1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,200 Hello friends, welcome to Rough Life. 2 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:19,260 Lord have mercy, let me just tell you all what has been going on since we last talked. 3 00:00:19,260 --> 00:00:25,920 So last week, kitten transport leaves, everything's going great, and about an hour away from 4 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:30,880 the meat time, my driver calls me crying. 5 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:36,040 Something flew off of a semi in front of her and smashed into our windshield, cracking 6 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:38,600 it all the way across. 7 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,280 We talked for a while, and once she got her bearings again, she decided she was okay 8 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:46,160 to drive the last hour to meet the Virginia drivers. 9 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:49,960 For whatever reason, the Virginia drivers didn't feel comfortable driving the van back 10 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:51,480 to Virginia. 11 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:57,960 So instead of swapping vans, like we usually do, they unloaded everything in their van, 12 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,760 which was a bunch of crates and a ton of supplies for me. 13 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:09,040 They loaded all of the animals in their crates onto their van, and then reloaded all the 14 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:16,120 empty crates and supplies into the broken windshield van, all at like midnight. 15 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:21,600 Luckily, we were able to get it fixed this week, so transport wouldn't be affected, but 16 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:29,840 man, back to back to back transports, broken van, newborn baby, and it's only Thursday. 17 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:38,200 I'm not usually one that likes an off, quote unquote, off week, but I am very excited for 18 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:42,640 this one week break before the last transport of the month. 19 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:48,880 Anyway, onto this week's story, the theme is beach vacation because we just planned 20 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:55,000 a beach vacation for later this summer with Mama Becky, and I am so looking forward to 21 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,000 it. 22 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,640 Okay, so Palm Tree wandered up into someone's yard. 23 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,040 They held onto her until transport. 24 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,920 Marina wandered up into someone's yard. 25 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:11,280 When Jess went to vaccinate her, all she saw was a tiny brown blob bouncing in the tall 26 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,120 grass, and she fell in love with her right then. 27 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,800 The finders were going to keep her until transport, but Jess loved her too much. 28 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:23,480 She didn't want to risk something happening to her, so she sent her to one of our fosters. 29 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,880 Ocean was dumped in a really nice neighborhood. 30 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:30,680 She's adorable and super sweet, so they knew she belonged to somebody, but after posting 31 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:35,520 her on Facebook and asking all the local vets, no owner came forward. 32 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:40,080 They were so thankful when Wolf Trap agreed to take her and find her the perfect home 33 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:45,680 where she will never have to worry about being dumped ever again. 34 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,680 Jellyfish was abandoned in a trailer when the owner moved away. 35 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,240 My foster heard about it and went immediately to get him. 36 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,480 He was locked up in a crate with no food and water. 37 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,680 He is super sweet and super thankful that we saved him. 38 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,760 He is great with cats and dogs. 39 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:09,200 The W litter of two were dumped in a box overnight outside of an emergency room. 40 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:14,280 Two nurses took turns fostering them and the whole emergency room is so grateful to Wolf 41 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:20,720 Trap for taking their puppies and making sure they go to wonderful homes. 42 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,560 The V litter of two? 43 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:27,520 Okay, so a board member at a nearby shelter found these two sweet puppies that had been 44 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,480 dumped near her house. 45 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:34,440 She has eight dogs and her husband told her in no uncertain terms that she was absolutely 46 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:39,920 not to bring them home to keep her from literally just giving them to some random person with 47 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,400 ill intentions. 48 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,720 Our rescue partner found a foster for them and she's super relieved that Wolf Trap will 49 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,800 be able to take them to ensure they get good homes. 50 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:51,520 The C litter of six? 51 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:56,520 Okay, so our rescue partner was contacted by a friend who lives near a family that has 52 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,040 a ton of dogs. 53 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:04,200 Thankfully, most of them are fixed, but this one mama is pretty feral and they've never 54 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,600 been able to catch her to get her spayed. 55 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:12,880 The owner said she's had at least a hundred puppies over the years since she's been there. 56 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,840 Our rescue partner told them that it's going to be her mission that this is the last litter 57 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:18,840 she ever has. 58 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:23,240 So we're going to work with her to catch her and get her to the vet to get spayed in the 59 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:24,720 next few weeks. 60 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:29,120 It was originally a litter of seven, but before we got there to vaccinate them, another neighbor 61 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,120 came by and picked one up. 62 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,120 The ass litter of eight? 63 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:40,200 A couple arrived at their farm one day and they discovered that someone had dropped six 64 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:41,480 puppies off. 65 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,080 The wife immediately loaded them up and took them to the vet, but before she could get 66 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,720 back home, her husband found two more puppies. 67 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,600 So she made arrangements for a neighbor to foster them and take the remaining two to 68 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:53,720 the vet. 69 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,200 About a week later, she drove out to check on the puppies and discovered that the foster 70 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:03,320 had left all eight of them crammed into a teeny tiny 36 inch crate and they were not 71 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:04,320 home. 72 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:10,080 So she promptly loaded them in her car while sobbing the entire time and took them home 73 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,040 to foster them herself. 74 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:16,120 These are the sweetest, most laid back puppies. 75 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,400 The bee litter of eight? 76 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:24,120 There is a beautiful, super feral momma dog that lives on some property behind the sonic 77 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,080 and dollar general in a nearby town. 78 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:31,120 She gets fed daily by all the nice people at both businesses. 79 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:35,640 Our rescue partner has a foster in the area and she noticed that she was filling out and 80 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,680 knew that puppies were coming soon. 81 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:42,120 So she kept a watch on her and made sure that she had fresh water and really good quality 82 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,240 dog food every day. 83 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:48,120 After the puppies were born, she checked on them every day and when they were about six 84 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,200 weeks old, she was able to grab six of them. 85 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,920 It took another few weeks before she was able to catch the last two. 86 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,680 As soon as they were reunited with their siblings, they realized there was nothing to be afraid 87 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,520 of and they are the sweetest babies. 88 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:06,480 A plan is in place to catch the feral momma and get her spayed and the man that owns the 89 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:10,880 land where she's been living said she is welcome to stay there as long as she wants to and 90 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,960 he will make sure she has fresh food and water daily. 91 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,880 The tea litter of six are from our Alabama shelter friends. 92 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:25,280 The momma who we think is a purebred chihuahua was chained up outside by her original owner. 93 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:30,800 I know you think Alabama is all warm and sunny all the time but we actually get really, 94 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,840 really cold winters down here. 95 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:38,120 Way too cold for any dog, let alone a chihuahua to be kept outside. 96 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:42,640 So when the owner was tired of getting fined for having his dog tied up outside, he finally 97 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,320 agreed to surrender her to the shelter. 98 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:50,480 She was also big pregnant then too so I'm sure that had nothing to do with it. 99 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,800 She had her puppies three days after she got there and the owner told the shelter that 100 00:06:54,800 --> 00:07:00,000 she was a super mean and very aggressive dog that didn't like people. 101 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:05,400 But she has absolutely loved and snuggled with every single worker there, all of their 102 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:11,240 children who also come to the shelter with them, and me when I was there last week. 103 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:15,920 One of the animal control officers is actually adopting the mom. 104 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:22,160 As for the cats, Lifeguard was brought into our vet partners clinic and the F litter of 105 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:27,520 four were being given away in a Walmart parking lot when our bottle feeder foster saw them. 106 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,480 They were old enough that they didn't need to be bottle fed but she couldn't let them 107 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,000 just give them away to anybody. 108 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,120 Well, that is all the stories for today. 109 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:41,400 I actually started this podcast last night but we were short so many fosters I wasn't 110 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:45,040 sure if even half of my animals were going to get to go. 111 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,160 But so many fosters have volunteered to help. 112 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:51,920 I think right now it's only the B litter and a few of the singles that might have to be 113 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:53,520 held back. 114 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,160 Hopefully not though, hopefully everybody gets to go. 115 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:02,480 But speaking of go, I am running late to my own transport now so I've got to go. 116 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:09,480 It's a rough life but someone's got to do it.