WEBVTT 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:14.900 Hey friends, welcome to rough life. Oh boy, it 00:00:14.900 --> 00:00:20.800 has been a very rough life for the past 48 hours. 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:25.379 We had the cutest litter of puppies coming from 00:00:25.379 --> 00:00:27.739 the Alabama shelter that we're partnered with. 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:33.100 And I asked for a video on Friday or no Thursday, 00:00:33.299 --> 00:00:37.259 I asked for a video on Thursday. Just to show 00:00:37.259 --> 00:00:39.979 the fosters like what the environment is like 00:00:39.979 --> 00:00:42.939 that they're coming from So when they send me 00:00:42.939 --> 00:00:45.899 the video on Thursday I saw that one of the puppies 00:00:45.899 --> 00:00:49.539 the runt was in a crate away from all the litter 00:00:49.539 --> 00:00:52.179 mates all by himself So I asked why he was over 00:00:52.179 --> 00:00:53.600 there and she said the litter mates were picking 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:57.240 on him. So she separated him Well, that was really 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:01.200 sad to me So since I didn't have any current 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:03.399 fosters and it was just two days before transport, 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:04.840 I was like, you know what? I'm just going to 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:07.040 run out there. I'm going to get him. He's like 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:09.680 so scared over there in that cage by himself. 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:12.400 At least he'll be here. It's quieter. It's calmer. 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:15.579 It'll be fine. So as soon as I got him home, 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.120 I'm not even kidding. Like two seconds after 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:22.060 I got him out of the car, I was already on the 00:01:22.060 --> 00:01:24.760 phone with Dr. Burton saying something right. 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:30.159 is literally shaking like a leaf. It was almost 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:36.560 like constant mini seizures and he couldn't walk. 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:40.659 So it was very obvious that we were not going 00:01:40.659 --> 00:01:43.480 to send him on transport. Period. Done. He's 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:46.760 not going. But the rest of the litter looked 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:49.980 great. So we were really on the fence about what 00:01:49.980 --> 00:01:54.739 to do for them. Nothing that this puppy was doing 00:01:54.739 --> 00:02:01.480 looked like distemper, but sending a litter of 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:06.000 puppies on transport that could have maybe possibly 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:09.219 been exposed to distemper would literally be 00:02:09.219 --> 00:02:13.099 catastrophic. We had a distemper litter about 00:02:13.099 --> 00:02:16.860 four years ago, I think it was, and not only 00:02:16.860 --> 00:02:20.300 are we all still dealing with the PTSD from watching 00:02:20.300 --> 00:02:23.530 those animals go through that, but it it almost 00:02:23.530 --> 00:02:25.949 bankrupted us like we almost had to close down 00:02:25.949 --> 00:02:29.729 the rescue so distemper is not something that 00:02:29.729 --> 00:02:33.810 we play around with ever it is very serious and 00:02:33.810 --> 00:02:41.069 we are we are traumatized over it so this didn't 00:02:41.069 --> 00:02:44.469 look like distemper though and so we just decided 00:02:44.469 --> 00:02:46.629 we're gonna watch him overnight we're just gonna 00:02:46.629 --> 00:02:51.050 decide friday morning so yesterday, the day before 00:02:51.050 --> 00:02:54.509 transport, I woke up and he was exactly the same, 00:02:54.870 --> 00:02:58.909 just literally vibrating all over the crate uncontrollably. 00:02:59.210 --> 00:03:01.250 Since the rest of the litter was still at the 00:03:01.250 --> 00:03:03.590 shelter and in the shelter's defense, they have 00:03:03.590 --> 00:03:07.169 about 200 other animals that they're trying to 00:03:07.169 --> 00:03:11.500 keep an eye on and take care of. we decided it 00:03:11.500 --> 00:03:13.979 was just best for everybody if we go ahead and 00:03:13.979 --> 00:03:16.199 get the puppies yesterday, send them to Mama 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:18.580 Beggy's house, and we could just keep a closer 00:03:18.580 --> 00:03:22.599 eye on them there. If they so much as sniffled, 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:25.680 we were going to pull the whole litter from transport. 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:31.759 Before they even left the shelter, I prayed that 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:35.360 God would give us a sign so blatantly obvious 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:39.139 that we could not ignore it. about what we needed 00:03:39.139 --> 00:03:44.120 to do. Do we potentially expose 39 other puppies 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:46.500 to this horrific disease on the transport van, 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:50.759 or do we devastate eight super excited families 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:54.139 for no reason if these puppies are totally fine? 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:57.860 Well, I didn't know what I was waiting for, but 00:03:57.860 --> 00:04:02.759 I knew it as soon as I saw it. On a whim, I had 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:05.659 the shelter Parvo test this litter just to be 00:04:05.659 --> 00:04:07.340 sure that they wouldn't be contaminating Mama 00:04:07.340 --> 00:04:10.360 Becky's house. And sure enough, she texts me 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:13.360 back and she said five out of the seven puppies 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:16.180 tested positive for Parvo and had no symptoms. 00:04:16.620 --> 00:04:21.259 Like we were shocked that they had Parvo. So 00:04:21.259 --> 00:04:24.839 this eliminated absolutely any chance of them 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:27.560 leaving on transport anytime soon, like done, 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:31.189 decision made. So we just called the whole thing 00:04:31.189 --> 00:04:34.189 off. But then we thought about it a little bit 00:04:34.189 --> 00:04:37.569 longer. There are chances of surviving for sure 00:04:37.569 --> 00:04:41.730 parvo and possibly maybe distemper are already 00:04:41.730 --> 00:04:46.230 incredibly low. You add in the stress of being 00:04:46.230 --> 00:04:49.350 in the shelter environment with 200 other dogs 00:04:49.350 --> 00:04:52.069 that people are trying to take care of and that 00:04:52.069 --> 00:04:55.480 percentage goes in the negative. we were already 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:57.300 committed to these puppies and we felt like we 00:04:57.300 --> 00:04:59.480 really needed to hold up our end of the bargain 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:05.579 to them. So I had them load them back up and 00:05:05.579 --> 00:05:08.860 Mama Becky prepped her foster area for quarantine 00:05:08.860 --> 00:05:12.540 and she had all seven puppies in her care about 00:05:12.540 --> 00:05:17.069 an hour and a half later. So I kept my shaky 00:05:17.069 --> 00:05:20.189 baby who we've named Wiggles because he wiggles 00:05:20.189 --> 00:05:22.810 all about and Mary Sue is currently obsessed 00:05:22.810 --> 00:05:26.170 with the show. But because Wiggles was currently 00:05:26.170 --> 00:05:30.209 parvo negative and possibly maybe distemper positive, 00:05:30.670 --> 00:05:32.750 he stayed here with me just so that he didn't 00:05:32.750 --> 00:05:34.709 catch anything they had and they don't catch 00:05:34.709 --> 00:05:37.170 anything that he had because he has been separated 00:05:37.170 --> 00:05:40.709 from them for the last few days. So he stayed 00:05:40.709 --> 00:05:43.170 with me. The plan was to take him Monday morning 00:05:43.170 --> 00:05:47.019 for a distemper test. But that has unfortunately 00:05:47.019 --> 00:05:49.899 been put on hold because this afternoon, as I 00:05:49.899 --> 00:05:53.319 was leaving for transport, Wiggs tested positive 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:58.600 for Parvo. So we obviously do not want to add 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:01.860 a three hour round trip car ride on top of everything 00:06:01.860 --> 00:06:04.819 else he's battling right now. So we're just going 00:06:04.819 --> 00:06:06.560 to wait a few more days until he's out of the 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:09.720 woods for Parvo, at least, and have him tested 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:13.319 for distemper. The other puppies are all doing 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:18.500 Decent. So we got it very early and only five 00:06:18.500 --> 00:06:23.500 have broken so far and only two of those five 00:06:23.500 --> 00:06:28.610 seem symptomatic and they seem... They seem very 00:06:28.610 --> 00:06:31.750 symptomatic today. The other five are still buck 00:06:31.750 --> 00:06:34.129 wild, totally great. They're doing fantastic. 00:06:34.589 --> 00:06:38.129 But we certainly have an uphill battle. They 00:06:38.129 --> 00:06:40.230 likely have Giardia from being at the shelter 00:06:40.230 --> 00:06:42.509 because everything at that shelter has Giardia. 00:06:42.810 --> 00:06:46.250 And we know for sure that they have coccidia, 00:06:46.449 --> 00:06:51.290 hookworms, and parvo, and now possibly distemper. 00:06:51.769 --> 00:06:54.670 So that's a lot. That's a lot for these teeny 00:06:54.670 --> 00:06:59.310 tiny babies. we would obviously appreciate all 00:06:59.310 --> 00:07:02.350 of your prayers and good vibes we are we're really 00:07:02.350 --> 00:07:04.310 worried about these guys especially my little 00:07:04.310 --> 00:07:07.569 my little wiggle my little runt he is so pitiful 00:07:07.569 --> 00:07:12.009 but onto other news for all of you first time 00:07:12.009 --> 00:07:17.189 fosters hi welcome i am katie keaton i'm the 00:07:17.189 --> 00:07:19.389 transport coordinator i live here in alabama 00:07:19.389 --> 00:07:22.290 and i send all the animals from alabama and mississippi 00:07:22.290 --> 00:07:26.259 on transport to virginia however Because our 00:07:26.259 --> 00:07:28.660 foster coordinator is on a month -long vacation, 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:32.259 I have been filling in for her and am also the 00:07:32.259 --> 00:07:34.779 foster coordinator. So I think I talked to all 00:07:34.779 --> 00:07:37.100 of you, minus maybe a couple of you kitten fosters, 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:39.379 just to help you get signed up and prepare you 00:07:39.379 --> 00:07:42.240 for your foster period and everything. So if 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:46.139 at any point you thought to yourself, wow, this 00:07:46.139 --> 00:07:48.459 girl is all over the place and she has no idea 00:07:48.459 --> 00:07:53.759 what she's doing, you were exactly right. I am 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:56.480 just flying by the seat of my pants, making things 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:59.459 up as I go, taking care of parvo puppies, checking 00:07:59.459 --> 00:08:02.459 in with fosters up there, but it's all working 00:08:02.459 --> 00:08:06.600 out so far. Everything's going decent. My goal 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:11.100 is to at least be more competent than Alex, our 00:08:11.100 --> 00:08:15.839 AI chat bot, who I'm sure most of you struggled 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:18.810 to communicate with, but... I will be the one 00:08:18.810 --> 00:08:20.569 reaching out to you and staying in touch with 00:08:20.569 --> 00:08:23.329 you during your three week foster period. So 00:08:23.329 --> 00:08:25.850 if you have any questions or concerns, do not 00:08:25.850 --> 00:08:29.129 hesitate to text me. I am available literally 00:08:29.129 --> 00:08:31.470 pretty much 24 seven by text, but don't call 00:08:31.470 --> 00:08:34.929 me. Don't ever call me because because I never 00:08:34.929 --> 00:08:38.629 answer my phone. I have a one year old baby and 00:08:38.629 --> 00:08:41.889 she's feral most of the time. So you do not want 00:08:41.889 --> 00:08:43.549 to be on the phone hearing what's going on in 00:08:43.549 --> 00:08:47.659 the background. Anyways, onto today's stories. 00:08:48.700 --> 00:08:53.879 The theme is ocean life, ocean animals. Eel was 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:56.639 picked up by a FedEx driver who found him on 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:59.320 the side of the road. She delivers packages to 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:02.480 our foster's home and knows that she is always 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:05.039 fostering animals. This is actually the second 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:07.580 puppy that she has picked up and shown up with 00:09:07.580 --> 00:09:10.539 at their house. Talk about FedEx messing up your 00:09:10.539 --> 00:09:13.889 deliveries. Tiger shark was found in the middle 00:09:13.889 --> 00:09:16.230 of a two -lane highway by someone riding four 00:09:16.230 --> 00:09:18.690 -wheelers She thought she was a kitten because 00:09:18.690 --> 00:09:21.350 she was so small and she also had a brother that 00:09:21.350 --> 00:09:24.830 was found with her But one of the other riders 00:09:24.830 --> 00:09:30.230 kept him Then jellyfish may or may not be the 00:09:30.230 --> 00:09:33.389 sister to tiger shark I would love a DNA test 00:09:33.389 --> 00:09:36.610 done on these two to see if they're related Jellyfish 00:09:36.610 --> 00:09:40.710 was posted a day later on Facebook by a different 00:09:40.710 --> 00:09:44.509 lady from the same area as Where the other two 00:09:44.509 --> 00:09:46.830 puppies were found right? I mean right there 00:09:46.830 --> 00:09:49.330 and she looks exactly like the one that the vet 00:09:49.330 --> 00:09:54.610 tech adopted So I am very curious Great white 00:09:54.610 --> 00:09:57.720 shark was pulled out of a culvert we We really 00:09:57.720 --> 00:10:00.659 weren't going to pull him into our rescue but 00:10:00.659 --> 00:10:02.879 our rescue partner Tasha went to the ladies house 00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:04.860 to pick up the O family that I'll tell you about 00:10:04.860 --> 00:10:07.960 in a minute and she saw him and asked me if I 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:09.580 would take him too and she sent me a picture 00:10:09.580 --> 00:10:12.720 of him and I took one look at those ears and 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:15.720 I was like uh yeah that's adorable we will take 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:20.620 that. The a litter of two were owner surrenders 00:10:20.620 --> 00:10:24.379 kind of Someone's neighbor has a slew of dogs 00:10:24.379 --> 00:10:26.399 that terrorizes the neighborhood killing their 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:28.620 chickens tearing up their garbage all the things 00:10:28.620 --> 00:10:31.000 Another rescue was supposed to take a litter 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.700 of puppies from this woman last year and when 00:10:33.700 --> 00:10:36.200 they showed up to get them She just refused to 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:39.659 let them have any of them. So now those puppies 00:10:39.659 --> 00:10:44.059 are having puppies These two puppies just happened 00:10:44.059 --> 00:10:46.840 to wander to the neighbor's house and the owner 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:48.799 agreed to let the neighbor keep these puppies. 00:10:49.019 --> 00:10:51.259 And then she obviously contacted us right away 00:10:51.259 --> 00:10:53.740 to see if we would take the puppies. There are 00:10:53.740 --> 00:10:56.820 two more puppies in that litter, but the actual 00:10:56.820 --> 00:11:01.500 owner won't surrender them. The K litter of two 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:04.779 started out as a litter of seven. but and they 00:11:04.779 --> 00:11:08.179 were left behind um when a homeowner was sent 00:11:08.179 --> 00:11:11.480 to jail and by the time one of our fosters got 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.539 out there to get them there were only two left 00:11:13.539 --> 00:11:15.559 because people were just coming and picking them 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:18.259 up left and right and taking them home and both 00:11:18.259 --> 00:11:20.820 of these puppies were completely eaten alive 00:11:20.820 --> 00:11:26.980 in ant bites the litter of four are kind of litter 00:11:26.980 --> 00:11:30.559 mates to the oh litter from the heavy metal transport 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:34.139 last week We're not actually sure who's related 00:11:34.139 --> 00:11:36.639 to who and to what degree because they're from 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:40.360 three different moms that are probably all sisters 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:44.179 themselves. So just for a quick recap, they were 00:11:44.179 --> 00:11:46.960 born at a absolutely filthy home. This is our 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:51.000 junker town group. And the lady across the street 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:53.240 ended up taking care of them more than the actual 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:56.919 owner due to said owner's unfortunate incarceration, 00:11:57.460 --> 00:11:59.419 which is how we know when the puppies were born. 00:12:00.920 --> 00:12:03.600 Last week's puppies came from the lady across 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:05.419 the street who had taken them inside and had 00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:08.539 been taking care of them for several weeks. This 00:12:08.539 --> 00:12:12.120 week's puppies, these Elle puppies, are from 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:15.500 the actual owner's property and they have had 00:12:15.500 --> 00:12:18.519 very little social interaction. The puppies were 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:21.440 very skittish when Jessica went to get them and 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:24.179 they ran and hid under all of the junk in the 00:12:24.179 --> 00:12:27.970 yard. So finally the lady said, just let me get 00:12:27.970 --> 00:12:30.730 the tractor I'll move that old couch and then 00:12:30.730 --> 00:12:32.909 we can move all those boards and then we can 00:12:32.909 --> 00:12:35.350 get the puppies out from underneath that door 00:12:35.350 --> 00:12:39.230 literally in her yard so that's exactly what 00:12:39.230 --> 00:12:43.190 they did so they got these four puppies and these 00:12:43.190 --> 00:12:45.850 have been fostered with mama becky until mama 00:12:45.850 --> 00:12:49.009 becky got our parvo distemper doodles and then 00:12:49.009 --> 00:12:51.690 they were kicked out and sent to jessica's but 00:12:51.690 --> 00:12:55.610 they're doing much much much better unfortunately 00:12:55.610 --> 00:12:59.090 and this is devastating and we have had a hard 00:12:59.090 --> 00:13:02.789 time dealing with this there were four other 00:13:02.789 --> 00:13:05.970 puppies there that day that were under the house 00:13:05.970 --> 00:13:08.870 and no possible way that anybody could catch 00:13:08.870 --> 00:13:13.250 them so the plan was the owner said that she 00:13:13.250 --> 00:13:15.090 would catch them all when they came out after 00:13:15.090 --> 00:13:18.129 everybody left so we were just gonna come right 00:13:18.129 --> 00:13:20.129 back and get them as soon as she caught them 00:13:20.129 --> 00:13:24.129 well The next day, she messaged us to tell us 00:13:24.129 --> 00:13:27.210 that the neighbors saw on their security camera 00:13:27.210 --> 00:13:31.070 that night where a coyote had attacked and killed 00:13:31.070 --> 00:13:34.330 all four puppies overnight. Actually, he said 00:13:34.330 --> 00:13:37.190 it was a panther, but we're guessing coyote from 00:13:37.190 --> 00:13:40.070 how she described it. She told me that somebody 00:13:40.070 --> 00:13:42.590 had been killing the neighbor's chickens and 00:13:42.590 --> 00:13:46.240 the neighbor had accused. two of the three mama 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:49.379 dogs of doing it. And supposedly he shot both 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:52.360 of those dogs this past week. I don't know. But 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:54.620 now everybody is pretty sure that it was actually 00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:57.840 this coyote killing the chickens and not the 00:13:57.840 --> 00:14:01.899 mama dogs. And there's still one mama dog left, 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:04.840 but they are refusing to surrender it now. So 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:06.500 we're just going to have her spayed in the next 00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:09.779 couple of weeks if she doesn't get run over or 00:14:09.779 --> 00:14:14.620 eaten by a coyote before then. The O family who 00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:17.220 I I thought that they were Weimaraner mixes, 00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:19.740 but now I'm thinking that the mom is a silver 00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:22.679 lab because That's what she's looking more like. 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:24.740 She's another one that I would love to have a 00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:27.519 DNA test done on They were dumped in a neighborhood 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:30.000 and were being fed by the mail lady when she 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:31.779 would come through every day because they were 00:14:31.779 --> 00:14:34.600 just skin and bones Then they were eventually 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:37.299 taken to a kill shelter where our rescue partner 00:14:37.299 --> 00:14:39.639 Tasha went and pulled them so they wouldn't be 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:45.029 euthanized The S family were picked up by animal 00:14:45.029 --> 00:14:46.830 control when the puppies were about a week old 00:14:46.830 --> 00:14:51.330 it is such a crazy story and It it actually might 00:14:51.330 --> 00:14:53.389 go down as one of my favorite stories Which is 00:14:53.389 --> 00:14:55.590 so terrible because it's not a good story and 00:14:55.590 --> 00:14:58.070 actually this might not be totally appropriate 00:14:58.070 --> 00:15:01.529 for little ears that might be listening so If 00:15:01.529 --> 00:15:03.549 you're listening to this with your kids You may 00:15:03.549 --> 00:15:05.549 want to listen to this part first and then decide 00:15:05.549 --> 00:15:07.450 if you want them to listen although it's got 00:15:07.450 --> 00:15:09.529 a great message I'll tell you I'll tell you the 00:15:09.529 --> 00:15:13.669 message at the end but the owner of the mama 00:15:13.669 --> 00:15:17.610 and the puppies went to the city park to buy 00:15:17.610 --> 00:15:22.509 D R U G S with all of the puppies in his backpack. 00:15:22.730 --> 00:15:27.210 So he gets the drugs and he does them and overdoses 00:15:27.210 --> 00:15:30.230 right there in the park. And like this is this 00:15:30.230 --> 00:15:35.139 is like Mayberry town. Like this is so bizarre 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:39.379 to me that A people are buying drugs B that they're 00:15:39.379 --> 00:15:42.320 buying them at our city park which is like so 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:46.220 many kids and families all the time and C that 00:15:46.220 --> 00:15:49.340 he's doing the drugs at the city park and overdosing 00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:53.379 so he overdoses at the park someone sees him 00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:55.879 unconscious and they call the police they take 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:58.600 him to the hospital and I don't know if they 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:01.220 like looked in his backpack just for fun like 00:16:01.220 --> 00:16:04.879 for evidence or you know like to to see if he 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:08.340 had any other contraband in his backpack or if 00:16:08.340 --> 00:16:11.039 they heard the puppies and then they looked but 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:13.919 either way they eventually opened the backpack 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:16.679 and find all the puppies at the bottom of the 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:19.320 backpack and when they realized how young they 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:22.240 were they went to his house i guess from his 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:25.559 idea in his wallet and they got the mama dog 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:28.340 and they took the whole family to the shelter 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:32.340 But the craziest part was that the shelter had 00:16:32.340 --> 00:16:34.919 to hold on to them for a full week, the seven 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:38.240 day straight hold, to be sure that the guy didn't 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:40.799 want them back when he got out of the hospital 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:44.039 after his drug overdose. Because apparently, 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:47.419 giving 10 pipples back to a drug addict is what 00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:51.139 we do in this town. But luckily, he never even 00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:52.740 came back for them. He never even asked about 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:54.960 them, so. He clearly does not care about them. 00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:57.759 So let that be a lesson for any children who 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:00.919 are listening. Don't do drugs because we will 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:05.779 take your animals away from you. The M family. 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:09.279 Oh, this is our beagle girl with the cherry eye. 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:12.339 Her owner died and she was left behind while 00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:15.940 she was very, very pregnant. So she ended up. 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:19.200 at one of our foster's homes and she had three 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:21.859 puppies two days later. This is actually our 00:17:21.859 --> 00:17:25.059 bottle feeder foster. So a few days after the 00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:28.559 foster family took in this mom and her puppies, 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:31.579 they ended up with... there had been another 00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:34.019 litter of newborn puppies that were about the 00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:36.519 same age whose mama had died and then all of 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:40.319 these puppies died except for one puppy. So they 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:42.660 brought that puppy to our bottle feeder foster 00:17:42.660 --> 00:17:45.079 and after bottle feeding it for a few days and 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:47.119 just monitoring it to make sure it wasn't gonna 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:49.079 die too from whatever the litter mates might 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:51.660 have had, they decided to put it in with the 00:17:51.660 --> 00:17:54.400 mama and she immediately started nursing it and 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:57.339 they have been the sweetest family ever since. 00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:00.799 So there actually weren't going to be a whole 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:03.099 lot of cats on this van I'd been prepping Jessica 00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:05.359 for like the last week that I was like you need 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:08.140 to have low expectations we're looking at probably 00:18:08.140 --> 00:18:11.000 like five or six cats and kittens this round, 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:17.440 but Then my distemper parvo doodles Got cut and 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:19.259 they were gonna take up quite a bit of room. 00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:22.180 So that opened the door for a lot of kittens 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:25.859 Flounder is actually the litter mate and last 00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:28.579 remaining kitten from the C family from last 00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:30.900 transport. They couldn't catch this last kitten 00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:32.599 so they were just going to work on it over the 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:35.900 next two weeks and try to trap him before this 00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:39.839 transport. Well, not even 36 hours after the 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:43.259 van left they called us while and said that while 00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:46.000 they were at the local coffee shop they were 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:47.859 talking to a friend in the parking lot who said, 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:51.430 what's that on your tire? They turn around and 00:18:51.430 --> 00:18:54.630 they saw the kitten sitting right there on top 00:18:54.630 --> 00:18:57.569 of the tire So they managed to coax it into a 00:18:57.569 --> 00:18:59.650 box and then drove it straight to my mom's house 00:18:59.650 --> 00:19:01.549 who worked for a few days With it to get it friendly 00:19:01.549 --> 00:19:03.569 and then it went to Jessica's for the rest of 00:19:03.569 --> 00:19:07.990 the time Zebra shark showed up in one of our 00:19:07.990 --> 00:19:10.609 friends yards on transport day two weeks ago 00:19:10.609 --> 00:19:13.630 He looked pitiful and he reeked of diarrhea. 00:19:13.630 --> 00:19:16.369 So obviously I was like Jessica. We have to take 00:19:16.369 --> 00:19:20.130 him Okay, but you take him home He spent his 00:19:20.130 --> 00:19:22.690 first few days with Jess literally just laying 00:19:22.690 --> 00:19:25.549 in his diarrhea because he was so lethargic and 00:19:25.549 --> 00:19:28.529 he couldn't control it at all. So we shot him 00:19:28.529 --> 00:19:31.390 up with all the meds and he finally started getting 00:19:31.390 --> 00:19:34.490 better. He is the happiest, snuggliest kitten 00:19:34.490 --> 00:19:39.410 and always makes it to the litter box now. Narwal 00:19:39.410 --> 00:19:42.170 was seen at a park in the county several days 00:19:42.170 --> 00:19:44.430 later. It was still there, so we were finally 00:19:44.430 --> 00:19:47.720 able to get it to a foster home then. Puffer 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:50.420 fish was found in a car after being towed to 00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:52.640 a body shop the owner of the car said that she 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:56.279 didn't want it, but We are actually pretty sure 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:59.339 that this is the owner's kitten that she has 00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:01.700 been trying to give away And I think she just 00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:04.000 thought that this would be like the perfect way 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:07.420 to get rid of this kitten which I mean Good for 00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:09.599 her. I'm glad that she did it this way instead 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:13.859 of something morbid and terrible The D letter 00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:17.920 of two are from our lovely Dr. Jamie. She was 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:20.759 Dr. Burton's student at Mississippi State Veterinary 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:23.339 School many moons ago when Dr. Burton used to 00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:26.400 teach there. Then they turned into lifelong best 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:28.900 friends. She works down here as a veterinarian 00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:31.099 and we help her out with critters that get brought 00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:34.720 into her clinic like these two. These two were 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:37.700 found in a box at a Dollar General right beside 00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:42.140 her clinic. The sea litter of seven are not actually 00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:45.940 litter mates. Two stray mamas had two separate 00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:48.599 litters, but they were all raised together by 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:52.339 both moms, so it was ten kittens in total and 00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:56.279 two moms. Three of the kittens and one of the 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:58.740 mamas disappeared before we could even get them 00:20:58.740 --> 00:21:01.660 to a foster home. The other mama has been spayed 00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:04.759 and she is staying at our foster barn as a barn 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:08.740 cat because she isn't very friendly. The bee 00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:11.019 litter of eight were born to a stray mom that 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:13.819 showed up at somebody's house. Not a very exciting 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:16.200 story, but they are super friendly, super sweet, 00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:20.339 and super unique looking. They look like they're 00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:23.440 just black kittens, but then their backs are 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:27.279 all great. They actually look like silverback 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:31.329 gorillas is really what they look like. The W 00:21:31.329 --> 00:21:34.549 litter of three were found as strays. A mom and 00:21:34.549 --> 00:21:37.049 two kittens were left behind when the kittens 00:21:37.049 --> 00:21:39.470 were only about three weeks old. They were brought 00:21:39.470 --> 00:21:41.990 to one of our rescue partners. Then the next 00:21:41.990 --> 00:21:44.410 day someone found a little orphan kitten around 00:21:44.410 --> 00:21:46.890 the same age but not anywhere near where these 00:21:46.890 --> 00:21:49.170 others were found, so almost certainly not related. 00:21:49.589 --> 00:21:51.490 However, this mama took it right in and took 00:21:51.490 --> 00:21:53.849 the best care of it. The finders took the mom 00:21:53.849 --> 00:21:56.710 back and we're gonna have her spayed for them 00:21:56.710 --> 00:22:00.869 because they want to keep her. The R letter of 00:22:00.869 --> 00:22:05.269 three are from our rescue partner. Her daughter 00:22:05.269 --> 00:22:08.369 was dropping a friend off at their house when 00:22:08.369 --> 00:22:10.890 they were pulling out of the driveway. She saw 00:22:10.890 --> 00:22:13.529 a calico kitten sitting there. So she grabs the 00:22:13.529 --> 00:22:14.910 kitten, she runs up to the door and she's like, 00:22:15.049 --> 00:22:16.589 hey, I think your kitten got out of your house. 00:22:17.210 --> 00:22:19.089 And her friend looks at the kitten and is like. 00:22:19.309 --> 00:22:22.990 I've never seen that kitten in my life. So the 00:22:22.990 --> 00:22:24.910 girl just took it home with her because her mom 00:22:24.910 --> 00:22:27.990 runs an animal rescue. And then two days later, 00:22:27.990 --> 00:22:30.750 the friend called saying two more kittens had 00:22:30.750 --> 00:22:32.670 shown up in her yard. And she was wondering if 00:22:32.670 --> 00:22:34.890 the friend's mom, our rescue partner, would take 00:22:34.890 --> 00:22:40.329 them to. OK, and I don't even want to tell you 00:22:40.329 --> 00:22:44.549 this next part. I am like so sick to my stomach 00:22:44.549 --> 00:22:47.490 over this. This is like one of the worst things 00:22:47.490 --> 00:22:53.769 that's ever happened. Okay, so We're just full 00:22:53.769 --> 00:22:59.470 transparency here on this podcast The parvo distemper 00:22:59.470 --> 00:23:01.789 doodles are from our Alabama shelter friends. 00:23:01.869 --> 00:23:06.569 They brought them all to us on Friday So because 00:23:06.569 --> 00:23:08.950 they did that because they drove like almost 00:23:08.950 --> 00:23:11.450 three hours round trip I didn't want them to 00:23:11.450 --> 00:23:13.910 have to make a second trip on Saturday today 00:23:13.910 --> 00:23:16.910 day of transport Especially because our van goes 00:23:16.910 --> 00:23:21.009 right past the shelter Anyways, so the plan was 00:23:21.009 --> 00:23:23.869 to just leave a few minutes early and have our 00:23:23.869 --> 00:23:27.009 driver stop at the shelter, pick up Urchin, the 00:23:27.009 --> 00:23:30.849 male Siamese cat who was just an owner surrender, 00:23:31.069 --> 00:23:37.529 and then the H mom and her seven kittens. And 00:23:37.529 --> 00:23:40.869 apparently, while they were loading up the mom 00:23:40.869 --> 00:23:44.869 of the kittens, one of the huge German shepherds 00:23:44.869 --> 00:23:48.559 that is in one of the outdoor kennels Got loose. 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:50.279 I don't know if he jumped over. I don't know 00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:52.619 if he busted through I don't know if he dug under 00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:56.900 he got out of the kennel and Ran up to them which 00:23:56.900 --> 00:24:00.859 of course terrified this mama cat who bolted 00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:04.680 out of their arms and then was chased by this 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:10.140 dog so they caught the dog and They looked for 00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:13.960 over an hour and had no idea where she went so 00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:18.299 then we were faced with the literal worst decision 00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:22.940 to make ever. Do we take the seven kittens who 00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:25.500 are eating on their own, they're about four, 00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:30.019 almost five weeks old, but really they should 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:32.660 still be with their mom for at least another 00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:36.660 week just to learn, you know, like cat behavior. 00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:42.180 Or... Do we leave them at the shelter with no 00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:44.960 mom in an overcrowded shelter where they're going 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:48.000 to be alone all weekend because all of the workers 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:50.880 were going home and no one would be there to 00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:53.259 check on them to make sure they are actually 00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:55.319 eating and they are gaining weight like they 00:24:55.319 --> 00:25:00.359 need to be and that they're doing okay. So after 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:03.720 calling Dr. Burton the shelter director the shelter 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:08.140 manager Jenny our adoption coordinator who moonlights 00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:10.519 as the best bottle feeder foster in the state 00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:17.200 and my drivers We all decided that sending the 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:20.019 kittens on transport without the mom would be 00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:22.680 best because they could be monitored by my drivers 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:24.960 until they get to at least the halfway point. 00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:27.720 And then it's only six hours until they get to 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:30.720 Virginia, where then Jenny will take over immediately 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:32.680 monitoring them and making sure that they're 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:36.380 getting the best care. And the shelter put out 00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:40.319 a trap for the mom. I have no idea who's going 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:44.500 to be monitoring the trap and that's. cannot 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:47.240 help that and we're just gonna let them do whatever 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:49.819 they feel like is best because that's not my 00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:51.960 job and I don't have authority to tell them how 00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:55.279 they need to handle this and I'm working on that 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:58.960 with myself but they set a trap they're gonna 00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:01.380 try to catch the mom and then if they catch her 00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:05.099 we are sending her to Virginia the next transport 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:07.579 as soon as we can we are getting her out of there 00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:13.069 immediately but this has been this has been a 00:26:13.069 --> 00:26:19.069 very rough 48 hours. It's been a lot. It's been 00:26:19.069 --> 00:26:22.410 rough. But that's all the stories for this week. 00:26:22.890 --> 00:26:27.190 I have to go because my husband just texted me. 00:26:27.369 --> 00:26:30.769 He's trying to put our feral one -year -old. 00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:34.259 to bed and she won't go to bed for him so I need 00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:36.599 to put her to bed and then I need to take care 00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:40.279 of my parvo distemper puppy and then I need to 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:43.039 make sure everything is all set for intake for 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:45.759 for all the foster to come pick everybody up 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:48.779 and then I've got to get ready and go to church 00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:51.200 in the morning and make sure everyone picks up 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.900 their puppies and their kittens and we don't 00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:56.220 have any no shows because last transport we had 00:26:56.220 --> 00:27:02.910 five no call no shows Oh my gosh, that is the 00:27:02.910 --> 00:27:06.109 worst. Like, if you can't come, I don't care. 00:27:06.329 --> 00:27:08.670 Text me, be like, hey, I can't come. I don't 00:27:08.670 --> 00:27:12.509 care. I can handle that. But when you don't show 00:27:12.509 --> 00:27:14.970 up and then we're like, well, should we wait? 00:27:15.049 --> 00:27:17.069 Should we, you know, do they have car troubles? 00:27:17.210 --> 00:27:19.950 Are they coming? Are they not? And then we have 00:27:19.950 --> 00:27:22.450 to scramble to find somebody to take the animals. 00:27:23.009 --> 00:27:27.509 Ugh, so stressful. So, um. This whole episode 00:27:27.509 --> 00:27:31.109 was basically just why does Mississippi and Alabama 00:27:31.109 --> 00:27:35.009 need your prayers right now. But we're gonna 00:27:35.009 --> 00:27:36.769 make it and we're gonna get these puppies through 00:27:36.769 --> 00:27:39.049 it and we're gonna find this mama cat and everything's 00:27:39.049 --> 00:27:41.950 gonna be great and next episode is gonna be way 00:27:41.950 --> 00:27:47.670 more upbeat. It is a rough life but someone's 00:27:47.670 --> 00:27:48.309 gotta do it.