1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,480 Hello friends, welcome to Rough Life. Today is no ordinary transport day. It is one of 2 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:23,920 my favorite types of transports to do. We are doing a transport and a half today. So that 3 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:29,200 means instead of my one van being loaded up with critters, meeting the Virginia van halfway, 4 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:36,560 swapping and coming home, we've got four vans total tonight. Two of my vans, meaning two of the 5 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:42,640 Virginia vans. We have so many big animals needing to go. This was the only way to humanely do it 6 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:49,120 without adding a whole extra transport day. This is also only possible because two of our vans 7 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:56,480 that are going tonight were donated 100% completely free to Wolf Trap several years ago. We love, 8 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:01,840 love, love our vans. We use ours down here just about every day shuffling puppies and supplies 9 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:08,160 around. So we are so grateful for these vans. Okay, we've got a lot of stories to get to today. So 10 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:15,040 let's jump in. The theme is cities and that is partially because one of the dogs, Memphis, 11 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:20,960 was already named and he knows his name. And partially because I've been getting so much hate 12 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:28,400 for my names from the last transport that I thought I better just stick with an easy theme this week. 13 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:36,800 Okay, so up first is Oklahoma City. She was brought into a vet to be euthanized right after 14 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:42,480 Christmas. The parents had gotten her as a Christmas gift for the kids and quickly realized that 15 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:47,760 puppies are a lot of work and kids don't really take care of them themselves. So they just wanted 16 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:52,480 to euthanize her instead of finding her home. The vet reached out to one of our rescue partners 17 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,880 and asked if we would take it. Otherwise, they really were just going to have to euthanize it. 18 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:05,280 And of course, we snatched that baby up. Side note, we have group names for the animals that we pull 19 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:10,400 for for us down here when we're talking about them that are not their actual Wolf Trap names. 20 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:15,120 I typically don't do the Wolf Trap names until the night before transport when everything is 21 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:21,920 finalized. So until then, we have no way of knowing who we're talking about. So some of the group names 22 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:28,960 for animals on this transport are the male carrier to the parbo three, the ninth puppy, 23 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:33,040 things like that. I'm sure you'll be able to figure out who all those puppies are and why we named 24 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:39,840 them that when you listen to this episode. But this puppy's name was the Heartworm Test Puppy. 25 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:45,360 For those of you who don't know, heartworms have an incubation period of six to seven months. So that 26 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:51,760 means if a puppy got infected with heartworms the very first day it was born, it would still test 27 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:56,240 negative all the way until it was six to seven months old. That's how long it takes to be able 28 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:02,160 to register that it really does have heartworms. So there's no reason to ever test a puppy younger 29 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:10,640 than six months because no matter what it will be negative. Well, the vet heartworm tested this 30 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:17,040 10 week old puppy and he's not a quack. He's an actual vet. So the only thing I can think is that 31 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:22,160 the owners had to pay the bill for what this puppy needed before they surrendered it instead of paying 32 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:27,600 to euthanize it. And I'm guessing he did whatever he could to get that bill just a little bit higher 33 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:33,600 for them because he was so mad about them trying to kill this totally healthy puppy. Thus the 34 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:40,080 Heartworm Test Puppy. Little Rock was found in a ditch on one of the coldest nights of the year 35 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:45,280 so far. The finder looked around and didn't see any litter mates and even went back the next day to 36 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:50,720 check again and still didn't find any litter mates. She took her to the vet herself and even paid for 37 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:57,600 the puppy to get everything that it needed. Tupelo is the ninth puppy from the tea litter of eight 38 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:03,520 on the January 3rd Matthew Perry Transport. Remember his litter was being bottle fed by the same 39 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:09,280 foster who had Linda and her 10 puppies. This puppy wasn't taking to the bottle very well so they 40 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:15,360 stuck him in with Linda and he did fantastic. But then a few weeks later all of Linda's puppies 41 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:21,040 got pneumonia and so did this little guy. So we just decided to hold him back and send him up with 42 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:27,440 Linda's group when he had finished all of his antibiotics. The e-litter of two were found by 43 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:33,200 a mail carrier in a cardboard box on a back road on her mail route. Apparently she wasn't allowed 44 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,680 to pick them up which is actually the first I've heard of that. So she called one of our rescue 45 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:44,320 partners who ran out there right away to get them. The b-litter of three were owner surrenders. The 46 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:49,440 owner asked for a doghouse a few weeks ago when it started to get really cold out because she knew 47 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:54,480 her mom a dog was getting close to having puppies. We gave her a doghouse and told her we would take 48 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:59,040 the puppies when they were old enough and spay the mom for her. Several of the puppies died right 49 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:05,280 after birth and these were the only three that lived. The h-litter of three parvo survivors 50 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:11,840 were actually brought to someone in our town that is a known cat rescuer. She ordered door dash one 51 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:18,560 night and side note we just got door dash in our town like two months ago. Like it is brand new. 52 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:24,640 Because we live in such a small town the driver knew it was her that he was delivering the food to. 53 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:30,560 So on his way he saw several dead puppies run over in the middle of the highway and three puppies 54 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:36,080 still alive hiding in the ditch on the side of the road next to them. He stopped, grabbed them up 55 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:43,440 and delivered them and her food to her house. She does cats though not puppies so she didn't know 56 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:48,320 what to do with them and called us for help. They unfortunately broke with parvo just a few days 57 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:52,960 later and we really weren't sure if they were going to pull through at all but we are so glad that 58 00:05:52,960 --> 00:06:02,880 all three survived. Memphis Miami and their six m-pups are owner surrenders slash stolen. 59 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:11,920 We got a call about two puppies that were living at a quote abandoned house. It was super cold and 60 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:17,840 rainy that day and Jessica happened to be just right by there so she drove by and saw six puppies. 61 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:23,760 She went home changed her clothes and she went back to get them and saw that they also had a 62 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:29,920 mama and a daddy who came running over to greet her. She wrangled them all up took the puppies to 63 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:35,840 Mama Becky and put the parents at the dog house. She told the concerned callers not to worry that 64 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:44,000 they were all safe and warm now and then the next day she got a call from the owners and they were 65 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:51,840 wondering why they saw her on their security cameras taking their dogs. Apparently they had moved out 66 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:58,800 and they couldn't, they wouldn't, they didn't, I don't know, take any of the dogs with them. In their 67 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:04,080 defense though they were going back several times a week to feed them but they just left them there 68 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:09,200 to roam around and do whatever they wanted. Jessica apologized and explained that we got 69 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,360 calls saying that it was an abandoned house and that these animals were left behind running loose. 70 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:18,800 We assumed that they were not being taken care of. Thankfully the owners were actually super 71 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:25,440 happy to hear that an actual rescue and not crazy dog themes took them and they were so happy to 72 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:32,880 surrender all of them to us. The P litter of six were owner surrenders. When our rescue partner got 73 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,400 out there to vaccinate them and pick them up she found out that the owners were actually 74 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:42,720 planning on keeping one of them and if you know me at all you know I want the whole litter every 75 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:48,640 time. It makes no sense to me to spay your mama dog for you if you keep one of the puppies behind 76 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:54,000 to keep reproducing. What is the point? So after explaining all of that to her and telling her what 77 00:07:54,000 --> 00:08:00,960 a wonderful indoor life that this puppy would have in Virginia the owner agreed to surrender all of them. 78 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:09,840 Linda is now Savannah and her 10 s puppies. Remember Linda was at the shelter here in Alabama 79 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:16,720 when I went back and walked through there back in November. She was in a wire crate and so insanely 80 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:22,800 pregnant. I think our pregnancy hormones synced up because I was just so upset at the thought of it 81 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:28,560 so I went the next morning and I brought her home. I was hoping to send her to Virginia on transport 82 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:33,440 the very next week but she ended up giving birth just a few days before the van left. 83 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:40,160 She had them at the doghouse and we could tell that she was so lonely there by herself. So we asked 84 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:45,600 our bottle feeder foster who did not have any bottle babies at the time if she would be willing 85 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:51,440 to foster her over the Christmas break and she was more than happy to. But because Linda was pulled 86 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:56,880 from the shelter here, the shelter that just right after that one on distemper lockdown, 87 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:03,840 she had such a terrible cough that we thought she might actually have distemper. So we had her in 88 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:09,680 distemper quarantine for several weeks until she had two negative distemper tests come back. Luckily 89 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:20,800 it was just a weird cough. Okay for everyone else that is the N litter, the C litter, 90 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:28,000 and the A litter of Dobermans. They are all owner surrenders from the same home. I actually already 91 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:36,320 had a full transport for this week and next. And when we were asked to take 20 Doberman puppies, 92 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:43,360 I sent it to Dr. Burton almost as a joke. Like oh my gosh, can you imagine like if I agreed to take 93 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:49,040 20 puppies on top of like the 80 that I've already committed to. But she was all for it. 94 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:55,760 She even offered to add this second van to this week's transport just so we could make it happen. 95 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,680 I think we were all a little stunned and surprised when I wrote back and said, 96 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:10,000 yeah, we'll take all the Doberman puppies next week. From what I can figure out, the owners had 97 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:18,880 one purebred Doberman mama. She is the mama of the A puppies. The other two mamas are her daughter 98 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:27,920 from previous litters. So they are half Dobermans. The owners think that the daughters slash the mamas 99 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:33,760 are Doberman mixed with Rottweiler and German Shepherd. But I'm just gonna be real with y'all. 100 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:39,440 This is just a side note. Someone asked us to take a litter of puppies, completely different 101 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:44,560 puppies for a completely different transport. And they said that the dad was a purebred Saint 102 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:51,600 Bernard. So we asked for a picture of the dad. And he is probably a purebred Great Pyrenees 103 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:57,680 through and through like not a drop of Saint Bernard in him. So what people say they think 104 00:10:57,680 --> 00:11:07,600 the daddies are means nothing, literally nothing. So anyways, the A litter is half siblings to the 105 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:17,600 moms of the C and N litters. Their mom is the grandma to the C and N litters. The C and N 106 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:22,720 litters are cousins to each other. But it doesn't matter because all three moms are getting spayed 107 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,800 and will not be having any more babies. And none of these babies will be having babies either. 108 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:35,120 Okay, and now for the cats. Kansas City and her kitten Knoxville are from the same home as the 109 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:42,880 M litter of nine new fee mixes. Lizzie Kaplan and her three L kittens, and good wife and her three 110 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:49,200 kittens all from the January 3rd, Matthew Perry transport. Kansas City had a kitten die just a 111 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:54,800 few days before the January 3rd transport. We were just about certain that it had just got 112 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:59,200 entangled up in the bedding and suffocated. But just to be sure we held her and her remaining 113 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:05,120 kitten back just to make sure they were good and healthy. And actually at the time of this recording, 114 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:12,960 Kansas City does not have a foster yet. So I am really hoping somebody comes through and she 115 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:18,480 does not get left behind until next transport. Otherwise, it will just be her kitten making the 116 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:25,760 trip. The W litter of three were owner surrenders. The owners are keeping the mama cat and are happy 117 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:31,280 to have Wolf trap spay her. I really don't have anything else significant to add about them other 118 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:40,160 than they are from the same home as the S litter of puppies from the July 19th 2022 podcast transport. 119 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:47,120 That's a little throwback for you. Fort Lauderdale and her three F kittens. Okay, so this is the 120 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:53,040 mama and kittens that were supposed to be on last week's transport. And because I did my podcast 121 00:12:53,040 --> 00:13:00,240 pre transport, their story was still included. Remember, she is the sister of view master from 122 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:07,520 the November 18 toys transport. So these F kittens are cousins to the three V kittens from the 123 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:14,240 November 11th drink transport. This is the owner who was somewhat reluctant to surrender the 124 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:18,480 kittens in November. But when he heard what great lives they would have, he asked us if we would 125 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:23,920 take the mom to on the next transport. Then the next week when we got view master, he asked us 126 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:31,440 about taking her kittens, her sister and her kittens, the F mama. And the F mama's leg is 127 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:38,160 just so wonky. We were going to hold her back from last transport just to get her checked out by a vet. 128 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:44,080 And it turned out it's just a birth defect doesn't affect her at all. She's not in any pain. It's just 129 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:51,760 a little wonky. The D litter of five kittens were found outside in a nearby town when they were just 130 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:56,640 a couple weeks old. They couldn't even tell if they were old enough to have their eyes open because 131 00:13:56,640 --> 00:14:02,720 they were so sick with upper respiratory infections that their eyes were matted shut with green gunk. 132 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:07,760 They are actually friends with our bottle feeder. So they called her directly and she ran out there 133 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:16,320 that night and got them. And with that, that is all the background stories for all hopefully 69 134 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:21,760 critters on this van. I'm really hoping that they all show up and that they all get to go and that 135 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:28,320 you won't have to hear me come back at the end of this with an edit. But for now I am off to transport. 136 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:44,240 It's a rough life, but someone's got to do it.