the whole time. We threw a towel over her and I was able to pick her up and put her on the exam table and Dr. Cindy put the muzzle on her. Dr. Cindy examined her.
Our Momma has 105. Something temperature and her uterus is enlarged just from palpation without any xrays or anything. Dr. Cindy says She couldn’t feel a puppy, but it may be that or it may be placentas that haven’t come down. This dog had her puppies on Thursday last week 9/10/09. JEEZ. Anyway, she is gonna need surgery and the dog is dehydrated and emaciated as heck so Dr. Cindy gave her some Kinda antibiotics shot and put her on IV. I am not sure if she is gonna operate tonight or if she is gonna wait until tomorrow and give her time to rehydrate and the antibiotics time to work a little on the infection or wahtever is going on with her insides. I was so upset about the shape the dog was in having people who “LOVED” her that my brain wasn’t wrapping around anything other than Dr. Cindy said this is not a good time to operate as she wasn’t in good shape, but she was gonna have to do something for her soon. She wasn’t sure if the momma was gonna make it or not.
Then I pulled the puppies out of the crate for Dr. Cindy to look at and 3 of them had died en route to the vets office. I knew they felt cold when I moved them from the box to the crate. So we are down to 4 out of the 10 original puppies. All of them are skin and bones and very weak. Dr. Cindy said she would be surprised if they made it, but for me to start them on some formula as soon as possible or as I suggested to her if I could get Wapatuii to take them on that might help them out. So I hauled ass out of there to get to the house. Called Gareth en route and had him break out the ebsilac and my emergency puppy kit with bottle etc.
Got home and got all the babies about 3 mil each down them as that was about all they would take cause they were so weak. Plus a lot of small meals to build strength is better than trying to overfill them at first. then set timer to wait 30 minutes for me to give them a little more. The can said 30 mls a day per 4 oz of puppy. Each of these 5 day old puppies only weighs 5 oz. They are TINY and sure don’t look 5 days old. So if I feed them 10 times a day that would be about 3 to 4 mls per feeding.
Put Wapatuii’s almost 5 week old puppies in a crate in another room so she couldn’t see them and they couldn’t trample the itty bitty babies. They are at the age to start weaning anyway and I will put them back with mom a couple of times a day for another week or so. Set these puppies in her yellow swimming pool on the towels and she was real interested in them and looking at them then me like "what you got there? what you want me to do with them?" She danced around and smelled them good. But didn’t act like she would hurt them. So I left her in there with them to let her get used to them without me to distract her.
Alarm went off, went back in gave them another feeding and then since Wapatuii was sitting in her pool I put the puppies to her and kept my hand on her so she wouldn’t get up. At first she wasn’t too sure about it and wanted to get up, but the babies were much more interested in boobs than in the eye dropper I was using to feed them with. So they got a good 2 3 minute feeding after my 2 mils per puppy and I let her get up. Set the timer again and went and checked on them. They are all still alive, but have worries a bout the 2 that look smaller than the others even though they all weigh the same. I set the puppies back over against her and they started feeding. I think if I do this for a day or so she will accept them as hers as right now they smell like ebsilac and someone else’s babies. I just hope that we can save these 4 little ones.
There are 2 boys and 2 girls. The littlest Looking one is a girl and she is the one I am worried won’t make it. But I am gonna do my damndest to try and save them with Wapatuii’s help. I will keep feeding them the ebsilacc until their little tummys are looking full on Wapatuii milk and she is letting them nurse without getting up to get away.
So that is my story. I will let you know more about the momma as soon as I know something. Please pray that the momma and puppies make it.
NOW ON TO MY RANT!!! How in the hell could these people not tell that that poor dog was starving, not
feeling well and wasn’t giving any milk and the puppies were starving to death. Momma dogs do look
skinny after giving birth, but nothing like this dog. She is emaciated. Wapatuii has gained weight
while nursing her litter, cause I feed her plenty of GOOD dog food. After the dog had eclampsia on
the other litter and problems with birthing, why in the hell didn’t they spay her? AGGGHHHHH!!!!
LORD SAVE ME FROM PEOPLE WHO “LOVE” their dogs this much. Sheesh.
The only photos I have are real grainy dark ones from the lady’s cell phone. If the momma survives
I will get photos then. When I think the puppies are doing a bit better I will get photos of them,
but right now they need warmth and milk more than I need photos.
Pray for my lil babies guys, I sure would appreciate it. Oh and since our Swelterfest was rescheduled
due to rain, our funds are pretty low, so if anyone wants to make a donation, we sure could use it.
Thanks.
Also, I am gonna have to say that we are fuller than full now as I have 3 mommas with babies and mommas
and babies are more work than any of the same number of adult dogs. Plus all these other dogs that we
have already here and in various stages of different treatments etc. and I do have a couple more dogs
incoming. So unless it is an emergency or it is one of my shelters that always calls me, ABTR is full
to the max, short on funds and not taking any other incoming that I have not already told someone
I would take. NO Craigslist dogs, no owner surrenders, no dogs at shelters that don’t’ call me etc.
Only dogs from the shelters that call me and emergency Bostons. I am sorry, but I can only do so
much even with the couple new foster homes I got here lately. I do not know when we will open back
up to taking these other non emergency and non my shelter dogs. I still have dogs incoming that I have
agreed to take up till the end of this month. I gotta get some of these adoptables out of here so
if you know anyone that wants to adopt a Boston, please send them my way.
So we got another urgent need one. I think I am getting a reputation for
being a sucker for the injured dogs at the emergency vets office. I wonder why? This is the like
the 6th or 7th urgent needs, more than likely gonna be expensive one we have gotten in the last
6-8 months.
I will let you know more as soon as I do. We gotta come up with a name
for her and the puppies.
Grand Avenue Animal Clinic
822 N. Grand Avenue
GAINESVILLE, TX 76240
Please Make a note it is for ABTR's Tequila Stinger and puppies -
Thank you so much. IF you want to send a check directly to me rather than using paypal you can mail to
ABTR
P.O. Box 525
Sanger TX 76266
Thank you again for your prayers for this little girl and her babies and for your support. HUGS
Wanda
I am very tired as I din’t get much sleep, but I got the alarm set to go off in an hour again and will keep feeding them hourly tonight instead of the every 30 minutes I was doing since I got them home. As soon as wapatuii fully accepts them, then I can sleep.
Anyway, hopefully, Wapatuii will ease my burdon and fully accept those puppies tonight so tomorrow I don’t’ have to tote them and formula with me to make sure that they get enough to eat. Can you see me trotting around with a belly pouch full of puppies? I have toted around an elderly 11 lb eyeless Boston named Napoleon before so it isn’t like I haven’t done it before. I got lots of strange looks.
While I was out today I got a doggie heating pad for the babies. Whew those things are expensive! $75, but worth it as it has wire coil around the cord so it can’t be chewed and it is hard with a fuzzy cover ad not soft and chewable. I got this as the babies still feel cold to me and Wapatuii is not laying in there all the time like she did with her babies when they were that little. So I worry about them getting too cold.
While I was gone, Gareth kept checking on them for me, fed them and made sure that Wapatuii laid down with them and they got to nurse a couple of times. Let’s just say I was very pleasantly surprised when I came home and now those babies are looking more like puppies should and their little bellies are rounding out. Even the one I was so worried about is looking so much better. I really think they are gonna make it now! YEAH!!!! I think another couple of days or so on Wapatuii milk and they will look like normal puppies instead of starving bags of skeleton bones like they did. They will still need to do some catching up to where they really should be after starving like they did with no milk.
Wapatuii must have some really rich milk with the good Taste of the Wild dog food I am feeding her as her own puppies are really thick and chunky lil tykes and she is not a thick and chunky dog herself although she has gained quite a bit of weight even nursing and is looking good. So hopefully, these babies will fill out and chunk up and get over their hazardous start in life under her good care. I will still need to check on her and make sure she is feeding them regularly, but I think I can stop giving them the ebsilac tonight.
I am thinking since the momma dog is in such bad shape that I am gonna leave these 4 babies on Wapatuii cause she is very milky and that way we can just let the momma dog recooperate without any extra strain on her system from nursing babies.
Someone asked me how many dogs we had. I am afraid to count dogs cause they are coming in like crazy. Last time I counted we had 51 in our group and I am behind in updating webpages as always, but I been a bit busy. I been thanking my lucky stars that we got more foster homes, but we still need more foster homes in our area if anyone is interested. IF so, PLEASE put in a foster app and we will get you approved and a foster in your home.
We will have to do some fundraising, because there is no way you can really do a budget for rescue as you never know what is gonna come in the door next. All you can do is take them and fundraise like crazy to cover costs. So far this year we have done as many dogs as we normally do in 2 years and the year isn’t over yet. We helped with puppymill busts and we have had a lot of extra expensive dogs like Martini and Rossi, Annie, Nicky, ZaZa, Junebug, and now this little family.
I am praying that next year that so many Bostons are not so in need of rescue, but if they are… I can tell you that ABTR will be here trying to help as many as we can with a little help from our friends. And we do thank you our friends for your donations, kind words and support when I am losing my mind with requests to take many more dogs than I have spaces for.
Thank you all again for all the wonderful prayers for this little family. We sure appreciate those prayers and the support you have given us.
9 - 17-09 - Today's update on momma and puppies - Another day of driving in the rain. Went to the vet today and I picked up Bacchus and Violetta both of whom are heartworm positive. So next week I got 4 so far going in for expensive heartworm treatment. Hopefully Zambeer, Buzz and the others will be negative tomorrow. It kills our pocketbook when we have so many have to go in for treatment at once.Wray said Dr. Cindy would let me bring Momma dog home today. Dr. Cindy said that she is calling what the momma dog had pyrometria on the bill as the uterus was infected, but that the uterus was too nasty, smelly and starting to decompose for her to open it up and see whether it was a dead puppy or if it was placentas that hadn’t detached. It had started to putrify and that infection/dead stuff getting into her blood system was what was killing her as well as starvation and dehydration. They had her on mega doses of antibiotics and IV until this morning.
I have a whole bunch of meds to give her this evening and daily until they are gone, plus I gotta give her nutrical too. This is gonna be fun since she is crate aggressive. I will figure something out. She has a huge cone on her head to keep her from messing with her surgery site. Hopefully, once she comes out of her crate on her own before time for meds, she will not be aggressive after she is out. I have her in the no dog cat only room with Wapatuii’s puppies. She is in a crate with the door open as I opened it and left and they are in an xpen. I haven’t done meds tonight, but plan on doing them around 9 as that is my usual medication time for everyone.
Dr. Cindy was very pleased that the puppies are hanging in there and starting to fill out and look like puppies. She said basically all the puppies were starving to death because there was no milk due to dehydration and all the infection in this dogs system from the uterus. IF the people had gotten them to me sooner, I might have been able to save all of them. ;( Arggghh... I can just be thankful that they got them to me in time for me to save these 4 and hopefully the momma.
Since the momma really hasn’t had any vet care, she may have had an infection before birth in the uterus, but no telling. All I gotta say is She don’t have an infection in there any more cause Dr. Cindy took it out!!! But some infection did get into her bloodstream which is why the heavy duty antibiotics via IV and the meds here at home.
Wray said the bill on her was gonna be pretty high since it was an afterhours emergency operation and all the heavy duty meds she needed. I didn’t ask how much. They will get the bill to me next week. As long as I know that I have done all we can do to save her no matter the outcome, then whatever it is, I think it is worth it, Heidi will work hard for me to raise the funds for this girl as she always does when I ask for a special baby like this.
I have decided to name the momma dog Tequila Stinger as she is a bit crate aggressive. I think on her puppies we will name them Tequila Bom-Bom, Tequila Fizz, Tequila Bay Breeze and Tequila Cooler. I will figure out who is who as they get bigger. I like themes.
Keep praying all my babies continue to improve and that Stinger the momma gets better. Thank you all for your kind words, donations and support.
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9 - 19 - 09 /b> -
It is with sad and heavy heart that I have to tell you that our Momma dog Tequila Stinger did not make it.
She died peacefully last night on her fleece blanket. Even though Dr. Cindy told me that she might not make
it and she really looked bad, I really had hope that she would pull through. She had been drinking, peeing like a Russian racehorse,
pooping regularly and was no longer dehydrated, but yesterday she did not eat her food when I fed her in
the evening as it was still there this morning when I checked on her. I usually fixed it and left it down
for her to eat after I left the room in the morning and evening.
She actually walked up to me last night and let me pet her for the first time without doing her snarled
lip and snappy thing if I tried to pet her. I was gonna post that this morning as I was real excited about
being able to touch her without getting snapped at and it made me hopeful for her future.
I guess that the infection was too spread throughout her system before we got to her and Dr. Cindy was
able to take it out of her. I know in my heart that we did everything we could for the girl, but I
am very sad that we didn't save her. She was a beautiful little girl and didn't deserve to die because
of an owner's neglect.
BUT,even with her dying, there is still a bright side to this. Stingers 4 little puppies are still alive.
In fact, this morning when I went in and touched them they acted like NORMAL puppies and started pushing
around and actually moving with vigor looking for their breakfast instead of just kinda laying there
wiggling their feet like they have been doing. They are no longer skeletons and I think they will all
make it. At least I am praying they do and that when it comes weaning time they don't do the fading puppy
syndrome thing because the momma was starved and neglected before they were born and their immune systems don't
kick in. So I won't be over my worries for these precious babies until they are around 6 weeks old.
Thank you all for your prayers and good wishes for this little family. I sure do appreciate them. We will
still need to raise funds to pay for her surgery. If you want to donate, we sure would appreciate it.
As always, we at ABTR appreciate your continued support of our rescue efforts. Without your
generosity and support, we could not have helped as many dogs as we have over the years. :) Thank
you so very much.
Wanda
If you would like to contribute to Tequila Stinger and her puppies's care and vet bill, please feel free to use paypal for your payment or you can mail the payment to our vet with the notation "American Boston Terrier Rescue - Tequila Stinger" to:
822 N. Grand Avenue
GAINESVILLE, TX 76240
Otherwise, PLEASE MAIL DONATIONS TO:
American Boston Terrier Rescue
P O Box 525
Sanger, TX 76266
Thank you for your support.
We at American Boston Terrier Rescue have no ongoing sponsers, subsidies, grants or other steady supporter paying for the vetting care of the rescue dogs. All vet bills, dog food and anything else the dogs need are paid for from donations, adoption donations and my own pocketbook. Any Donations are always appreciated.
ABTR is very grateful for the generous show of support for this little family. Your prayers are so appreciated as well as the donations for her vet care. All donations raised in excess of Tequila Stinger and puppies's expenses will be used for the care of the many other dogs in our rescue program such as The demodex babies, the older dogs such as Andes, Gerties, Peeps, Old Fitzgerald, and Mr. Magoo who will probalby never be adopted, but still need our love, vet care, dog food and Prayers. Thank you again for your donations and support.
PUPPY UPDATE 10 - 13 - 09
I know I haven't updated these babies for a while. I have been super busy with all the rescue dogs and trying to keep our tiny girl Breezy alive by hand feeding her with her special mixture of syrup and milk to keep her energy levels up so she would gain weight and grow. This little one had the will to live, just not the physical strength to follow up. My little Breezy baby passed away despite my efforts to keep her alive. Dr. Cindy told me that on the day I took the puppies home she thought that they were all going to die, but that the tiny one definately would. She said that her living as long as she did was due to my care and not to be so depressed about loosing her. Dr. Cindy tells me that I have 3 healthy growing puppies even if they are real tiny for almost 5 week old puppies. That is a comfort I suppose. But I would have been much happier if my Breezy had lived. I had bonded with her.Next week they will go in for their first puppy shots. They are growing up on me. I got some pix when they were opening their eyes. I will try and get some more soon. They are the cutest little things, that is for sure. They have already decided that my long pants make good tugging partners. OH and the little toots are already clambering over the sides of the yellow swimming pool and chasing poor Wapatuii around the bathroom for more suppers. I am sure when I start weaning them, she will breathe a sigh of relief since this is her second litter on her during the same lactation period. I know she will be happy to be spayed and not have to deal with puppies ever again. She has been a really good little Mommy for me and I was very lucky to have her when I needed her as I rarely have a nursing female in house.
So without further adieu, PUPPIES!!! The first pix are of my little Breezy and you can see how small she is. I know she is gone, but... she deserves to be recognized for living.
PUPPY UPDATE 10 - 27 - 09 - I took
a the babies in to get their first set of puppy shots and wormed yesterday. Dr.
Cindy is very happy that they are doing so well being lively and alert. She says they are looking good.
Tequila Cooler the smallest boy is only 1.9 lbs. Tequila Fizz the bigger boy is 2.1 lbs. Tequila
BOMBOM the big girl is 2.9 lbs. at 6 weeks of age. They are all eating hard food well. They are all
pooping and peeing just fine. We will get their next set of shots in 2 weeks and have them spay/neutered IF
they are big enough as they have to be 3 pounds to spay/neuter. I am sure BomBom will be as she is only .1 from the goal.
The itty bitty boy Cooler may have to wait for another week or so as he was about the same size as Breezy who passed away and he isn't growing as fast as the others, but he is growing which I am real happy about.
These babies should be ready for adoption around mid November. So if you are interested in some cute little patoots, please put in your application so when they are ready to go, we can get them into their new homes. Thank you again for your prayers and donations for the whole Tequila family.
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