1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,560 Hello friends, welcome to Rough Life. It sure has been a rough life these last few days. 2 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:24,000 We sent our last transport off with all the Doberman and about 14 hours later we were 3 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:30,840 all completely snowed in. Between snow for two days followed by a torrential downpour 4 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:37,280 of freezing rain and zero degrees temps for at least three days we were all stuck in our 5 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:44,880 homes for over a week. Thankfully, and I cannot stress enough how thankful we are, most of 6 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:50,160 our foster homes were emptied from the last transport so we were able to get several puppies 7 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:55,680 that would have been outside during this weather into a safe and warm home before it hit. We were 8 00:00:55,680 --> 00:01:01,360 also contacted during that brutal week about animals that were being found and needed fosters and 9 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:08,000 rescues. Luckily for the animals the finders realized that literally no one could come get them 10 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:14,240 that week and they were able to find some makeshift shelters for them. In the meantime, we are again 11 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:20,640 so unbelievably thankful for how many animals are leaving today so we can go get all those animals 12 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:26,080 we committed to and get them set up in their real foster homes now. The people have been so kind to 13 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:31,280 hang on to them for so long but they are not real fosters and they're not equipped to take care of 14 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:37,360 them for long so we are just so grateful for everyone everywhere right now for doing their part 15 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:43,280 to help all these homeless and abandoned animals. We have had much warmer weather the last few days 16 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:50,400 but it has rained non-stop and caused so much flooding and road closures from flash floods. 17 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:57,520 Next week is supposed to be fairly nice but then rumor has it, according to the farmers almanac, 18 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:03,360 the week after we're supposed to get another insane snowstorm and freezing weather. So 19 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:11,120 we are so glad to get these 56 critters out of here while we can. Okay let's get to their stories. 20 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:20,080 Today's theme was um Alabama football and honestly I don't know why I picked this. It was all over 21 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:26,240 my facebook feed for several days when I came up with the names but that seems like it was so long 22 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:35,520 ago now. Anyway, Wallace Wade was found roaming on a dirt road way out in the county. He had a leash 23 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:40,800 attached to his collar but he was so badly matted you couldn't even tell he was wearing a collar. 24 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,640 The finders asked all of their neighbors if anyone recognized him but no one did. 25 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,280 They asked us to take him and we held on to him for several weeks waiting for an owner. 26 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:53,360 We took him to our vet to you know have him scan for a microchip and everything 27 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:57,360 and they went ahead and shaved him down and just got rid of several of his mats but 28 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:06,160 he is definitely in need of a professional haircut. Iron Bowl is an owner surrender and 29 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:12,800 we're not actually sure why. He was listed as free on facebook by his family but they're keeping 30 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:20,720 his sister from the same litter so I guess two is just too many for them. The age litter of three 31 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:26,080 are owner surrenders. The owners were actually taking the mom to the vet to be spayed when the vet 32 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:32,000 told them she was pregnant and way too far along in her pregnancy to be spayed. Not even two weeks 33 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:39,120 later she had her three puppies and now they get their space for free. The R litter of five 34 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,840 were found on the side of the road in a nearby town. Thankfully the finders stopped and brought 35 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:50,480 them home before any of them could get run over or eaten. The N letter of six were owner 36 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:55,440 surrenders. If you remember one of my episodes earlier this month I told you about some owners 37 00:03:55,440 --> 00:04:03,120 who told me their puppies were St. Bernard puppies because the dad was a purebred St. Bernard. When 38 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:09,680 they sent the picture of the dad we could not help but laugh. The dad is 100% a great Pyrenees. 39 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:17,760 Zero percent St. Bernard and the mom who looks more like a shepherd chow mix was 40 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:23,520 also taken to the vet to be spayed when the owners found out that she was pregnant. They are very 41 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:30,640 excited to have her surgery done for free now too. The F letter were posted on Facebook when a 42 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:36,640 momma dog lost all her milk and dried up completely when the puppies were only 10 days old. The owner 43 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:41,280 couldn't bottle feed them but it was actually the neighbor who posted them because she was afraid 44 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:46,480 they would die if they weren't surrendered to a rescue. The owner actually surrendered them to 45 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:51,520 the neighbor to avoid having any contact with anyone about this because she was afraid we would 46 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:57,680 make her surrender the momma dog too and that makes me so sad. Anyways our bottle feeder took 47 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:02,400 the puppies in and we told the neighbor we would give the owner a spay voucher to have the momma 48 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:08,240 dog spay for free and we would give her updates on the puppies anytime she wants them but we 49 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:15,360 haven't heard anything from either one of them since we got the puppies. The T letter of four are 50 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:22,800 actually grand pups of Eliza. She was orange juice from the November 11th drinks transport. 51 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:29,600 When we finally trapped Eliza to be spayed after her last litter the owners told us that she had 52 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:37,520 two other adult puppies from a litter years ago that they also couldn't catch. We immediately 53 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:42,880 suspected that one of them was pregnant so we set traps and we tried to catch them for weeks but 54 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:48,240 as it got colder it became more obvious that one of them was definitely pregnant so we decided to 55 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:54,640 stop trying to catch her a to avoid stressing her out but b because we didn't want to risk her giving 56 00:05:54,640 --> 00:06:00,720 birth and then going into the trap unnoticed and her baby's being out in the cold for several 57 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:07,520 hours without her. Two months later her pups were weaned and running around the vacant house where 58 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:12,720 they live. The neighbor was able to catch four of them but one of them got away and we still 59 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:17,760 have not been able to catch it. They see her every day and Jessica has been out there at least a 60 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:22,960 dozen times trying to catch her. We have a trap set 24-7 trying to catch her and everything. 61 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:28,400 Her mama is still there with her and we won't continue to try and catch the mom until we've 62 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:34,960 caught this last baby just so that the baby won't ever be there alone but we are really 63 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:41,600 hoping and praying we can get this last puppy before this next cold spell hits. The C litter of 64 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:46,400 seven were found on the side of the road before Christmas. The finder saw them on the side of 65 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:51,520 the road and started feeding them for over a week before they realized no one was coming back for them. 66 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:56,720 After a week they took them home with them and they began looking for rescues. We were closed for 67 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:01,760 Christmas but we gave them several of their rescues to check with. After our first transport this year 68 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:07,920 the finders circled back with us to let us know that no one has stepped up to take them yet but at 69 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:13,440 that point our second transport, the transport and a half with all of the Doberman, was already 70 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:19,200 completely maxed out and we couldn't help them yet again. Thankfully though these finders are 71 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:24,480 truly truly wonderful people and they have kept them for over six weeks through holidays, through 72 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:29,600 the brutal cold and snow and ice storms that we've had and they held on to them until today so that 73 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:37,680 we could get them on transport. The B litter of nine were owner surrenders. The owner accidentally 74 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:43,840 let their unaltered male and their unaltered female get together a few months ago. She was shocked 75 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:52,880 that she couldn't keep them apart while the dog was in heat. Anyway they live in a camper and they 76 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:58,240 kept all nine puppies in there with them for six and a half weeks even over this cold spell that 77 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:02,960 we had last week. We were actually hoping to get them before the cold weather set in but they would 78 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:09,760 have had to stay at Mama Becky's and her setup is better for when the animals can go inside her 79 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:17,360 little foster shed in conjunction with outside in her big pen and her big pen was not an option 80 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:23,200 last week. So the owner offered to keep them the extra week just to make it easier on everyone 81 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:28,640 and keep them the warmest that they could possibly be. She actually had to run two space heaters in 82 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:34,800 her camper non-stop to keep herself and her animals warm enough that week. My grandma actually gave 83 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:40,320 her money to go towards her electric bill because she felt so bad for her and was just so glad that 84 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:44,560 she kept them this week so that my mom wouldn't have to make a million trips back and forth to her 85 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:50,080 foster shed to make sure that they were warm enough and clean enough and everything. So we will 86 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:55,600 definitely be making sure that this mama and daddy both get fixed so that none of us have to do any 87 00:08:55,600 --> 00:09:03,760 of this again. The M letter of six where owner surrenders. The owner saw the mom wandering 88 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:08,800 around a local cemetery for weeks before she realized that she was homeless and needed to be 89 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:14,000 rescued. It took her more than a month of just sitting there talking to her and feeding her 90 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:18,560 before she could finally catch the mom. As soon as she got her home and the mom started getting 91 00:09:18,560 --> 00:09:26,960 food on a regular basis she got huge. Turns out she was pregnant. Luckily the owner is friends 92 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:31,440 with one of our rescue partners in another town. She reached out to her and the plan was for the 93 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:36,720 owner to keep them all until the transport date but then she told the rescue that she was living 94 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:41,520 part-time in a home and part-time in a camper and just moving the mom and puppies around with her. 95 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:46,800 So when the rescuer got out there to deworm everyone and saw the camper that they were living 96 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:53,040 in they realized it was barely even big enough for two people to live in let alone two people 97 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:57,920 and a mama dog with six wild puppies. So she just went ahead and took all the puppies home with her 98 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:04,400 that day. The rescuer said from now on anytime she hears someone say someone help these puppies 99 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:09,840 that are on the side of the road or someone needs to go save these animals but I can't because of 100 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:15,440 time or money or space or there's no way I could give them up after keeping them for so long. 101 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:21,200 I'm going to remember this woman who had every single reason not to help and she still found a 102 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:29,440 way to do something and save them. And now for the kittens. Jean Stallings actually had a sister 103 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:34,960 kitten who was supposed to be on transport today too. Unfortunately she passed away shortly after 104 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:41,360 the foster got them. They were just feral kittens that were living behind a store in a nearby town 105 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:48,080 when they got them. The Y letter of two were from a hoarding case in Alabama last year. 106 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:53,200 The rest of the kittens were all adopted out but these two never found a home. The rescuer actually 107 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:58,560 drove over four hours yesterday just to get them on this transport because she wanted them to find 108 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:05,760 a real home so badly. The K letter of three were being given away for free on Facebook when one of 109 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:11,200 our rescue partners longtime catfosters saw it and went and got them just so they wouldn't fall into 110 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:18,080 the wrong hands. The A letter of four were found just before this terrible ice storm hit. They 111 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:23,200 wandered up to someone's house who luckily took them in and kept them safe during this zero degree 112 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:28,480 weather week. The finder got so attached to them the last few days that she was all choked up when 113 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:33,760 she found out that they were leaving today to go to Virginia. She is excited to start fostering for 114 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:40,800 us in the future actually. And that is all of our stories this week. It is going to be pouring down 115 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:46,800 rain the entire time I transport today so I hope you're ready for some wet and smelly critters 116 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:51,920 tomorrow morning. Thank you so much for listening and thank you so much for opening your homes to 117 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:57,040 my sweet babies. We could not do any of this without amazing fosters and supporters like you. 118 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:12,960 It's a rough life but someone's got to do it.