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LITTLE FIN
A DOG WHO STOLE MY HEART . WAIT FOR ME AT THE BRIDGE
LITTLE UN .
UNCLE JON
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PLAESE MEET ROSIE ABOUT 5 YRS OLD ,
ROSIE'S OWNERS CONTACTED US HERE AT Z.R.R IN A PANICK WE HAVE ROTTS AND ONE IS PREGNANT WE THINK YOU MUST TAKE HER , AS THEY TOLD ME HER STORY I HAD NO OPTION BUT TO ACT .
ROSIE'S STOREY
ROSIE CAME FROM A RESCUE ,WE HAVE HAD HER ABOUT A YEAR AND THIS IS HER SECOND LITTER .WE GOT HER FROM A RESCUE AND OUR MALE CAUGHT HER LAST YEAR AND AGIAN THIS YEAR BUT WE CANT MANAGE WITH PUPS THIS TIME AS WE ALLREADY HAVE ROTTS TWO OF HER PUPS FROM LAST YEAR AND A MALE WE GOT FROM THE SAME RESCUE AS ROSIE WHO MADE HER PREGNANT LAST YEAR AND WE CANT COPE .
SO ROSIE CAME TO US WENT TO THE VETS AND YES SHE WAS PREGNANT
. THEN 8 DAYS LATER A LITTLE EARLY THE VET THINKS ON THE 13/01/10 SHE HAD 6 LITTLE PUPS .MOM AND PUPS ARE DOING OK EVEN AFTER A JAB TO BRING ON MILK ROSIE IS STILL STRUGLING TO FEED THEM SO MAGS AND I ARE HELPING THEM OUT BY BOTTLE FEEDING ,1 OR 2 OF THE PUPS ARE STRUGGLING BUT MAGS AND I WILL DO OUR BEST , BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER WE HAVE THEM IN THE LIVING ROOM WITH US ,SPUD IS DOING HIS FOSTER UNCLE BIT BY KEEPING WATCH OVER THE WHOLE PROCEEDINGS SO WITH LITTLE LINCOLN AT 7 WEEKS BEING HANDED IN TO US A WEEK OR SO BEFORE XMAS AND ROSIE AT THE START OF THE NEW YEAR IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO BE AS BUSY IF NOT MORE SO THIS YEAR .
ROSIE AND THE LITTLE UNS
29/01/10
Well the pups are 16 days old today and all seems to be going well , they have now started to find there voices , and are now starting to wander about the whelping box , thier eyes are starting to open ,mom still has a few little problems with producing milk but we are getting over that , I will try to update a few new pics of them over the weekend
update 20/01/10
well sadly we lost one of the pups two days ago she fought a brave little fight for servival but she has now gone to the rainbow bridge, the othe five pups are doing ok ,Rosie was back at the vets today , she still hasnt got a great deal of milk and one of her teats has become infected . So its a case of just keeping a close eye on her and the pups at the moment .Rosie is a good mom if not just a little clumsy with them now and again .
05/02/10
Sad news ,
sadly one of the pups who we had nick named tiny tim lost his brave battle for life yesterday 04/02/10,he was 3 weeks old and both mags and I had spent the last 24 hrs trying to save him but he did not pull through ,he went down hill realy quickly and it was a bit of a shock as we thought all the pups were doing well , sometimes in rescue we have bad days this is one of those days .
wait for me at the bridge little fella ,
Please meet Jessica about 10 mths old
Well little Jess is another young dog who again was on the verge of being put to sleep , we here at Z.R.R were contacted by hope rescue and when they told me her story I immediately said we would step in and help her . Jess was being offered on a free add site to anyone who wanted her . Jess was limping and after seeking a vets opinion [ a large natinal charity ] the owner was told it was in the dogs best interest to be put to sleep , I then contacted the vet involved and spent the next 15 mins being told that this was the case , so I explained that we would like her notes sent to our vets as we were taking little jess on .This was not appreciated by the head vet involved but I stuck to my guns .Boy am I glad I did .
Arangments were then made for me to go and pick little Jess up from her safe house , and what a supprise I got when I met her ,a real darling and just a little frightend girl .Jess has now been with us a few days and today was at our vets for a compleat check and extensive set of xrays etc to see what was wrong with her ,well not alot ,yes she has a limp on one of her front legs but this has been shown to be no more than suspected "Growing pains "
(commonly called "growing pains," "wandering lameness," or simply "pano") is associated with large breed dogs and usually occurs in dogs 5 to 12 months of age, a. It most commonly affects males by a ratio of 4:1. Females are most often affected around their first heat. [and guess who is in season yep young jess ] However, many other factors have been associated with pano: diet, viral diseases, autoimmune problems, hyperestrogen, and vascular problems. In other words, no one knows what causes this. It is characterised by excessive bone production on the long bones and is an inflammation of the membrane covering the bone. Dogs will generally grow out of the problem, but it ican be a painful condition.
Now the above spounds bad but its not with the right diet ,exersize and pain killers this can be managed while she grows out of it , IT CETAINLY DOES NOT WARRANT A YOUNG DOG BEING PUT TO SLEEP FOR.
So little jess will stop her with us in rescue for the next couple of months while she gets over this getting every thing she needs I will update her story as and when .
