WEBVTT 00:00:10.730 --> 00:00:14.589 Hello friends, welcome to Rough Life. There are 00:00:14.589 --> 00:00:17.530 51 critters scheduled to be on the van tomorrow. 00:00:17.769 --> 00:00:21.289 Hopefully they will all show up. 8 are adult 00:00:21.289 --> 00:00:25.469 animals, which we love. We have got quite a busy 00:00:25.469 --> 00:00:28.350 month coming up though, both in my personal life 00:00:28.350 --> 00:00:30.890 and my work life. So if you don't want to hear 00:00:30.890 --> 00:00:32.969 about all of this and you just want the background 00:00:32.969 --> 00:00:36.530 stories, feel free to fast forward 5 minutes, 00:00:36.609 --> 00:00:38.869 actually probably 10 minutes. I would do 10 minutes 00:00:38.869 --> 00:00:43.509 to be safe. First, Justin and I just bought a 00:00:43.509 --> 00:00:46.969 new house. We are so excited. We have been on 00:00:46.969 --> 00:00:50.170 the hunt for about four years now. And if you're 00:00:50.170 --> 00:00:53.170 in the real estate world, you know how absolutely 00:00:53.170 --> 00:00:55.950 insane the market has been the last few years. 00:00:56.570 --> 00:00:58.750 There was one house that we put an offer in on 00:00:58.750 --> 00:01:03.759 less than 12 hours after it was listed. We offered 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:08.319 $10 ,000 over asking and they messaged us back 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:10.239 that night and said they were going with a higher 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:15.109 offer. It has been... unreal. We never thought 00:01:15.109 --> 00:01:18.329 that we would find a place, but things have finally 00:01:18.329 --> 00:01:21.989 started to cool down down here and someone listed 00:01:21.989 --> 00:01:25.010 their home literally three minutes before Justin 00:01:25.010 --> 00:01:28.010 just happened to hop on Zillow for his nightly 00:01:28.010 --> 00:01:31.450 scrolling, so he sent the link to me immediately. 00:01:31.849 --> 00:01:34.430 I texted the releter that night and we had a 00:01:34.430 --> 00:01:36.609 walkthrough scheduled for the next afternoon. 00:01:37.839 --> 00:01:40.879 We were the second people to see the house, the 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:43.459 first to put an offer in on it, and we offered 00:01:43.459 --> 00:01:47.140 10 ,000 under asking this time, which we thought 00:01:47.140 --> 00:01:49.019 there was no way that they would accept that. 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:52.620 But they had security cameras up and they said 00:01:52.620 --> 00:01:55.540 that they just adored watching Mary Sue play 00:01:55.540 --> 00:01:58.060 with their grandchild's toys while we were in 00:01:58.060 --> 00:02:00.319 the living room waiting on my in -laws to come 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:03.709 by and see it too. They said Mary Sue sold them 00:02:03.709 --> 00:02:06.090 on us and they had to pick us because of how 00:02:06.090 --> 00:02:08.129 at home she looked there. If you don't know, 00:02:08.250 --> 00:02:12.050 Mary Sue is my 11 month old baby girl. It is 00:02:12.050 --> 00:02:15.490 a three bed, three bath home with a pool, a hot 00:02:15.490 --> 00:02:19.810 tub, and a pond on five acres plus a pole barn, 00:02:19.990 --> 00:02:24.110 two carboards, a shed. So there is lots and lots 00:02:24.110 --> 00:02:27.629 of room for fostering puppies, but there is no 00:02:27.629 --> 00:02:30.889 bathtub in the entire home. How weird is that? 00:02:30.990 --> 00:02:33.330 Is that weird? I don't I think it's so weird. 00:02:33.530 --> 00:02:37.330 There's three walk -in showers and not one bathtub 00:02:37.330 --> 00:02:40.810 Poor Mary Sue is gonna be taking all of her baths 00:02:40.810 --> 00:02:44.409 in the kitchen sink and the pool But anyways, 00:02:44.430 --> 00:02:46.689 we have been so busy getting everything done 00:02:46.689 --> 00:02:49.229 with like inspections mortgage paperwork walk 00:02:49.229 --> 00:02:52.490 -throughs all that we close at the end of April 00:02:53.259 --> 00:02:56.139 And then my dad came down from Chicago this week 00:02:56.139 --> 00:02:58.800 to visit with Mary Sue, so we were spending the 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:01.900 week entertaining him, and by entertaining him 00:03:01.900 --> 00:03:05.580 I mean asking him to fix all of the things that 00:03:05.580 --> 00:03:08.039 we needed fixed around our current house right 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:12.560 now. Mary Sue's first birthday party is next 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:17.199 Saturday and I am unwell. I cannot believe she's 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:20.580 gonna be a year old. The theme is some bunnies 00:03:20.580 --> 00:03:23.599 won so we've got some super cute lop -eared bunnies 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:26.580 coming for the kids to snuggle with and then 00:03:26.580 --> 00:03:29.199 my aunt and cousins are coming to visit for a 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:31.379 little over a week right after that so they'll 00:03:31.379 --> 00:03:35.360 be here for Mary Sue's actual birthday so you 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:37.500 know we have to have another party that day. 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:41.580 We're going to take her to Build -A -Bear 2 for 00:03:41.580 --> 00:03:43.860 their Pay Your Age program. I'm super excited 00:03:43.860 --> 00:03:46.240 about that. Then we have another transport. Then 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:48.080 we have Easter. Then we have our closing. And 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:52.340 then like 10 days after we get the house, we 00:03:52.340 --> 00:03:56.120 go to the beach for a whole week. Justin said, 00:03:56.259 --> 00:03:58.780 this is the last beach trip we are ever going 00:03:58.780 --> 00:04:00.659 to take. After this, we're going to start saying, 00:04:00.780 --> 00:04:02.879 we got the beach at home now. We're not going. 00:04:04.349 --> 00:04:07.069 but it's his family's annual beach trip and they 00:04:07.069 --> 00:04:09.729 pay for us to all stay at a big air bnb together 00:04:09.729 --> 00:04:12.530 and it's so fun um and then we just pay for our 00:04:12.530 --> 00:04:14.849 stuff down there but man things are about to 00:04:14.849 --> 00:04:18.870 get really crazy down here Oh and so I'm also 00:04:18.870 --> 00:04:22.769 hoping to have a setup in our office because 00:04:22.769 --> 00:04:25.550 we'll actually have an office room now instead 00:04:25.550 --> 00:04:29.110 of just a computer in our laundry room in our 00:04:29.110 --> 00:04:32.790 garage. But I want to set up a spot where I can 00:04:32.790 --> 00:04:35.670 video the podcast and post them on YouTube too 00:04:35.670 --> 00:04:38.170 with like pictures and videos of the animals 00:04:38.170 --> 00:04:40.910 that I'm talking about in each episode. I don't 00:04:40.910 --> 00:04:43.850 know how to do any of that though, so I'm sure 00:04:43.850 --> 00:04:46.250 it's gonna take me a while to figure it all out, 00:04:46.310 --> 00:04:49.089 but it is a pipe dream that I'm working towards. 00:04:49.550 --> 00:04:53.110 And then, on the wolf trap end, I don't know 00:04:53.110 --> 00:04:54.970 if I'm supposed to tell y 'all this or if we're 00:04:54.970 --> 00:04:57.569 gonna do like a big announcement or whatever, 00:04:57.649 --> 00:05:01.170 but I guess this is your perk for being a faithful 00:05:01.170 --> 00:05:04.089 foster and listening to my podcast. I'll give 00:05:04.089 --> 00:05:08.240 you the 411. Um, so Jaclyn has officially left 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:10.839 us. We knew it was coming, but we're still really 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:13.420 sad to see her go. And I say that we knew it 00:05:13.420 --> 00:05:15.720 was coming, but I think I was just in denial 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:18.519 that she was actually gonna leave because I am 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:22.000 so surprised that she really left us. Um, so 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:23.899 this transport is the first one with our new 00:05:23.899 --> 00:05:26.800 intern foster coordinator Tatiana. And I say 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:31.360 intern because she may quit after this one. It 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:34.639 has been a doozy and I have certainly not eased 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:37.699 her into this job, but she has done so great. 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:41.079 I told her that I am reserving my final grade 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.620 until I see how intake goes on Sunday and can 00:05:44.620 --> 00:05:48.500 safely say how everything went, but so far 51 00:05:48.500 --> 00:05:53.569 animals and 5 are adult dogs. I am cautiously 00:05:53.569 --> 00:05:56.470 optimistic and I'm trying, I'm trying really 00:05:56.470 --> 00:05:58.350 hard not to get attached to her yet until I know 00:05:58.350 --> 00:06:01.310 that she is in it for the long haul, but she's 00:06:01.310 --> 00:06:04.519 making it hard. We're still looking to hire another 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:07.240 position or two, I think, but the part that I 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:09.579 am the most excited about, not that I'm not also 00:06:09.579 --> 00:06:11.899 excited about getting to know Tatiana, but I'm 00:06:11.899 --> 00:06:15.779 really excited that we have implemented a new 00:06:15.779 --> 00:06:18.439 robot program, technically two robot programs. 00:06:18.779 --> 00:06:21.660 It is so cool. Justin keeps telling me that I 00:06:21.660 --> 00:06:24.639 have to say AI instead of robots, but robots 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:27.500 sound so much cooler to me, so I don't like saying 00:06:27.500 --> 00:06:31.959 AI. We are using them. right now mainly for social 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:34.740 media so if you've noticed our posts lately they'll 00:06:34.740 --> 00:06:37.040 say something like comment whatever word for 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:39.540 more information and if you comment that word 00:06:39.540 --> 00:06:42.300 our bots get triggered and they will initiate 00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:46.519 a conversation with you i have had so much fun 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:49.180 playing with it there have been some really funny 00:06:49.180 --> 00:06:53.930 instances with them So I go in and I put the 00:06:53.930 --> 00:06:56.490 dog's names, the age, the breed, and a link to 00:06:56.490 --> 00:06:59.250 the profile. So if someone asks about a specific 00:06:59.250 --> 00:07:02.370 dog, the robot will refer to that and then send 00:07:02.370 --> 00:07:06.000 them a direct link to the profile. Well. When 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:08.879 I put the hot tea names in there it got confused 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:11.000 and I was testing it out and I asked about the 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:14.319 puppy Earl Grey and the robot wrote back and 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:16.759 said I'm sorry there seems to be a misunderstanding. 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:20.420 Earl Grey is a type of tea not a puppy. Are you 00:07:20.420 --> 00:07:24.149 interested in puppies or teas? So I went back 00:07:24.149 --> 00:07:27.250 in, I clarified it, and then I tried again. And 00:07:27.250 --> 00:07:31.209 he said, Earl Grey is a boxer mix, not a type 00:07:31.209 --> 00:07:34.949 of tea. We do not sell teas. We focus on adopting 00:07:34.949 --> 00:07:39.449 out dogs and cats. But it was so wild to me that 00:07:39.449 --> 00:07:41.790 it knew that because they don't have access to 00:07:41.790 --> 00:07:44.490 the internet. Like I know, I know like Chad GPT 00:07:44.490 --> 00:07:46.990 and Grok and all that, they do have access to 00:07:46.990 --> 00:07:51.170 the internet, but These robots do not so they 00:07:51.170 --> 00:07:53.370 only know the information that I input and I 00:07:53.370 --> 00:07:56.649 never said anything about actual tease But then 00:07:56.649 --> 00:08:00.069 this was my favorite then I was putting the potato 00:08:00.069 --> 00:08:03.209 pups In there for this recent post that I just 00:08:03.209 --> 00:08:06.009 did and it said I was testing it out and it said 00:08:06.009 --> 00:08:10.290 I Would love to tell you about our new special 00:08:10.290 --> 00:08:14.209 potato breed puppies So I went back in and fixed 00:08:14.209 --> 00:08:16.410 it and then he said I would love to tell you 00:08:16.410 --> 00:08:18.610 about the puppies from our potato transport, 00:08:18.769 --> 00:08:23.110 but just to be clear, we do not have any actual 00:08:23.110 --> 00:08:27.230 potatoes. I thought that was so funny. I told 00:08:27.230 --> 00:08:29.790 Jenny I spend more time talking to robots these 00:08:29.790 --> 00:08:33.250 days than real people, but I am so excited about 00:08:33.250 --> 00:08:37.169 them. And then we have another AI program that 00:08:37.169 --> 00:08:40.309 we're implementing that will help with like FAQ 00:08:40.309 --> 00:08:44.269 conversations and reception type things. They 00:08:44.269 --> 00:08:45.850 seem really cool, too, but we're just like in 00:08:45.850 --> 00:08:48.450 the beginning stages of those. We're still fine 00:08:48.450 --> 00:08:51.929 -tuning them. They're not live yet, but I was 00:08:51.929 --> 00:08:54.590 practicing with one the other day and I asked 00:08:54.590 --> 00:08:58.029 him what our adoption fees were and he was like, 00:08:58.529 --> 00:09:00.830 our adoption fees vary and we will work with 00:09:00.830 --> 00:09:03.629 you individually. Most of our adoption fees are 00:09:03.629 --> 00:09:08.360 around $150. I thought that was so funny and 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:11.360 then I had Jessica Tess went out and he told 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:14.100 her that wolf trap will provide gas money for 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:17.600 all fosters and adopters, which we don't Like 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:19.659 do not go up to Dr. Burton and be like, where's 00:09:19.659 --> 00:09:24.820 my five dollars gas money? Oh And he kept pronouncing 00:09:24.820 --> 00:09:28.070 it cuz these these are like They voice it, you 00:09:28.070 --> 00:09:30.750 know, it's not just over the computer that you're 00:09:30.750 --> 00:09:34.850 talking to them on the phone, but He kept pronouncing 00:09:34.850 --> 00:09:38.070 it what are so he was like what are will reimburse 00:09:38.070 --> 00:09:41.110 you for all gas money? Because we were typing 00:09:41.110 --> 00:09:44.370 out WTA are instead of saying wolf trap animal 00:09:44.370 --> 00:09:48.620 rescue Anyways, they have given me quite a few 00:09:48.620 --> 00:09:51.720 laughs lately. So if you ever come in contact 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:54.879 with one of our robots just now, they are very 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:58.659 close friends of mine. And I am working very 00:09:58.659 --> 00:10:02.500 hard on making them top notch for y 'all. But 00:10:02.500 --> 00:10:05.080 let's go ahead. Look at that. Ten minutes. I 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:06.799 knew it would take me 10 minutes to tell all 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:10.639 that. Let's get to the stories. The theme is 00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:14.799 birds. It was going to be spring words. like 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:18.279 butterflies and dragonflies, tulips, stuff like 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:20.860 that, but we did that theme like last year or 00:10:20.860 --> 00:10:22.919 the year before so I was having a hard time finding 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:25.980 words that weren't used then that I could use 00:10:25.980 --> 00:10:28.740 now and it was mainly all birds so I ended up 00:10:28.740 --> 00:10:32.799 just having to switch entirely. So Nashville 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:36.919 Warbler might not be on the van. He technically 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:39.620 does not, or she, it's a... Yeah, it's a girl. 00:10:40.120 --> 00:10:42.379 She technically does not have a foster yet, which 00:10:42.379 --> 00:10:44.779 is what I mean by I did not ease Tatiana into 00:10:44.779 --> 00:10:46.659 this. I'm like, can we add this? Can we add this? 00:10:47.419 --> 00:10:49.820 But on the off chance that she gets a foster 00:10:49.820 --> 00:10:51.700 and she gets to go, I'm going to tell you her 00:10:51.700 --> 00:10:55.399 story now. An elderly lady found her on the highway 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:58.360 all by herself and took her to Dr. Jamie's clinic 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:00.759 where Dr. Jamie found a foster to take her in. 00:11:01.340 --> 00:11:04.120 Dr. Jamie, if you didn't know, is one of Dr. 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:07.379 Burton's students turned best friend. So we love 00:11:07.379 --> 00:11:10.419 Dr. Jamie. We have reason to believe that she 00:11:10.419 --> 00:11:12.919 is a litter mate to the T litter of three from 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:16.100 the SNL transport last month. I don't know what 00:11:16.100 --> 00:11:18.840 those reasons are, but I do know that there are 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:22.899 reasons to believe. So I would love a DNA test 00:11:22.899 --> 00:11:24.700 done on these guys so we would know for sure. 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:29.919 Hummingbird was found as a stray in town some 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:32.519 of mine and Jessica's friends run an in -home 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:35.980 doggie daycare and grooming place They saw her 00:11:35.980 --> 00:11:37.820 sitting at a gas station in town when we were 00:11:37.820 --> 00:11:40.039 having one of our super super cold spells in 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:42.500 January So they brought her home hoping that 00:11:42.500 --> 00:11:44.320 it was just somebody's dog and they were looking 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:47.399 for her It wasn't no one's ever looking for their 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:50.279 dog down here after a few weeks They asked if 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:52.919 we could take her and we had zero availability 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:55.960 at the time So we referred them to several other 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:59.039 rescues who also had no availability at the time 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:01.580 so a couple weeks go by and then she reached 00:12:01.580 --> 00:12:03.500 back out to us and Said that she thought the 00:12:03.500 --> 00:12:05.480 dog was pregnant was gonna take her to the vet 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:08.059 to get checked They said that they would be willing 00:12:08.059 --> 00:12:10.580 to keep her and her puppies until weaned but 00:12:10.580 --> 00:12:13.559 then We ended up finding a foster that would 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:17.360 take the whole family, thank you Tatiana. And 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:19.840 we're just super glad that the puppies are gonna 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:22.379 be born in Virginia and get to skip the whole 00:12:22.379 --> 00:12:26.340 transport part. American Cardinal is the mama 00:12:26.340 --> 00:12:30.179 of the A litter of eight pups from the March 00:12:30.179 --> 00:12:33.679 8th. Moss Universe Transport. We held her back 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:35.580 to give the family more time to decide if they 00:12:35.580 --> 00:12:37.460 wanted to keep her or not and she had just been 00:12:37.460 --> 00:12:39.639 spayed so it was just best that she hung back 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:42.419 for a few more weeks. But they do know that she'll 00:12:42.419 --> 00:12:45.480 be happier in a home in Virginia. Remember this 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:48.000 is the mom of the litter of puppies that our 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:50.360 bottle feeder fosters took in for another rescue 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:54.200 and then the rescue was like, so could you just 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:56.779 keep the mom and all eight puppies forever because 00:12:56.779 --> 00:12:58.720 we can't find a northern rescue that will take 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:02.490 them. I also found out more about their origin 00:13:02.490 --> 00:13:05.149 story. The rescue had been asked to check on 00:13:05.149 --> 00:13:07.769 a mama and puppies at a home because the neighbors 00:13:07.769 --> 00:13:09.909 called and said that they were really worried 00:13:09.909 --> 00:13:13.990 about them. The mom was literally a walking skeleton. 00:13:14.710 --> 00:13:17.070 So the family agreed to let the rescue take all 00:13:17.070 --> 00:13:19.549 of them and then they would keep the puppies 00:13:19.549 --> 00:13:21.350 and they would return the mom when they were 00:13:21.350 --> 00:13:23.789 weaned. But eventually they were able to talk 00:13:23.789 --> 00:13:25.750 the owners into letting them keep the mama too. 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:30.419 Dove was found on the side of the highway by 00:13:30.419 --> 00:13:32.980 an out -of -state truck driver during our super 00:13:32.980 --> 00:13:36.200 cold spell in January. He picked her up and messaged 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:38.639 us, but by the time we read the message he had 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:40.200 already found someone else to take her, which 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:42.440 we were very happy about because we had nowhere 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:46.700 to put her. Then that night we got a message 00:13:46.700 --> 00:13:49.220 from the somebody else with a picture of the 00:13:49.220 --> 00:13:51.980 very same dog asking if we could take her. Still 00:13:51.980 --> 00:13:54.700 we had absolutely nowhere to put her but the 00:13:54.700 --> 00:13:56.480 picture of her sitting in the backseat of that 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:59.200 car hit such a soft spot with me. I told her 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:01.360 that if she would keep her until we had an opening 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:04.139 we would get her as soon as possible. So we sent 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:07.059 her food and supplies and vaccinated her and 00:14:07.059 --> 00:14:09.240 once we had a spot open at our doggy daycare 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:12.529 we sent her straight there. They said she's a 00:14:12.529 --> 00:14:14.090 great dog and she gets along with everybody. 00:14:14.470 --> 00:14:17.690 She can however jump over a four -foot fence 00:14:17.690 --> 00:14:22.049 with ease. And I will say though, I forgot that 00:14:22.049 --> 00:14:24.629 we pulled this dog. So one day Jessica and I 00:14:24.629 --> 00:14:27.669 were, cause like this was January. So one day 00:14:27.669 --> 00:14:29.250 Jessica and I were going over our list and I 00:14:29.250 --> 00:14:31.370 was like, wait, who, who's the dog at Doggie 00:14:31.370 --> 00:14:33.070 Daycare? I don't remember. And she was like, 00:14:33.070 --> 00:14:34.850 you know, it's the one that you loved when you 00:14:34.850 --> 00:14:36.750 saw the picture. And she sent me a picture of 00:14:36.750 --> 00:14:41.379 it at Doggie Daycare. And I was like, what? i 00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:43.860 said i loved that i don't remember ever loving 00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:47.200 that dog so she hunted down the original photo 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:49.379 of it in the back seat and sent it to me and 00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:53.759 instantly i was like oh yeah that dog i do love 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:57.820 that dog so that picture of it in the back seat 00:14:57.820 --> 00:15:00.200 is literally the only reason we pulled it if 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:01.940 they would have sent a different picture i probably 00:15:01.940 --> 00:15:06.920 would have been like sorry we're full Eastern 00:15:06.920 --> 00:15:08.820 Phoebe is the dog that I told you about on the 00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:11.139 podcast last transport that was probably not 00:15:11.139 --> 00:15:14.139 gonna show up. I think her name was Elaine then 00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:15.639 but then I think some of the names got mixed 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:19.639 around. But I was right. kind of. They did not 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:22.320 show up on time at least. No one could get a 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:24.700 hold of them and our departure time came and 00:15:24.700 --> 00:15:26.600 went so I just made the call to send the van 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:29.840 without her on it. We cleaned up and then we 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:33.440 all headed out ourselves and 45 minutes later 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:35.679 I get a notification on my ring doorbell that 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:38.159 they're at the dog house. So they finally called 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:40.980 us back and they said they were there. We told 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:44.340 them um it's too late everyone has left. They 00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:46.340 were like well could you ask them to pull over 00:15:46.340 --> 00:15:49.899 so we can catch up with them? We explained that 00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:52.200 that's not how this works and like we have to 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.220 meet the Virginia drivers at a specific time 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:56.539 and They'll just have to keep her until the next 00:15:56.539 --> 00:16:00.750 transport Well, the very next day, the lady fell 00:16:00.750 --> 00:16:04.090 and broke her hip. She has had to go to an inpatient 00:16:04.090 --> 00:16:07.210 rehab place for it and her husband is apparently 00:16:07.210 --> 00:16:09.490 out of town this weekend or maybe he's staying 00:16:09.490 --> 00:16:11.470 with her this weekend. I don't know. For some 00:16:11.470 --> 00:16:13.649 reason though, we had to take the dog three days 00:16:13.649 --> 00:16:15.350 early because they wouldn't be able to bring 00:16:15.350 --> 00:16:19.070 her this weekend. I do know that she will be 00:16:19.070 --> 00:16:22.899 on the van for sure this time. Virginia Rail 00:16:22.899 --> 00:16:25.960 was sent to me as a single pup. I approved her 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:28.620 to go on transport. And then when our rescue 00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:30.600 partner told the owner that I said the puppy 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:32.759 could go, she told her, well, there's actually 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:35.519 two. They're twins. They look identical. So when 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:38.220 they told me that it was a twin, I approved the 00:16:38.220 --> 00:16:40.799 twin and I had them down as a pair on the spreadsheet. 00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:44.279 And then five days later, I get another text 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:46.460 that the lady has given one of them away and 00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:48.519 it's back to a single again. I'm like, oh my 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:52.200 gosh. So they had originally been posted on Facebook 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:55.779 as free to a good home. The finder said that 00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:58.460 when she went to pick her up, pick up her boyfriend 00:16:58.460 --> 00:17:01.220 from work, two puppies were following behind 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:04.420 him, I guess in the parking lot. This is this 00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:06.299 is what the Facebook post said. I'm going to 00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:09.000 read it exactly as it says. They had been living 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:12.619 in a burn pile and no one knew until it was too 00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:16.089 late. Only these two babies survived. I don't 00:17:16.089 --> 00:17:18.789 entirely know what that means or how they even 00:17:18.789 --> 00:17:21.829 know that but I guess some of these puppies burned 00:17:21.829 --> 00:17:24.869 or died of smoke inhalation and these two were 00:17:24.869 --> 00:17:27.789 the only ones who survived. We did ask her to 00:17:27.789 --> 00:17:29.470 reach back out to the person that she gave the 00:17:29.470 --> 00:17:31.630 other puppy to and tell her that if she decides 00:17:31.630 --> 00:17:36.049 to rehome her please contact us. Indigo Bunting 00:17:36.049 --> 00:17:39.309 was picked up by a local rescuer. She said she 00:17:39.309 --> 00:17:41.450 was driving through town trying to get her baby 00:17:41.450 --> 00:17:44.529 to fall asleep and she came across people rubbing 00:17:44.529 --> 00:17:47.769 the belly of a puppy at a restaurant. There were 00:17:47.769 --> 00:17:49.890 no houses around so she knew it was a stray. 00:17:50.390 --> 00:17:52.349 She stopped, she picked it up, she posted on 00:17:52.349 --> 00:17:56.009 Facebook and as it turned out the puppy had just 00:17:56.009 --> 00:17:58.789 escaped her death from animal control holding 00:17:58.789 --> 00:18:04.029 just down the road from the restaurant. Quail 00:18:04.029 --> 00:18:07.650 was posted on Facebook as a stray and this is 00:18:07.650 --> 00:18:10.450 really funny probably just to me and no one else 00:18:10.450 --> 00:18:15.509 but Quail is our Britney spaniel and Brittany's 00:18:15.509 --> 00:18:19.630 are good quail hunters. So I named him quail 00:18:19.630 --> 00:18:23.329 Someone found him on the side of a busy highway 00:18:23.329 --> 00:18:26.309 posted his picture on Facebook saying like there's 00:18:26.309 --> 00:18:29.890 this dog right here and Then left and just left 00:18:29.890 --> 00:18:32.990 him there So a local rescuer went to get him 00:18:32.990 --> 00:18:35.769 from the highway. She searched for two days but 00:18:35.769 --> 00:18:39.049 never found him. Several days later he wandered 00:18:39.049 --> 00:18:41.609 up to a house a few miles away and the homeowner 00:18:41.609 --> 00:18:43.869 knew that this rescuer was looking for him because 00:18:43.869 --> 00:18:46.529 she had been posting on Facebook. So she called 00:18:46.529 --> 00:18:48.029 her and told her that she could come and get 00:18:48.029 --> 00:18:50.869 him. She has been fostering him for well over 00:18:50.869 --> 00:18:53.470 a month now and never found anyone looking for 00:18:53.470 --> 00:18:55.730 him but she has fallen in love with him. She 00:18:55.730 --> 00:19:00.289 said he is a fantastic dog. The aft litter of 00:19:00.289 --> 00:19:02.910 two where owner surrenders a lady contacted a 00:19:02.910 --> 00:19:05.549 local rescue saying that her neighbors Won't 00:19:05.549 --> 00:19:08.369 keep their dog in their yard and they just let 00:19:08.369 --> 00:19:11.970 him roam Her dog stays in her yard because she 00:19:11.970 --> 00:19:13.970 has an invisible fence But the neighbor's dog 00:19:13.970 --> 00:19:16.529 just comes over all the time the rescue told 00:19:16.529 --> 00:19:19.089 her that they can't do anything about that because 00:19:19.089 --> 00:19:21.269 they're in the county and there's no leash laws 00:19:21.269 --> 00:19:25.029 and Since she never got her dog fixed. The neighbor's 00:19:25.029 --> 00:19:29.589 dog just walked over and knocked her dog up So 00:19:29.589 --> 00:19:31.470 then she called the rescue back a few weeks later 00:19:31.470 --> 00:19:33.089 and asked them if they would take the puppies 00:19:33.089 --> 00:19:36.569 before they got hit by a car and The rest you 00:19:36.569 --> 00:19:40.289 said absolutely and wolf trap will pay to spare 00:19:40.289 --> 00:19:42.829 your mom for free. So she is very happy about 00:19:42.829 --> 00:19:48.230 that The oh litter of two So a foster has been 00:19:48.230 --> 00:19:51.329 trying to help this really poor family and has 00:19:51.329 --> 00:19:53.509 taken several bags of food to them over the last 00:19:53.509 --> 00:19:56.210 few months But a month ago the owner asked her 00:19:56.210 --> 00:19:58.369 if she could help her find a good home for two 00:19:58.369 --> 00:20:00.869 of her puppies. After the foster saw them she 00:20:00.869 --> 00:20:02.950 knew that she could not leave them behind there 00:20:02.950 --> 00:20:06.329 so she contacted us. Their current foster says 00:20:06.329 --> 00:20:11.089 they are the best puppies she has ever had. The 00:20:11.089 --> 00:20:14.750 M litter of three are from our rescue partner 00:20:14.750 --> 00:20:19.029 Debbie. We love sweet Debbie. These puppies were 00:20:19.029 --> 00:20:22.490 originally scheduled to go on the March 8th transport. 00:20:23.150 --> 00:20:27.130 But on March 1st, the Saturday before that, one 00:20:27.130 --> 00:20:29.369 of my fosters was at the doghouse picking up 00:20:29.369 --> 00:20:31.869 supplies when Debbie pulled up and asked where 00:20:31.869 --> 00:20:35.750 everyone was. My foster was like, uh, you know, 00:20:35.829 --> 00:20:39.009 transport is next week, right? So Debbie had 00:20:39.009 --> 00:20:41.529 to turn around and drive an hour all the way 00:20:41.529 --> 00:20:44.390 back home. I texted her on Monday and was like, 00:20:44.809 --> 00:20:48.049 um, were you at my house on Saturday? She said 00:20:48.049 --> 00:20:50.529 I was hoping you wouldn't find out. I can't believe 00:20:50.529 --> 00:20:54.109 I got my days mixed up. But then we had to cut 00:20:54.109 --> 00:20:56.650 puppies from the March 8th transport. And since 00:20:56.650 --> 00:20:58.410 Debbie's were the youngest and the smallest, 00:20:58.829 --> 00:21:01.410 I asked her if she would keep them until transport 00:21:01.410 --> 00:21:04.349 on the 15th. She said no problem. It's one more 00:21:04.349 --> 00:21:07.809 week. Easy peasy. but then we decided to postpone 00:21:07.809 --> 00:21:11.529 the 15th until the 22nd because we had terrible 00:21:11.529 --> 00:21:14.170 storms predicted for the 15th and we really did. 00:21:14.329 --> 00:21:16.769 It was a horrible day on Saturday. I'm so glad 00:21:16.769 --> 00:21:20.289 we moved transport. We had baseball -sized hail 00:21:20.289 --> 00:21:25.309 and so many tornadoes. Anyways... I completely 00:21:25.309 --> 00:21:27.730 forgot to tell Debbie that we were postponing 00:21:27.730 --> 00:21:31.009 it. So like two hours before transport was supposed 00:21:31.009 --> 00:21:33.470 to start, I'm frantically texting her telling 00:21:33.470 --> 00:21:37.230 her not to come. And she said she was so worried 00:21:37.230 --> 00:21:39.450 about blowing away trying to get to transport 00:21:39.450 --> 00:21:41.849 that she didn't even mind keeping them yet another 00:21:41.849 --> 00:21:46.390 week. So here we are 22 days later after her 00:21:46.390 --> 00:21:49.009 first attempt to drop them off and we're finally 00:21:49.009 --> 00:21:54.480 taking them. She said that the mama dog was shot 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:56.539 and killed when the puppies were 10 days old. 00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:59.000 That happens so often down here, it makes me 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:04.539 so mad. People mistake the dogs for being aggressive 00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:07.559 instead of protective, and then they kill the 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:10.759 moms. Anyways, she thought the little girl pup 00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:12.839 would die for sure because by the time the owners 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:15.400 got the puppies to Debbie, the little girl was 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:19.190 so cold and completely limp. Debbie had to force 00:22:19.190 --> 00:22:21.289 feed her with a syringe, but she made a full 00:22:21.289 --> 00:22:23.529 comeback and she's doing great now. But then 00:22:23.529 --> 00:22:25.609 a few days after she got them, the little brown 00:22:25.609 --> 00:22:28.470 boy took a dive and she had to carry him around 00:22:28.470 --> 00:22:31.470 for 24 hours straight, keeping him warm and fed. 00:22:31.849 --> 00:22:34.509 But they're all doing fantastic now. And she 00:22:34.509 --> 00:22:36.549 said the little girl took the longest to wean 00:22:36.549 --> 00:22:39.710 from a bottle and she's still just a widow baby. 00:22:39.990 --> 00:22:42.970 And she'll take little nips off of your chin 00:22:42.970 --> 00:22:46.069 like she's looking for a baba still. She said 00:22:46.069 --> 00:22:48.329 she loves anything soft. and cozy and she will 00:22:48.329 --> 00:22:53.250 take as many snuggles as you'll dole out. The 00:22:53.250 --> 00:22:56.710 W litter of four. So a city worker in a nearby 00:22:56.710 --> 00:22:59.849 town called our rescue partner Tasha saying that 00:22:59.849 --> 00:23:03.130 he found four puppies dumped near the city park 00:23:03.130 --> 00:23:07.009 in a Rubbermaid tub and he knew that they shouldn't 00:23:07.009 --> 00:23:09.190 go to the pound because they would get parvo 00:23:09.190 --> 00:23:12.650 and die. So he took them to Dr. Jamie's clinic 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:16.559 who we love. We love us some Dr. Jamie and Tasha 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:18.900 found a foster to keep them safe until transport. 00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:24.400 The S litter of five are full siblings of the 00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:28.720 M litter from the January 3rd, 2024 Matthew Perry 00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:32.519 Transport. This is the home that many, many litters 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:35.619 of kittens have come from and at least four litters 00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:39.369 of puppies. We gave the owner a spay voucher 00:23:39.369 --> 00:23:42.109 for both the mom and the dad so hopefully there 00:23:42.109 --> 00:23:44.650 will not be any more litters of puppies from 00:23:44.650 --> 00:23:47.750 this home. They did not get a spay voucher for 00:23:47.750 --> 00:23:50.509 the mom last year for the Matthew Perry litter 00:23:50.509 --> 00:23:53.309 because they insisted on keeping one of the puppies. 00:23:53.809 --> 00:23:56.609 We often use that as a threat of not giving a 00:23:56.609 --> 00:23:58.450 spay voucher unless you surrender the whole litter. 00:23:58.849 --> 00:24:01.950 Usually people don't call our bluff on that but 00:24:01.950 --> 00:24:04.009 sometimes if they do we will still give them 00:24:04.009 --> 00:24:07.039 a spay voucher anyways. But these people had 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:08.940 no business keeping a puppy, especially after 00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:10.980 how many animals we had taken from them and how 00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:13.920 many animals they still owned. Our rescue partner 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:16.500 that deals with them has also personally paid 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:19.140 to have at least 10 of their adult cats spayed 00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:22.099 and neutered. So hopefully they're realizing 00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:24.700 now that they do not need to keep any unaltered 00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:29.500 animals around. The sea litter of five were being 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:32.180 given away on Facebook and a foster saw them 00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:34.700 and begged them to please let a rescue help. 00:24:35.289 --> 00:24:37.269 They have been moved around to different fosters 00:24:37.269 --> 00:24:39.289 for the last month but they are very happy to 00:24:39.289 --> 00:24:43.230 be getting out of Mississippi. Bluebird mama 00:24:43.230 --> 00:24:47.589 and her seven bee babies are so sweet. A lady 00:24:47.589 --> 00:24:52.430 had just bought a new house and when she went 00:24:52.430 --> 00:24:55.190 to put some stuff in her shed the very first 00:24:55.190 --> 00:24:58.450 day she found this mama and four -week -old puppies 00:24:58.450 --> 00:25:00.490 scooting around all over the place inside the 00:25:00.490 --> 00:25:04.390 shed. So she called animal control and they went 00:25:04.390 --> 00:25:07.289 and picked them up and then he called us. The 00:25:07.289 --> 00:25:10.549 kennels at the shelter have a gap at the bottom 00:25:10.549 --> 00:25:13.509 and there's no way that he would have been able 00:25:13.509 --> 00:25:15.390 to contain the puppies inside of the kennels. 00:25:15.390 --> 00:25:17.549 They would have scooted all around to all the 00:25:17.549 --> 00:25:19.589 other kennels with the other dogs and who knows 00:25:19.589 --> 00:25:22.390 what would have happened. Fortunately we had 00:25:22.390 --> 00:25:24.670 just emptied out the doghouse that morning so 00:25:24.670 --> 00:25:27.329 we had a place for them to go. They were soaking 00:25:27.329 --> 00:25:30.660 wet and shivering and so pitiful. We kept them 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:33.079 there for a few days before Mama Becky took the 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:37.819 whole family. And she has loved, loved, loved 00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:41.380 having the mama, which is so rare for Mama Becky. 00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:44.519 She is usually just a puppy person and hardly 00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:47.519 ever has adult dogs to foster. And when she does, 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:49.480 she just complains about them the whole time. 00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:53.099 But she has gotten really attached to this one. 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:56.220 She probably would have kept her, but between 00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:58.619 her and my stepdad both having stage four cancer 00:25:58.619 --> 00:26:01.359 right now, it's just not a good time to get a 00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:06.539 permanent dog. And for the cats, Loon was posted 00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:10.039 on Facebook as a stray that came up and a cat 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:12.099 foster went and got him from Houston, Mississippi, 00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:16.000 which is like well over an hour from us. The 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:18.240 G litter of three are owner surrenders. We've 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:20.259 taken multiple kittens from this family before, 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:22.700 but they are always just picking up strays and 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:26.079 bringing them in. The rest of the cats are from 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:29.880 our Alabama shelter friends and we love them, 00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:32.099 but we know that they don't always have the most 00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:37.059 detailed stories. So Kildee, by the way, do you 00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:41.000 guys say kill deer or do you say Kildee? We say 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:43.750 Kildee. down here. Like we just dropped the R. 00:26:44.069 --> 00:26:47.410 I actually rehabbed three baby Kildee a few years 00:26:47.410 --> 00:26:51.089 ago when I was in my prime wildlife rehabber 00:26:51.089 --> 00:26:55.289 era. Someone brought me three eggs and I raised 00:26:55.289 --> 00:26:58.529 them from hatchlings to full -blown birds before 00:26:58.529 --> 00:27:03.210 I let them go. They were so fun. Anyway, Kildee 00:27:03.210 --> 00:27:06.069 the cat was just a stray that was picked up by 00:27:06.069 --> 00:27:10.680 animal control. Turkey Vulture was an owner surrender 00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:14.119 after the owner died. The shelter workers told 00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:16.599 me that he came in with the other long -haired 00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:19.359 cat, Never Touch a Grumpy Bunny, from the February 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:23.170 23rd Baby Bugs Transport. But when I picked those 00:27:23.170 --> 00:27:27.109 cats up that day, they told me that one and only 00:27:27.109 --> 00:27:29.849 Ivan was the cat that was brought in with Grumpy 00:27:29.849 --> 00:27:32.589 Bunny. So I don't know if there were three or 00:27:32.589 --> 00:27:36.089 they just got confused that day and told me Turkey 00:27:36.089 --> 00:27:39.690 Vulture's story instead. But Turkey Vulture and 00:27:39.690 --> 00:27:42.430 Grumpy Bunny look similar, so I would bet that 00:27:42.430 --> 00:27:45.769 those two are the two that came in together and 00:27:45.769 --> 00:27:48.869 Ivan just had the wrong background story. But 00:27:48.869 --> 00:27:50.890 anyways, the owner died and the family loaded 00:27:50.890 --> 00:27:53.619 them up. the same day in one crate and handed 00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:58.200 them crate and all to the shelter. The pea litter 00:27:58.200 --> 00:28:01.240 of two came into the shelter very sick. They 00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:03.140 thought they were going to lose them for sure, 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:05.680 but they worked around the clock to nurse them 00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:09.599 back to health and now they're doing great. Robin 00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:13.220 and her five R babies actually do have a crazy 00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:16.099 story. The kittens were taken from the mom way 00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:19.000 too young and dumped in a box at the local police 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:21.160 department so the shelter went and got them and 00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:24.279 started bottle feeding them. Then two days later 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:27.079 someone came into the shelter to surrender their 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:29.960 mama cat with no kittens. When the workers asked 00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:32.299 where the kittens were the owner told them that 00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:34.920 he dropped them off in a box at the police department 00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:38.420 a few days earlier. And I know you may be thinking 00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:41.299 oh that poor mama being ripped away from her 00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:46.079 babies. No Robin is not winning mom of the year 00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:49.940 anytime soon She has hated taking care of her 00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:51.700 babies and wouldn't even take them back after 00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:54.559 they were reunited at the shelter So they had 00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:57.039 to wean them sooner than we typically like just 00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:59.839 because she was hissing at and biting them all 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:04.220 the time Which I'm not saying I blame her I'm 00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:07.220 just saying she's not getting an award for it. 00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:11.200 But that is all the stories for today. Thanks 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:13.880 for always listening and caring about my animals 00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:17.019 down here. If you get a chance, make sure to 00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:20.400 rate, review and subscribe to the podcast so 00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:24.259 that I can quit my job. I'm going to get in trouble 00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:26.200 for saying that someday when someone hears it 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:30.299 and doesn't understand why I say it. But it's 00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:32.140 a rough life, but someone's got to do it.