1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:15,400 Hello friends, welcome to Ruff Life. 2 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:20,280 It is the first transport of 2025 and we are off with a bang. 3 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:30,480 We have 53 animals on board this week, 7 adult dogs, 1 adult cat, 14 kittens, and 31 puppies. 4 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,480 We love those numbers. 5 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:41,520 I know my voice doesn't sound as wonderful, beautiful, and lovely as it usually does. 6 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,240 That's because I am just now getting it back. 7 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:50,560 It has been completely gone, not so much as a whisper the last nine days. 8 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:55,800 I was honestly worried if I was even going to be able to record this episode, but the 9 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,000 show must go on. 10 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,600 This week's theme is potatoes. 11 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:08,040 And I know I said I was going to do a better job with themes this year, but I needed Tate 12 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:14,680 to be able to keep her name and there's not many things you can do with Tate, so it had 13 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,040 to be taters. 14 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,960 So speaking of, let's start off with her story. 15 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:25,120 Tater Tot or Tatum Tate, which is her real name. 16 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:30,320 She's been with me for six weeks now and man, what a journey it's been. 17 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:34,840 I shared her story on the Fosters Facebook page, so if you read that, I'm basically 18 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,400 just repeating that whole thing you can fast forward. 19 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:43,760 Tate is an eight year old golden doodle, but she is very small. 20 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:50,800 She belonged to an older lady who is in laws to some in laws of a friend of mine. 21 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:56,320 They said that the owner has casually, they thought jokingly made comments about wanting 22 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:03,200 them to take Tate for years and they finally said something in November like, you better 23 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,600 be careful saying that or we're really going to come get her. 24 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,840 And then the owner said, please do I can't take care of her. 25 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,600 She needs a better home. 26 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,400 And that's the first time that they realized she was actually serious. 27 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,480 So they asked her to send them a picture of the dog. 28 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:21,200 It took her a couple weeks to do it. 29 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,760 She's very old, but when my friend got the picture, she was horrified. 30 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,720 She sent it to me immediately and asked if there was anything that we could do because 31 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,680 she could not let that dog go another day like that. 32 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:41,640 Well she had to because Mama Becky decided to go to the hospital for possible acute liver 33 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:46,920 failure that night and that momentarily derailed my life. 34 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:49,360 Thank you very much, Mama Becky. 35 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:57,200 But nevertheless, a few days later and an AMA discharge, things are back to normal and 36 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,120 I picked Tate up. 37 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,120 Her name is Tatum Tate and they call her Tate. 38 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,520 I did not come up with any of those three names for her. 39 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:06,960 They're all terrible. 40 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,120 I picked Tater. 41 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,160 That one was me. 42 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:15,840 So our grooming partners were booked solid for the holidays. 43 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:22,000 So we had to get an emergency appointment with our good pal Hope Scroomer the next day. 44 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:27,440 I'm going to be honest, I don't totally know what this means, but they said her skin and 45 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:32,640 her coat were in such horrible conditions that they did the grooming over the course 46 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:37,280 of two days so that her skin could breathe overnight. 47 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,680 I don't know, but it sounds terrible. 48 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:45,400 The plan was for her to go to doggie daycare for the holidays and then get her back before 49 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,160 the first transport of 2025. 50 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:54,320 But after spending literally 10 seconds with her, I knew she needed to come home with me. 51 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:59,160 Tate hadn't been touched in over two years. 52 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:05,320 That was by the owner's own admission, mostly because she was so gross and smelly and matted, 53 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:10,640 but also because the owner just didn't care to pet her. 54 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:15,240 The owner got her from someone else when she was two years old. 55 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:20,160 Her first owner might have been fairly decent because they did get her spayed. 56 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:25,800 However, for the last six years, she has received zero veterinary care. 57 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,640 My friend is who went and picked her up from the owner and blows her heart. 58 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:34,520 She showed up with her very own owner surrender form and made the owner fill it out. 59 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:39,240 Well, actually she filled it out for the owner because the owner couldn't write well enough. 60 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:44,320 But when she got to the question, who do you use for the dog's vet, she said, well, if 61 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,760 I was going to take her to a vet, it probably would have been so and so. 62 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:52,080 My friend said, wait, you've never taken her to a vet this whole time that you've had 63 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:53,080 her. 64 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,200 And the owner said, no, I didn't think I needed to. 65 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:05,080 She also told her that Tate has spent every moment in a half bathroom, a crate, or on 66 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:09,160 a small tie out when she was let out to go potty. 67 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:16,480 Tate had the absolute worst ear infection I have ever seen in my life. 68 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:24,360 Her entire ear was completely black and it smelled like actual death and decay. 69 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,800 I don't think that this is actually what physically happened, but this is the only way that I 70 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,720 know how to describe it. 71 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:39,600 When we did the ear infection treatment, it's like it popped the infection ball inside her 72 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:51,720 ear and now black death smelling sticky tar looking goo dripped out of her ear and down 73 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:52,720 her face. 74 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:57,800 I sent the video to Dr. Burton and she said she had never seen that happen before. 75 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:03,320 Really it was the grossest and most shocking thing I have seen maybe ever, but for sure 76 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:04,720 in a long time. 77 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:10,920 For the first few weeks that I had her, she only walked in circles, big circles, small 78 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,880 circles, ovals, paste the perimeter of things. 79 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:20,440 Some of our vets thought that it might be from a brain tumor, but it turned out to be 80 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:24,600 from that horrible, awful ear infection. 81 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,560 And y'all know I rarely create anybody. 82 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:34,400 My home is puppy proof and I almost only foster adult dogs who figure out my doggy door almost 83 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:35,900 immediately. 84 00:06:35,900 --> 00:06:41,360 While I busted the crate out for Tate because sometimes it was the only way to get her to 85 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,440 stop circling and just lay down and rest. 86 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,600 It was almost like a weighted blanket kind of thing for her. 87 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,240 Like I know she doesn't like it because we have to pick her up. 88 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,680 She's that small that we can pick her up and put her in the crate and she runs right out 89 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:06,920 when we open it, but she will go from circle pacing nonstop to instantly still settled 90 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,480 and sleeping. 91 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:15,120 That also turned out to be from the unbelievably horrific ear infection that she had. 92 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:20,160 We took her back to the vet after she finished the initial two week treatment. 93 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:24,280 They cleaned it out really well again and they said even though it was significantly 94 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:29,760 better than it was two weeks prior, it is still what would be considered a really bad 95 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:35,880 ear infection after completing an entire ear infection treatment. 96 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:42,200 So we did a second topical treatment, an oral antibiotic, and then they also gave her a steroid 97 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,040 shot just to give it all a jump start. 98 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:50,600 Three weeks later, she was finally acting like a normal dog. 99 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:59,640 There is no telling how many years, literal years, that this ear infection has gone unnoticed 100 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:01,280 and unmedicated. 101 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:09,400 Think about how unbearable that pain had to be for her to only walk in circles nonstop 102 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:15,720 to be constantly pacing and never able to settle and relax because the absolute most 103 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:22,480 sensitive part of your ear is throbbing with infection. 104 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:26,320 I've seen a lot of abuse cases in my life. 105 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:33,040 We have taken many cases to court and one because they were so horrific, but Tate may 106 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,320 be the worst ever. 107 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:41,560 This has never been hit or beaten or abused ever in her whole life, but this is by far 108 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:45,640 the worst neglect case I have ever had. 109 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:53,480 It has truly been an honor and I feel so privileged that I've gotten to watch her go from a pacing 110 00:08:53,480 --> 00:09:02,680 anxious and constant pain matted up dog to a beautiful playful snuggly wild, absolutely 111 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:07,720 wild, 8 year old dog that anyone would be lucky to have. 112 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:13,320 Oh, and she's also got the worst storm anxiety of any dog I've ever seen. 113 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,400 I mean, she can tell when it's going to rain like hours before it even hits. 114 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:23,120 She's not destructive or anything, but it's just so upsetting to watch her shake and pant 115 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,960 and tremble like she's afraid for her life. 116 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:31,000 So I was giving her a sedative down here the few times that it rained and on New Year's 117 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:35,200 Eve when they were setting off fireworks and it worked wonders. 118 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:41,720 So if you're her foster or her new adopter, make sure you get some heavy duty drugs to 119 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,720 knock her out so she doesn't have to stress. 120 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:52,080 She is my best girl and I'm going to need updates on her wonderful, loving, full life 121 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,000 that I know she's going to have. 122 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:59,800 Her new family is going to have to make up for the last eight years of pure torture that 123 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,360 she's had during dear. 124 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:11,080 Wedge potatoes or Dr. Kirk's mama or mama bear or whatever much better name her new 125 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,680 family will come up with. 126 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:20,520 She is the mama of the W litter of 11 from the vines transport on November 1st last year. 127 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:26,080 I covered their story on that podcast episode, but I'll give you a brief summary now and 128 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:30,120 an update on how she's done since her puppies left. 129 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:34,640 Her puppies were owner surrenders from our town's retired veterinarian. 130 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,400 The mama dog showed up at his vet's office. 131 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:41,400 This vet is old and retired, but he was feeding the dog every day. 132 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:47,600 The vet had a rec recently and a friend of his named Roger took over caring for the puppies 133 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:49,160 and called us about him. 134 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,200 There were 11 puppies total. 135 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,760 Jess went over there to see them one day and there was another lady there who claimed 136 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,880 she was going to take three of the puppies with her. 137 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:02,800 They fought back and forth for a while and finally she left with just one puppy. 138 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:08,000 Neither Jess nor Roger owned the dog or their property and their hands were kind of tied 139 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:13,400 so as sick as it made her just felt like that puppy had to take one for the team so that 140 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,680 all the other puppies could get out of there. 141 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:20,520 Jessica told me that I had to say that, but I 100% disagree. 142 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:25,800 If I would have been there, I would have gotten all 11 that day or I would have left in handcuffs, 143 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:30,200 but whatever, I guess her way worked out too. 144 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,240 The mama dog was also flipping out when Jessica was there. 145 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:38,240 We all thought it was because she was feral, but it ended up just being because of this 146 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:39,240 woman. 147 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,600 Anyways, the next day Roger went there. 148 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:47,360 There were only 10 puppies and while he was there, a guy showed up and said that he was 149 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,920 there for a puppy and that the woman from the day before had sent him. 150 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:55,280 Roger told him he could not have a puppy and the guy got mad and argued and finally stomped 151 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,000 off cussing and said he'd be back later. 152 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:03,440 When Roger came back the next day, there were 9 and that made him so mad. 153 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,200 He tracked the lady down and told her none of them had any right to be up there and if 154 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:12,000 anybody else showed up, he would file trespassing charges and he wanted all the puppies she 155 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,680 took back or he'd file charges against her. 156 00:12:14,680 --> 00:12:17,400 So the next day, all 11 puppies were there. 157 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:21,520 We did not send the mom with these guys because we were not totally sure if she was an adoptable 158 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:26,920 dog yet, but either way, she was going to be spayed and sent to our foster barn to live 159 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,920 as a barn dog or she would go on a trance. 160 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:34,520 Well, don't bother going to listen to the podcast episode if you were going to because 161 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,560 I just read you exactly what I said in that episode. 162 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:42,440 Anyways, the mama ended up being a fantastic dog, truly. 163 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,160 She was definitely skittish at first, but after two days she was practically making 164 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,640 out with Jess on the doghouse couch. 165 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:54,000 She did great with my mom, Jess's husband, me and my 8 month old baby. 166 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,840 She definitely seemed lonely though, so we ended up sending her to Doggy Daycare at the 167 00:12:57,840 --> 00:12:59,580 end of November. 168 00:12:59,580 --> 00:13:04,800 She was so scared of the other dogs there that she had to spend the first few days in 169 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:08,800 the little dog room with all the Yorkies and the Chihuahuas. 170 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:15,680 So picture a 75 pound purebred German Shepherd in a room with a bunch of little yapp yapp 171 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:20,240 dogs because she's so scared of the dogs her own size. 172 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:24,680 After a few days though, they did move her up to her size appropriate room and she had 173 00:13:24,680 --> 00:13:27,120 an absolute blast with all the dogs. 174 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:32,080 She's actually being picked up and going straight from Doggy Daycare onto the van for 175 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:37,080 Virginia, so I'm sure she is going to sleep for a week straight when she gets to her 176 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:38,520 foster home. 177 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:42,760 We actually didn't even know that she was purebred until the DNA test came back from 178 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,640 the puppies and they were purebred as well. 179 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:47,920 So that was a fun surprise. 180 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:52,360 Okay, we are like 14 minutes in and that was only two stories. 181 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,760 So let me try to speed this up for y'all. 182 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,440 Instant potatoes was found on the side of the road in the middle of the night when a 183 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,720 lady was on her way home from work. 184 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:07,920 She picked her up and called a friend who called us to take her. 185 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:12,080 It was found by a man driving home from work when he noticed something tiny on the very 186 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,200 edge of a four-lane highway. 187 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:18,400 He said he turned around to check and was shocked when he saw this little puppy was 188 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,920 out in the middle of nowhere about to be run over. 189 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,440 He and his wife have a newborn baby, but he brought him home anyways until they could 190 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,120 find someone else to take him. 191 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:31,920 They were so relieved when they found us and that we told him we could take him. 192 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,880 Oven roasted, wandered up to a house in a nearby town. 193 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:39,600 He is so cute that they just knew he must belong to someone, but after having him posted 194 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:44,280 on Facebook for well over a week, no owner came forward. 195 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,800 They agreed to foster him until transport and he has been the best dog. 196 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:52,360 They are so sad to see him go, but very thankful for the opportunity to find him a wonderful 197 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,520 home. 198 00:14:54,520 --> 00:15:00,000 Diced, wandered up to a house as a tiny little puppy and the homeowners posted him on Facebook 199 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,720 looking for the owner. 200 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:07,440 After no one responded, one of our fosters offered to take him and quickly realized that 201 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:14,120 he had sarcoptic mange, but not soon enough and she ended up having to be treated too. 202 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:19,640 But after several medicated baths and some next guard, he's doing great and the foster 203 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,640 has cleared up as well. 204 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:27,360 All-grat-in, I hate that that's her name because she's got such a good story and that's a terrible 205 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,200 name. 206 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:34,720 One of our rescue partners posted her picture on Facebook back in October and it broke my 207 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:35,720 heart. 208 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:40,680 If you didn't see her picture, I am working real hard to get my life together enough that 209 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,040 I start posting on the Instagram page again. 210 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:48,200 So I will work hard to get that posted by the time that you're hearing this. 211 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,600 Anyways, she was completely bald. 212 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:52,080 She looked so pitiful. 213 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:53,720 Super sad picture. 214 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:59,680 Someone in the comments was like, oh my gosh, someone has to do something, someone, someone 215 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,720 please, which is so unhelpful when people do that. 216 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,240 Apparently our rescue partner went to the door and the owner didn't want to surrender 217 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:08,400 the dog. 218 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,800 I commented and told them just throw an X card out in the yard. 219 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:16,960 The owner's going to have no idea that she ate it and it's going to cure her mange. 220 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:22,640 Anyways, the next day, someone went by the house to check on her baby to throw an X card 221 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,320 in the yard, like I said, but they couldn't find her anymore. 222 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,360 A couple days later, someone else went by and didn't see her there either. 223 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:34,680 So they asked a neighbor what happened and the neighbor actually happened to be the owner 224 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:36,520 of the property. 225 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,480 The owner of the dog was renting the house from this neighbor. 226 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:46,040 So the landlord and this random rescuer went to the house and the puppy was there. 227 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:47,040 They found the puppy. 228 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:51,080 The landlord told the rescuer that the renter wasn't even allowed to have dogs and that 229 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:55,680 she was pretty sure this wasn't even his dog and told the rescuer to take it and get it 230 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:57,640 immediate help. 231 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:05,200 Since it was technically on her property and she was technically allowed to authorize it, 232 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,800 we technically were legally allowed to take the dog. 233 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:11,560 And technically the dog was in such horrible condition we could have pressed charges and 234 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:13,800 gotten legal custody of the dog anyways. 235 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:15,560 But I digress. 236 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:16,560 We got the dog. 237 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:17,720 She was honestly half dead. 238 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:23,960 We rushed her to Dr. Jamie's where she literally threw the book at her and gave her so much 239 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:28,200 medical, oral, topical, medicated shampoo, medicated food. 240 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,360 She needed everything. 241 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:32,400 She's doing absolutely fantastic now. 242 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,280 You wouldn't even know she had such a terrible start to her life. 243 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:41,520 Oh, but we also found out by another neighbor after the fact that when this dog first showed 244 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:47,320 up, the quote unquote owner would leave her in a crate with no shelter for days on end 245 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:48,880 when he would be out of town. 246 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:55,960 So obviously not anyone who needed to own an animal. 247 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:56,960 Undercooked. 248 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:03,560 Listen, sometimes I have so many animals and so many different letters that I don't have 249 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:07,400 enough letters in my theme to cover all of the names. 250 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:13,000 But I'll be danged if I let that be a reason an animal doesn't make it on transport. 251 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:19,040 So even though I ran out of letters to use for my names, when this guy got a Peacebook 252 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:24,680 Foster, I knew it was more important that he went on transport than having a good name. 253 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:30,280 So undercooked potatoes it is. 254 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:36,120 His owner submitted a post to the Rescue Facebook page that our rescue partner Hope is an admin 255 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:37,120 of. 256 00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:40,640 So she intercepted it and deleted the post immediately. 257 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:45,400 She messaged the owner, the owner was saying that she would be moving and unable to take 258 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:46,400 him. 259 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:51,600 So Hope told her that she could take him for the rescue where he would get the very best 260 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,680 home he would live inside, never want for anything for the rest of her life. 261 00:18:55,680 --> 00:19:03,320 She went by to pick him up and this wild teenage dog with wild hair runs out, smells like a 262 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,120 glade plug-ins. 263 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:09,720 She had to crack a window on her way to the foster because he smelled so bad. 264 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:14,760 After getting neutered and a much needed grooming, he has calmed down and become quite the couch 265 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:15,760 potato. 266 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:20,600 He's had two sweet girls to play with but he is ready for a family of his own. 267 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:25,880 It's ironic that Hope called him a couch potato because she doesn't even know that this theme 268 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:27,920 this week is potatoes. 269 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,400 Couch potatoes would have been a really good name. 270 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,440 Well anything probably would have been a better name than undercooked. 271 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,020 Oh and I don't know what kind of doodle he is. 272 00:19:36,020 --> 00:19:39,840 He looked like a Bernie doodle before we shaved him. 273 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:45,320 Then he looked like an Aussie doodle but his paperwork says he's CKC registered as a golden 274 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,200 doodle but CKC registration means nothing. 275 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,320 You could register a boulder with the CKC. 276 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,320 It's worthless. 277 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:55,800 The G family. 278 00:19:55,800 --> 00:20:00,920 So the mama was a stray that was hanging around a property in a nearby town. 279 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,680 Then when the landlord realized that she was pregnant she brought her to her home and she 280 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,360 had her puppies there. 281 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:09,760 There were four puppies total but two of them disappeared one night when they were about 282 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,400 five weeks old. 283 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,760 That's when a foster went to go get the mama and the two remaining puppies to keep them 284 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,920 safe until transport. 285 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:24,800 The L family dang whoever is fostering or adopting Laura whose real name is Belle. 286 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,320 You better count your lucky stars that I was fostering Tate. 287 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:32,360 Otherwise Belle would have been with me over this break and I cannot promise that she would 288 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:34,480 have made it on transport. 289 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:38,000 The burgater is winning the jackpot. 290 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:44,600 Laura Belle was bought from a backyard breeder last Christmas as a puppy for a 15 year old 291 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,320 girl from her dad. 292 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:51,880 Her parents are divorced and apparently the mother did not want a dog so Laura Belle was 293 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:56,200 put in a kennel outside almost immediately. 294 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:02,040 Fast forward to December 2024 and Laura Belle had just given birth to six puppies. 295 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:06,160 Well I actually don't know how many puppies originally but I know six lived. 296 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:11,640 Anyways when the puppies were three weeks old Laura Belle broke with Parvo of course 297 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:16,320 the now 16 year old owner couldn't do anything about it and apparently her parents were no 298 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:17,840 help either. 299 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:23,720 Luckily though the girl was dating a 16 year old boy who had just moved here from Illinois 300 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:31,480 and if you didn't know every single person who moves here from up north is immediately 301 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:37,240 shocked and horrified at how little people who live down here care for their animals. 302 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:42,760 So when this boy told his parents what was going on not only did they take all of the 303 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:49,320 three six all of the six three week old puppies into their home and bottle feed them and keep 304 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:54,360 them alive and find them homes they took Laura Belle to the vet and left her there to be 305 00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:57,360 treated around the clock for Parvo. 306 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:01,560 There is no telling how much money they spent on these dogs. 307 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:07,280 I'm dogging well over $2,000 on dogs that aren't even theirs. 308 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:11,120 Well once the puppies were old enough and after taking them to the vet to get vaccinated 309 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:16,920 which honestly was probably a first for the vets down here to see someone bring in a litter 310 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:22,000 of puppies and have them vaccinated before giving them away they found homes for four 311 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:26,160 of the puppies which is disappointing but in their defense they didn't know about us 312 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:27,880 then. 313 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:32,920 Then a couple weeks later the mom of the boyfriend messaged us and asked if we would take the 314 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,640 last two puppies because they were going out of town for Christmas and she was really 315 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,280 stressed about what to do with them. 316 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:43,840 Of course we snatched these babies up and then after finding out what wonderful rescue 317 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:48,560 wolf trap is and how great their homes are going to be the mom wrote us back a few days 318 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:52,840 later and asked if we would be interested in Laura Belle. 319 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:58,120 She said after she was discharged from the vet the 16 year old girl just put her back 320 00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:02,760 in a little kennel outside and she really wasn't too attached to her at all. 321 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:08,200 So we went and got her that day and put her at the dog house because I had Tate even though 322 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,640 a golden retriever is Justin's dream dog. 323 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:17,440 It's actually TBD if he even lets me load her on the van tomorrow during transport when 324 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:21,440 he meets her but we'll see. 325 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:25,360 The age litter of four were actually a litter of eight that showed up to someone's house 326 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:29,000 right before our last transport of 2024. 327 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,240 We gave her other rescues to get in touch with and told her that we didn't have another 328 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:36,580 transport until January and someone else might be able to get to them sooner. 329 00:23:36,580 --> 00:23:41,160 She reached out to all the places that we told her to, several she found on her own 330 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:45,400 and all of the local vets offices who all referred her back to us which I think is so 331 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:46,720 funny. 332 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:50,560 No one had any room or even a waiting list that they would put her on. 333 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,960 She continued to text us pretty much every day so we told her if she could hang on to 334 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,360 them until January we would get them on the first transport. 335 00:23:57,360 --> 00:24:01,760 She ended up giving one away, one was run over in front of her house and two disappeared 336 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:08,760 so we got the surviving four out of there as soon as we could. 337 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:16,800 The F litter of four are the grand pups from Orange Juice's adult dog from a previous litter. 338 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,920 Orange Juice was on the November 11th, 2023 transport. 339 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:26,640 These puppies are also from the same mom and honestly probably the same dad as Elsa from 340 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,560 the February 7th, 2024 frozen transport. 341 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:34,880 The mama of these puppies is the daughter of Orange Juice from a litter we didn't even 342 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,080 know she had until last year. 343 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:46,320 This is this mama's third litter and she is so feral it is unbelievable. 344 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:51,640 We have been trying to catch this dog for over a year and absolutely nothing has worked. 345 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:55,760 And if you're an OG you know feral dogs are my thing. 346 00:24:55,760 --> 00:25:00,920 I love the feral ones, I love the challenge, they're the best dogs, I love it. 347 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,260 But this girl beats all I've ever seen. 348 00:25:03,260 --> 00:25:08,000 We have a trap set out there that the homeowner sets for us and watches constantly. 349 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:12,040 The dog isn't even a little bit interested in it. 350 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:17,120 The owner has tried for over two years to befriend her but she wants nothing to do with 351 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:22,240 anyone or not even the only rescue that has tried to catch or trap her. 352 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,440 Several others have tried and no one has even gotten close. 353 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:29,640 I am telling y'all aside from a dart gun which no one will buy me because they don't 354 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:34,280 trust me to not use it on owners, we've tried everything. 355 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:39,640 Anyways, she keeps having her puppies under an abandoned house and they're always feral 356 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:44,080 by the time they're old enough for us to take them so they have to be trapped, trinked, 357 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,760 or tricked for us to get to them. 358 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,320 These four wouldn't even make eye contact with Jess when she first went there. 359 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:55,360 Obviously we'll keep trying to catch them, I have no doubt she will never be adoptable 360 00:25:55,360 --> 00:26:01,440 but we just want to get her spayed and return her at the very least. 361 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,880 The R letter of six are from one of our fosters. 362 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:09,240 She texted us right before Thanksgiving about a dog that was across the road from her house 363 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:10,920 that had just had puppies. 364 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:14,400 The neighbors didn't take care of her and our foster was always putting food and water 365 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:15,880 out for her. 366 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:19,560 This is this mama's second letter and our foster doesn't even know what happened to 367 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,840 the puppies in the first letter, they just disappeared. 368 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,160 These puppies were four weeks old at the time and we told her if she would foster them that 369 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,400 we would get them on the first transport in January. 370 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:33,400 We were about to have some super cold weather the next week so our foster went out and bought 371 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:37,960 a kennel and tarped it up real good to keep them warm and brought the mama and the puppies 372 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,720 to her house until it warmed up. 373 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:45,640 Apparently the owner of the mama dog told her the dog is not hers and the puppies are 374 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:50,400 not her problem so our foster is going to take the mama to be spayed in a couple weeks 375 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:57,080 with one of our spay vouchers and I guess she's got herself a new dog. 376 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,360 The S letter of ten are owner surrenders. 377 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:06,360 If you didn't know we have a booth at a flea market, we have to have this booth because 378 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:12,720 you dadgum people are so dang wonderful and you send us so many donations we literally 379 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,240 cannot store or give them away fast enough. 380 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:22,040 So we have my old house, the dog house, where we use all of the closets and one whole bedroom 381 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:27,640 just for storage, two car garage that we use half of for storage and then the other half 382 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,400 is where the dogs run in and out through the doggy door and the laundry room to get to 383 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,000 the backyard. 384 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:38,000 But then we have a huge huge shed where we keep supplies and donations and all that. 385 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:42,800 We still don't have enough room for everything that gets sent down to us so things that we 386 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:49,200 don't need a massive supply of like collars or leashes, fancy bowls, dog clothes, all that. 387 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:54,360 We sell it at this indoor flea market and we use all the money we make from that for 388 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:55,960 the animals down here. 389 00:27:55,960 --> 00:28:00,920 So if there's a situation where Wolf Drab doesn't necessarily want to pull an animal because 390 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:06,200 we've just committed to multiple other adult dogs with big medical bills, we'll say like, 391 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:10,920 okay we'll pay for this one's heartworm treatment or broken leg surgery or whatever it is if 392 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:12,760 you'll take it when it's healed. 393 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:17,660 Or situations where we pull a mama dog in her puppies but the owner has multiple other 394 00:28:17,660 --> 00:28:19,360 dogs that they're keeping. 395 00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:24,300 Wolf Drab will pay to spay one or two and then we'll use our booth money to spay and 396 00:28:24,300 --> 00:28:25,480 neuter the rest. 397 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:30,320 We also used it to buy just a big metal roof for one of our kennels to help weatherproof 398 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:31,320 it. 399 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:36,000 Anyways, the point of that story was the owner of this litter was buying a huge mess. 400 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:40,680 I didn't even know they made crates this big, crate from the booth. 401 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:45,000 It was so big that we couldn't even have it at the booth so he was coming to the doghouse 402 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,040 to pick it up. 403 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:51,680 My mom was meeting him and I was meeting her for something else so we just happened to 404 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:53,400 all be there at the same time. 405 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:57,400 My mom asked him why he needed such a humongous crate and he said his dog had just had puppies 406 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:01,400 and it was getting too cold for them to be outside so he needed something to keep them 407 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:06,520 in inside so they'd be warm but also not able to run around and destroy his house. 408 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,760 One thing led to another and my mom told him about the rescue and said that's actually 409 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:14,080 my daughter over there that's in charge of it if you want to tell her about the puppies. 410 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:18,320 So he tells me he has 10 puppies and even though they're only a few days old he has 411 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,600 been worried since before they were born about what he would do with them and how he would 412 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:28,160 find good enough homes you could literally see a 100 pound weight lifted off his shoulders 413 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:32,760 when I told him that we would take them all and spay his mom for him. 414 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:37,080 I told him that we were close for the holidays though and to text me every now and then and 415 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:41,840 remind me that he had 10 puppies so that I wouldn't forget about them. 416 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:48,800 Y'all this sweet man texted me every single week giving me updates like pups are one week 417 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,560 old today pups open their eyes this week. 418 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:59,080 Pups are eating mushed food now and I hate to say this but honestly every single week 419 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:04,280 when I would get these tags I would think to myself oh crap I forgot all about that 420 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:05,280 litter. 421 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:10,320 I need to make a 2025 specie and get them on an ASAP and then I wouldn't and then I 422 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:15,200 would have the same thought the next week and the next week and the next. 423 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:19,160 Oh and another funny story from that litter that has absolutely nothing to do with the 424 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:20,800 puppies either. 425 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:27,720 My mother is notorious for giving out my number to all kinds of people except she gives them 426 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:29,880 her number by accident. 427 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:35,280 I mean there's probably only been one or two times that she's actually given my number 428 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,360 the first time and not hers. 429 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:43,640 Even when she's texting someone and it's meaning to text them my number she'll send hers. 430 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:47,640 One lady even takes it back and said do you and your daughter have the same number? 431 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:52,760 Anyways I was in my car when I was talking to this man with the driver window rolled 432 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:57,800 down because Mary Sue was asleep in the back so my mom's like oh I'll write Katie's number 433 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:02,920 down for you so you can text her the pictures and I said make sure you give him my number 434 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,360 and not yours. 435 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,880 She laughs, she writes down the number, hands it to him, he puts it in his pocket but then 436 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:13,240 I said hang on let me see what number she wrote down because she is so bad about giving 437 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,200 people her number instead. 438 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:20,880 They both laughed and I'm like no really let me see what number she wrote down. 439 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:26,480 Sure enough even after reminding her with us standing right there she wrote down her 440 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:32,960 own dang phone number and put Katie's cell under it so I had to scratch it out and write 441 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:34,160 my actual number. 442 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:35,640 It was so dumb. 443 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:41,520 But anyways these puppies were very loved and very well taken care of which is so rare 444 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,520 for us. 445 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:47,440 Okay for the kittens Jumbo Potato. 446 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:52,040 I'm so sorry about these names. 447 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,760 Jumbo Potato was found under someone's deck. 448 00:31:54,760 --> 00:32:00,240 It cried and meowed for three days before they were able to get to her and get her out. 449 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,920 We picked her up a few days later and as soon as we got her we knew something was wrong 450 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:04,920 with her leg. 451 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:09,400 Well first of all it was cut open and bleeding so that was a pretty clear sign that something 452 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:10,400 was wrong. 453 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:15,440 But when we took her to the vet for it they said it was actually an old injury. 454 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:20,400 It was a broken leg that had already healed but because of the way she walks and where 455 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:26,120 it was broken at the bone would pop out of the skin and that's why the wound never healed 456 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,480 and it looked like a fresh injury. 457 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:34,200 So the vet stitched her up and said it's either going to heal just fine or it's going to need 458 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:35,520 to be amputated. 459 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:40,040 Luckily he did clear her for transport though so Dr. Burton will be the one who decides what 460 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:43,120 to do for her. 461 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,800 Bangers and mash was found under the hood of a car. 462 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:51,760 It took several guys tinkering with all the parts before they could finally get him out. 463 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,240 Veetlot. 464 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:58,880 I looked up how to pronounce that and I still don't think that was right or Nala which is 465 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:02,080 her real name was an owner surrender. 466 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:06,680 The owner put on Facebook that he was moving and couldn't have animals at his new home. 467 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:10,640 He was so relieved when I told him that I would ensure that she went to a wonderful 468 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,560 inside home where she would be a member of the family. 469 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,880 That's what our rescue partner Hope told him. 470 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:22,760 New potato was found at a construction site and was crying so loudly that one of the workers 471 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:27,200 stopped, picked her up and carried her home because he was so worried about her. 472 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:31,080 His wife called one of our fosters because she was so tiny and pitiful they weren't 473 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,680 sure she was even going to make it. 474 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:39,760 The M litter of two are from our bottle feeder foster but they were not bottle fed. 475 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,480 They came from our fosters co-worker. 476 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:46,600 Her cat had kittens and she told our fosters she was going to dump them somewhere because 477 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,560 she didn't want any more cats. 478 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,360 So our foster went and got them that night. 479 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:54,680 She tried to get the mama too but apparently the owner does like that cat. 480 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,680 We gave her a spay voucher but our bottle feeder foster is probably going to be the one that 481 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:04,440 has to take the cat to the appointment because it does not sound like that owner is too concerned. 482 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:09,200 The K litter of two were posted on Facebook trying to find homes for the last two in their 483 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:10,280 litter. 484 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:14,280 A foster took them in and paid for the mama to be spayed since it was a friend of hers 485 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,200 who owned them. 486 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:21,000 The Y litter of two are from a large feral cat colony behind some apartments in a nearby 487 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,000 town. 488 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:27,000 Our rescue group is trying to TNR, trap new to return them but typically when you do that 489 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:31,280 you don't return any kittens because they can usually be tamed. 490 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:36,240 And lucky for these two they got real friendly real quick. 491 00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:41,120 The P litter of five are actually not a litter of five, it's actually a litter of three and 492 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:46,280 two singles but they've all been fostered together and are roughly the same age and 493 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:52,640 I was really hurting for letters for this theme so litter of five it is. 494 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:58,440 The two black and white kittens and the black kitten with the bob tail are all actual litter 495 00:34:58,440 --> 00:34:59,440 mates. 496 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,960 Their mama is a feral cat that couldn't be trapped but the rescue was able to catch 497 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:05,080 these three kittens. 498 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:11,280 The black cat with the long tail, the foster named Daryl, feel free to change that although 499 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:15,280 that might be better than whatever he ends up with as his name. 500 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:16,680 This is what the foster said. 501 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,000 Oh Daryl is from a crazy girl in another town. 502 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,560 She found him in the road and thought he was dead. 503 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:26,520 She actually got him back to health and then called me going on about how she was going 504 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:30,840 crazy and she needed to get rid of him immediately. 505 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:34,760 So I don't know what that means but yikes. 506 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,560 Then the gray and white kitten was found in someone's carport. 507 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:41,480 It's a friend of the fosters so they called her to come get it. 508 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,400 That is all of the stories for this week. 509 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:48,120 Believe it or not I really tried to keep this episode short and sweet for the sake of y'all 510 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:53,680 having to listen to my voice right now but apparently my teachers were right and I am 511 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,880 blessed with a gift of gab. 512 00:35:56,880 --> 00:36:01,840 We've got another transport coming January 18th and there are some itty bitties already 513 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:05,800 lined up for that one so make sure you sign up to foster if you can. 514 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:10,680 If you get a chance take a second to rate, review and subscribe to the podcast. 515 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,320 Someone asked me the other day what I hope to happen with this podcast which honestly 516 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:19,960 is a rude thing to ask but people down here just don't understand how shocking these stories 517 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,280 are to everyone else in the world. 518 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:27,640 Anyways I told them that I hope one day I could monetize the podcast and make enough 519 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:31,080 money from it to quit my job. 520 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,840 And they seemed very taken aback. 521 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:37,880 And then I said because I hate that some of the money from the rescue has to go to pay 522 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,640 me so that I am able to do the rescuing. 523 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:46,040 I want to make enough money from some other source so that the rescue can use my salary 524 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,560 on saving the animals that I am saving. 525 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:54,360 So when you take the time to rate, review and subscribe it boosts our podcast and the 526 00:36:54,360 --> 00:37:00,760 algorithm whatever that means for sponsors to find and hopefully one day I can quit my 527 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:04,880 job so I can do my job for free. 528 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:20,120 It's a ruff life but someone's got to do it.