WEBVTT 00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:15.099 So friends, welcome to Rough Life. What a week 00:00:15.099 --> 00:00:19.000 it has been, but before we get into all the sad 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:23.039 stuff, can I just take a moment to say, did you 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:25.579 notice anything different at the start of this 00:00:25.579 --> 00:00:29.920 podcast? That's right, your girl got monetized. 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:33.380 Can you even believe it? I got monetized. I cannot 00:00:33.380 --> 00:00:36.299 believe it. We have ads and like I know it's 00:00:36.299 --> 00:00:39.240 a pain in the butt. I fast forward through all 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:41.979 the ads when I listen to other podcasts. It's 00:00:41.979 --> 00:00:45.880 so annoying. But guys, we are one step closer 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:49.500 to me being able to quit my job. So that I can 00:00:49.500 --> 00:00:52.560 do my job for free. So that more of the money 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:56.079 will go to the puppies. So. Please, please, please 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:58.679 keep listening, share it with a friend or the 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:01.119 adopter of your foster, pass it on to them so 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:03.939 they'll hear the background story about the animals. 00:01:04.620 --> 00:01:07.560 Comment if you're listening on Spotify, leave 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:10.939 a review. If you're on Apple Podcast, y 'all 00:01:10.939 --> 00:01:13.459 are making a huge difference. And I am so, so, 00:01:13.459 --> 00:01:16.079 so thankful and so excited. Oh, my goodness. 00:01:16.420 --> 00:01:23.170 It only took like three years. OK. I have been 00:01:23.170 --> 00:01:28.269 dreading this episode. It has been another round 00:01:28.269 --> 00:01:31.209 of playing foster coordinator and transport coordinator 00:01:31.209 --> 00:01:33.909 while Melissa, our actual foster coordinator, 00:01:34.489 --> 00:01:38.150 finishes up her month of vacations. The foster 00:01:38.150 --> 00:01:41.170 coordinator part of me had a great week, very 00:01:41.170 --> 00:01:43.849 little stress, things were great, so thank you 00:01:43.849 --> 00:01:46.870 so much to all of you for that because you guys 00:01:46.870 --> 00:01:50.930 were all amazing this round. The ****TRANSPORT!!**** coordinator 00:01:50.930 --> 00:01:55.450 part of me almost quit, almost had a nervous 00:01:55.450 --> 00:01:58.370 breakdown, and almost just took a whole box of 00:01:58.370 --> 00:02:01.349 Benadryl so she would sleep until the whole week 00:02:01.349 --> 00:02:06.650 was over. No, I'm exaggerating, but it has been 00:02:06.650 --> 00:02:12.500 a really tough week, so. I think the last time 00:02:12.500 --> 00:02:15.939 we talked, Wiggle had just broken with Parvo 00:02:15.939 --> 00:02:19.520 and we held the rest of the litter back from 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:21.139 transport because they were all breaking too. 00:02:21.500 --> 00:02:23.659 So if you missed that episode, you don't need 00:02:23.659 --> 00:02:25.800 to, I mean, you're welcome to listen to the last 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:30.159 episode, but this was a litter of Pyrenees doodles 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:32.319 that were supposed to go on the last transport 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:35.819 that we ended up holding back because we suspected 00:02:35.819 --> 00:02:38.900 distemper. and then they eventually broke with 00:02:38.900 --> 00:02:42.460 Parvo right before transport. I want to preface 00:02:42.460 --> 00:02:47.840 this by saying it has been years, literal years, 00:02:48.060 --> 00:02:52.120 I think even before COVID, since we have lost 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:55.699 a puppy to Parvo. We've had puppies die 100 % 00:02:55.699 --> 00:03:00.139 don't get me wrong, but we lose way more to coccidia 00:03:00.139 --> 00:03:05.349 or worms than we do to Parvo. Dr. Burton honestly 00:03:05.349 --> 00:03:09.789 has mastered the Parvo protocol and it is not 00:03:09.789 --> 00:03:13.449 nearly as scary of a diagnosis as it used to 00:03:13.449 --> 00:03:18.030 be until this year. Parvo is, it's kind of like 00:03:18.030 --> 00:03:20.330 the flu or I guess even a little like COVID too, 00:03:20.669 --> 00:03:24.270 where every year the strain is a little bit different. 00:03:24.490 --> 00:03:28.909 So this year's Parvo strain is a whole different 00:03:28.909 --> 00:03:33.030 beast. We treat all of our parvo puppies at our 00:03:33.030 --> 00:03:35.669 homes, me, my mom, and Jessica, because honestly, 00:03:36.050 --> 00:03:38.530 we're better at it than our local vets. And that 00:03:38.530 --> 00:03:42.830 sounds crazy and I get that, I hear it. But you 00:03:42.830 --> 00:03:45.349 have to think, the majority of the people down 00:03:45.349 --> 00:03:48.349 here are getting their puppies for free from 00:03:48.349 --> 00:03:51.310 the side of the road or in their own backyard. 00:03:51.909 --> 00:03:55.409 So they don't even take them to the vet. if they're 00:03:55.409 --> 00:03:58.610 sick, to find out what they're sick with, let 00:03:58.610 --> 00:04:02.129 alone leave them at the vet clinic to be treated 00:04:02.129 --> 00:04:06.830 for thousands of dollars. Like in their mind, 00:04:06.930 --> 00:04:09.189 they'll just go to the Walmart parking lot and 00:04:09.189 --> 00:04:11.389 get another puppy when this one dies. It's not 00:04:11.389 --> 00:04:15.750 a big deal. So we have had more parvo puppies 00:04:15.750 --> 00:04:19.389 in our care and we have Dr. Burton on call literally 00:04:19.389 --> 00:04:23.389 24 -7 if we have any questions at all. So we 00:04:23.389 --> 00:04:27.259 typically say with Typical parvo that by day 00:04:27.259 --> 00:04:30.480 four you're either dead or you're over it like 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:35.759 period that's literally my entire Rescue career 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:39.420 that's how it's been day four is when they usually 00:04:39.420 --> 00:04:42.259 start to round the corner perk up Maybe start 00:04:42.259 --> 00:04:44.540 eating again, but definitely start drinking again 00:04:44.540 --> 00:04:49.959 for sure so My mom had these parvo puppies. She 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:53.040 woke up the morning of day four thinking we made 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:55.500 it, it's day four, they were already looking 00:04:55.500 --> 00:04:57.540 better last night, she was like I bet they'll 00:04:57.540 --> 00:04:59.459 start eating by the end of the day and this whole 00:04:59.459 --> 00:05:04.279 stressful situation will be over. So you cannot 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:08.699 even fathom the devastation, the heartbreak, 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:12.740 the overall shock to her core that she felt when 00:05:12.740 --> 00:05:17.399 she found three of her seven puppies dead, like 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:20.959 freshly dead too. So she called me, it's like... 00:05:22.649 --> 00:05:24.490 It's like seven o 'clock in the morning, which 00:05:24.490 --> 00:05:26.350 I know to some of you guys you're like, oh, that's 00:05:26.350 --> 00:05:29.029 a normal time of day This is like for me and 00:05:29.029 --> 00:05:31.250 my mom both. This is like middle of the night 00:05:31.250 --> 00:05:34.250 7 a .m. Is the middle of the night for us. So 00:05:34.250 --> 00:05:36.209 the fact that she was awake treating her parvo 00:05:36.209 --> 00:05:39.089 puppies and I just happen to be awake Rolling 00:05:39.089 --> 00:05:42.269 over. I don't know why I was awake So she calls 00:05:42.269 --> 00:05:46.550 me obviously in hysterics, rightfully so. And 00:05:46.550 --> 00:05:48.589 I told her, I'm like, just grab the two that 00:05:48.589 --> 00:05:51.470 were still symptomatic, still alive and symptomatic, 00:05:51.689 --> 00:05:53.250 take them to the vet, like, just be done with 00:05:53.250 --> 00:05:55.629 this. This is when we thought that they might 00:05:55.629 --> 00:05:58.230 still have distemper. And this was clearly something 00:05:58.230 --> 00:06:00.850 way stronger than we could handle. So she threw 00:06:00.850 --> 00:06:02.529 them in the car, flew out to our vet's office 00:06:02.529 --> 00:06:06.360 before they had even opened for the day. We hadn't, 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:09.240 let me back up to the distemper, we hadn't distemper 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:12.120 tested them yet because we knew that they were 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:13.980 all breaking with parvo. And so we didn't want 00:06:13.980 --> 00:06:16.519 to put them through an hour call ride round trip, 00:06:16.579 --> 00:06:19.199 30 minutes there, 30 minutes back, a somewhat 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:22.000 invasive test. It is like their nose, their eyes, 00:06:22.139 --> 00:06:25.160 and a blood draw in the neck. So and then it's 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:27.480 just an overall stressful experience when they're 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:29.660 in such a fragile state. So it wouldn't have 00:06:29.660 --> 00:06:31.740 changed anything that we were doing in their 00:06:31.740 --> 00:06:33.939 treatment. So we just figured, get them over 00:06:33.939 --> 00:06:35.639 the four day hump and then we'll take them to 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:39.100 be tested and we'll go from there. Well, since 00:06:39.100 --> 00:06:41.300 we were leaving, two puppies at the vet for ICU 00:06:41.300 --> 00:06:43.079 treatment, we were like, go ahead and just temper 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:45.139 test them while they're there and like, let's 00:06:45.139 --> 00:06:47.899 just figure out everything that they have. So 00:06:47.899 --> 00:06:50.120 even our vets were actually slightly surprised 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:53.139 that it came back negative. Things were going 00:06:53.139 --> 00:06:55.220 well in the next few days. Her other two puppies 00:06:55.220 --> 00:06:57.660 that she still had at her house never broke, 00:06:57.980 --> 00:07:01.160 still have never broken. Like they are just happy 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:03.279 and healthy as could be, totally fine, never 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:06.019 got it. the other two that were at the vet were 00:07:06.019 --> 00:07:09.199 getting better slightly every day and then wig 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:12.079 was with me getting around the clock care and 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:15.959 seemed like i feel like now hindsight's going 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:19.160 to be but it seemed in the moment that he was 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:24.019 slightly ever so slightly improving however i 00:07:24.019 --> 00:07:27.399 started to get slightly worried when we passed 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:31.220 day four and then day five and then day six and 00:07:31.220 --> 00:07:33.800 wig was not recovered like there was no bounce 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:37.680 back nothing he wasn't necessarily getting worse 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:40.459 but he was absolutely not anywhere near out of 00:07:40.459 --> 00:07:43.399 the woods he wasn't even walking closer to the 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:48.839 end of the woods so on night six i posted a desperate 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:52.199 plea and the foster group just begging for prayers 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:55.100 for him i could tell that this was not a normal 00:07:55.100 --> 00:07:59.470 case of parvo and i was just I was so sick to 00:07:59.470 --> 00:08:02.790 my stomach, so heartbroken at the thought of 00:08:02.790 --> 00:08:06.430 me going to bed that night and having him die 00:08:06.430 --> 00:08:08.829 alone in his crate. Like I don't know what it 00:08:08.829 --> 00:08:11.110 was. I've never had that feeling before. Like 00:08:11.110 --> 00:08:15.110 I've had hundreds, maybe not hundreds, a hundred 00:08:15.110 --> 00:08:17.529 Parvo puppies. I don't know if it's because we 00:08:17.529 --> 00:08:21.110 now live in a bigger home. I don't know what 00:08:21.110 --> 00:08:24.050 it was. I just, I could not shake it. I could 00:08:24.050 --> 00:08:27.790 not go to bed and think. What if he's dead and 00:08:27.790 --> 00:08:31.829 he died alone? So I Set my alarm every three 00:08:31.829 --> 00:08:33.950 hours just to be sure and would get up and give 00:08:33.950 --> 00:08:35.750 him more meds and fluids throughout the night 00:08:35.750 --> 00:08:38.309 I was so surprised and very relieved when he 00:08:38.309 --> 00:08:41.669 was still alive the next morning, but a few hours 00:08:41.669 --> 00:08:45.529 later I noticed a change in his breathing and 00:08:45.529 --> 00:08:48.870 on day seven of this Terrible horrible no good 00:08:48.870 --> 00:08:53.009 very bad parvo case. I held my sweet baby wiggy 00:08:53.009 --> 00:08:56.009 as he took his last breath I was really devastated, 00:08:56.230 --> 00:09:00.429 I was, but I can't even put into words the peace 00:09:00.429 --> 00:09:03.230 and the comfort that it brought me that he was 00:09:03.230 --> 00:09:06.230 able to die with me in my arms, wrapped up in 00:09:06.230 --> 00:09:10.070 a blanket, swaddled. Because now that I'm a real 00:09:10.070 --> 00:09:14.350 mom, I know how to swaddle. But he was with me, 00:09:14.370 --> 00:09:17.490 he wasn't alone. He didn't die in his crate alone 00:09:17.490 --> 00:09:20.690 overnight, or even worse, alone at that shelter 00:09:20.690 --> 00:09:24.409 that I pulled him from. Since he was the last 00:09:24.409 --> 00:09:26.870 one to break with Parvo from his litter, we thought 00:09:26.870 --> 00:09:29.190 we were in the clear then, like we're good. I 00:09:29.190 --> 00:09:32.049 mean, we're not good. This is traumatizing, but 00:09:32.049 --> 00:09:34.990 like everyone else is going to be fine. But the 00:09:34.990 --> 00:09:37.990 next morning, the vet called us and said that 00:09:37.990 --> 00:09:40.570 one of the puppies there, who he actually thought 00:09:40.570 --> 00:09:43.049 was fine to go home the day before and discharged 00:09:43.049 --> 00:09:45.029 him, but none of us were able to get there before 00:09:45.029 --> 00:09:47.250 closing to get him. So we just left him there 00:09:47.250 --> 00:09:51.870 for the weekend, had taken a dramatic turn for 00:09:51.870 --> 00:09:55.259 the worse. One really, really great thing about 00:09:55.259 --> 00:09:58.460 our vets is after working with them so closely 00:09:58.460 --> 00:10:01.799 for so many years, they know, they just already 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:05.440 know that we want them to throw the book at every 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:08.700 animal, no matter what, spare no expense, wolf 00:10:08.700 --> 00:10:11.200 trap will cover it, just save the animal at all 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:17.330 cost every time. Very very very rarely Do we 00:10:17.330 --> 00:10:19.929 ever euthanize just because we think a dog is 00:10:19.929 --> 00:10:22.629 gonna die anyways because literally like we'll 00:10:22.629 --> 00:10:26.710 try anything if it might You know keep them alive 00:10:26.710 --> 00:10:30.549 So they know we want to try every Hail Mary possible 00:10:30.549 --> 00:10:33.710 before we throw in the towel And so we knew it 00:10:33.710 --> 00:10:37.269 was bad bad when he called us on Saturday morning 00:10:37.269 --> 00:10:40.789 day freaking ten for this puppy because this 00:10:40.789 --> 00:10:43.289 puppy was one of the first ones that broke and 00:10:43.289 --> 00:10:46.210 Told us that he was certain 100 % that this puppy 00:10:46.210 --> 00:10:47.850 would be dead by the end of the day and that 00:10:47.850 --> 00:10:51.090 it was Truly horrific watching it suffer in agony. 00:10:51.289 --> 00:10:53.409 He said we have done absolutely everything we 00:10:53.409 --> 00:10:55.789 can possibly do But really honestly the most 00:10:55.789 --> 00:10:57.950 humane thing right now would be to euthanize 00:10:57.950 --> 00:11:02.759 it So I called dr. Burton Because no matter who 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.279 I talk to, no matter what we decide, I hang up 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:08.419 and I call Dr. Burton always. So I'm like, hang 00:11:08.419 --> 00:11:13.179 on while I talk to Dr. Burton. So and I just 00:11:13.179 --> 00:11:15.000 kept thinking like maybe on the off chance she 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:17.820 would be like, oh, well, like I read about, you 00:11:17.820 --> 00:11:20.659 know, if you stand on your head for five minutes, 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:23.399 the puppy slip, you know, like some random bizarre 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:25.360 thing that we'd be like, oh, we didn't try that. 00:11:25.379 --> 00:11:27.960 Let's try it real quick. And it would like save 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:32.080 its life. So no, unfortunately. I called her 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:34.539 and she said I rattled off all the things they 00:11:34.539 --> 00:11:37.679 had tried and she said, it sounds like it's gone 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:40.120 to the puppy's brain, which I didn't even know 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:42.740 Parvo could do. And she agreed after hearing 00:11:42.740 --> 00:11:44.720 everything they had already done that euthanizing 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:49.779 was the best thing. Oh. We are just so absolutely 00:11:49.779 --> 00:11:52.840 gutted by all this, but this puppy, this specific 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:57.360 puppy, should have been almost a full week post 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:02.100 parvo in recovery, like totally fine, and it 00:12:02.100 --> 00:12:06.399 died on day 10. Literally, that's unheard of, 00:12:06.779 --> 00:12:11.039 like actually unheard of. And as selfish as this 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:13.899 sounds, and I know, I know how it sounds. it 00:12:13.899 --> 00:12:16.379 actually helped my heart a little bit. I don't 00:12:16.379 --> 00:12:19.480 know what is going on with me with wiggle. Like, 00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:22.019 I don't know if it's because I'm a mom now. I 00:12:22.019 --> 00:12:24.259 have all these emotions and hormones that I didn't 00:12:24.259 --> 00:12:27.960 used to have, but oh my goodness, it really gutted 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:31.919 me that I lost wiggle. And it really helped my 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:36.559 heart knowing that this vet who is a phenomenal 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:40.360 vet, who I trust with my own personal heart, 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:43.899 like, he's been a vet longer than i've been alive 00:12:43.899 --> 00:12:48.279 and he couldn't save this puppy i just i cannot 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:52.059 shake the feeling that i failed wiggle or i didn't 00:12:52.059 --> 00:12:54.000 do his treatment right you know because i haven't 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:56.320 had a sick foster since i got pregnant with mary 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.700 sue and like was i rusty like did i did i miss 00:12:59.700 --> 00:13:06.700 something but uh it's just a a brutal, unforgiving 00:13:06.700 --> 00:13:11.039 monster of a parvo strain this year. We lost 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:15.320 five out of eight of those puppies. Like that's, 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:19.039 oh my gosh, we've never had that poor of an outcome. 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:24.539 So that was Saturday. So that was Saturday and 00:13:24.539 --> 00:13:27.279 on Monday. We picked up the last surviving puppy 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:28.980 that was being treated there. I have it with 00:13:28.980 --> 00:13:33.179 me now on Tuesday they called us and they said 00:13:33.179 --> 00:13:34.960 two puppies had been dumped in their play yard 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:36.539 overnight and asked if we could take it we were 00:13:36.539 --> 00:13:41.419 like listen We can't do anything right now. We 00:13:41.419 --> 00:13:43.600 are so frazzled It's gonna be a few days, but 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:45.460 like if you'll leave them there for a few days. 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:48.000 We'll get them on Friday So they're like yeah, 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:52.090 totally that's fine so on Friday One of Jessica's 00:13:52.090 --> 00:13:55.570 foster puppies started to seem just like kind 00:13:55.570 --> 00:13:58.610 of sickly. So she did a parvo test It was negative, 00:13:58.610 --> 00:14:03.509 but the thing about parvo is they can start Acting 00:14:03.509 --> 00:14:06.090 like they have parvo before they are shedding 00:14:06.090 --> 00:14:08.710 the parvo and will test positive for the parvo 00:14:08.710 --> 00:14:12.090 So like you can test a parvo puppy and it will 00:14:12.090 --> 00:14:15.529 test negative Because like it the body hasn't 00:14:15.529 --> 00:14:18.970 even realized it has parvo yet So we thought, 00:14:19.409 --> 00:14:21.309 maybe you just tested it too early. So she did 00:14:21.309 --> 00:14:23.370 another parvo test a little while later, both 00:14:23.370 --> 00:14:24.909 negative. She was like, well, I've got to go 00:14:24.909 --> 00:14:26.389 to the vet. Anyways, I'll take it with me. I'll 00:14:26.389 --> 00:14:28.330 get a fecal done. We'll figure out what's going 00:14:28.330 --> 00:14:30.850 on when I pick up these other two puppies to 00:14:30.850 --> 00:14:32.629 take to the doghouse, leave overnight. And they're 00:14:32.629 --> 00:14:35.990 going to go on transport in the morning. So at 00:14:35.990 --> 00:14:38.370 the vet, they're like, let's do another parvo 00:14:38.370 --> 00:14:42.970 test. And third time's the charm, I guess. It 00:14:42.970 --> 00:14:48.600 was positive. We literally are all still so Shell 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:50.679 shocked and honestly struggling with a little 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:53.559 PTSD. So she just decided to leave the puppy 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:57.960 there over the weekend for treatment, but This 00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:01.519 is like so crazy to me Okay, we dropped off two 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:03.740 puppies. We picked up one puppy. They got two 00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:06.080 puppies dumped that they held for us We picked 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:08.820 up two puppies. We left one puppy like it is 00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:12.580 just a never -ending revolving door of puppy 00:15:12.580 --> 00:15:18.659 shuffling right now. Oh and so So annoying. Those 00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:22.340 two puppies that Jessica picked up and was gonna 00:15:22.340 --> 00:15:25.720 take to the dog house, she called me saying there's 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:28.019 no way they can go on transport tomorrow. I already 00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:30.639 know you're gonna say no. They're covered in 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:34.970 ringworm. Like, oh my gosh. So in a span of about 00:15:34.970 --> 00:15:38.710 10 minutes, I lost seven puppies from my transport 00:15:38.710 --> 00:15:41.309 that I had to find replacements for with less 00:15:41.309 --> 00:15:45.210 than 24 hours before the van left. Oh my gosh. 00:15:45.429 --> 00:15:49.850 So stressful. But we got it done. And it actually 00:15:49.850 --> 00:15:54.779 so we. Replace them parva transport math is so 00:15:54.779 --> 00:15:57.639 bizarre. We ended up replacing Everybody that 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:01.240 got cut with two extra puppies that weren't even 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:03.100 in the queue to begin with so it all worked out 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:05.100 We ended up sending even more animals than we 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:07.899 thought we were gonna be able to but man. Oh 00:16:07.899 --> 00:16:10.440 my goodness everything right now has parvo or 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:14.980 ringworm or both and our nerves are Shot. Oh 00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:17.529 my goodness, and this is already like the length 00:16:17.529 --> 00:16:21.549 of a normal episode. This is a really long intro, 00:16:21.649 --> 00:16:23.889 and if you're new here, it's not usually this 00:16:23.889 --> 00:16:29.330 long or depressing, but I like to be as transparent 00:16:29.330 --> 00:16:31.549 with y 'all as possible. I like to keep it real 00:16:31.549 --> 00:16:33.789 so that you know what it's really like down here 00:16:33.789 --> 00:16:36.490 for the animals and the animal rescuers, and 00:16:36.490 --> 00:16:39.840 it's not always. Sunshine and rainbows although 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:42.759 actual transport itself today was a breeze literally 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:46.019 one of the best smoothest and easiest transports 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:50.360 we've had maybe ever Like really so that was 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:54.240 really nice and very much appreciated Okay on 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:58.639 to The real stories. Oh, oh, but wait, okay So 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:00.720 before I start with the animals that were on 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:05.640 the van, I want to cover the cosmic litter So 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:10.539 if you are fostering Stardust or any of the puppies 00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:14.940 that are named after the planets, they are from 00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:17.240 North Carolina. They were actually brought to 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:19.480 Wolf Trap several weeks ago. They stayed with 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:21.519 one foster family until they were old enough 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:23.960 to all be split up. So that's why they're all 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:26.980 coming to intake when you guys are hearing this. 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.819 so that we can divide them into separate fosters. 00:17:30.859 --> 00:17:33.140 We really don't have any information about them 00:17:33.140 --> 00:17:35.920 or where they came from or what happened. But 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:38.400 they were going to be euthanized at the shelter 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:41.000 that they were at in North Carolina. So they 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:43.519 reached out to us to see if we could take them. 00:17:43.579 --> 00:17:47.690 And of course, we were happy to. OK. As for the 00:17:47.690 --> 00:17:50.170 animals that are on the van coming from Mississippi, 00:17:50.369 --> 00:17:54.309 they are all Love Island themed. Shout out to 00:17:54.309 --> 00:17:57.250 our wonderful and lovely Ariel for doing all 00:17:57.250 --> 00:18:00.529 the names for me for this theme. But because 00:18:00.529 --> 00:18:03.950 she was so excited about this theme and because 00:18:03.950 --> 00:18:06.670 I've heard so much about this show on social 00:18:06.670 --> 00:18:09.309 media, I was like, OK, Justin, like we need to 00:18:09.309 --> 00:18:11.450 start watching this show so that I know what 00:18:11.450 --> 00:18:14.329 I'm talking about when I do the podcast. So. 00:18:15.690 --> 00:18:19.210 We started season five because we live in Florence, 00:18:19.470 --> 00:18:22.589 Alabama And there's a guy from here that was 00:18:22.589 --> 00:18:25.390 on that season that people around here talk about 00:18:25.390 --> 00:18:27.849 all the time, you know, like local celebrity 00:18:27.849 --> 00:18:32.430 So we started watching it last night and he immediately 00:18:32.430 --> 00:18:36.529 I was like, this is a terrible show It's nasty. 00:18:36.529 --> 00:18:39.710 It's dumb. Like why do people watch this turn 00:18:39.710 --> 00:18:43.700 this off? I'm done with this show And I was on 00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:47.440 episode nine when Justin had to physically peel 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:51.819 me off the couch and drag me to bed at like 2 00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:57.359 a .m. this morning. So I'm definitely not a fan, 00:18:57.500 --> 00:19:01.440 but I am addicted. I will admit it is very addicting. 00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:04.640 So we'll see. We'll see if I'm a fan by the end 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:08.720 of the season. Okay, on to the real stories for 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:15.109 real. Podcast episode starts now. Villa was picked 00:19:15.109 --> 00:19:17.809 up by animal control and taken to the kill shelter. 00:19:18.130 --> 00:19:22.289 She was in an elderly man's yard. Animal control 00:19:22.289 --> 00:19:25.869 was very quick to say that it was right at the 00:19:25.869 --> 00:19:29.470 county line but still technically in the city 00:19:29.470 --> 00:19:32.029 limits. He said that another 50 feet though at 00:19:32.029 --> 00:19:34.509 the very next house and that puppy would have 00:19:34.509 --> 00:19:39.690 been on its own. So ridiculous. Love Island is 00:19:39.690 --> 00:19:41.930 one of those stories that I will never forget. 00:19:42.230 --> 00:19:46.009 We live in a very small town. Our town has a 00:19:46.009 --> 00:19:49.710 dentist who everyone loves and adores, myself 00:19:49.710 --> 00:19:51.970 included, his whole family. I went to school 00:19:51.970 --> 00:19:54.289 with his children, I tutored his son, I've been 00:19:54.289 --> 00:19:57.710 to his office countless times. He even did my 00:19:57.710 --> 00:20:00.950 bonding on my teeth for free because we love 00:20:00.950 --> 00:20:04.730 each other. Literally, I love his family. They're 00:20:04.730 --> 00:20:09.230 just an all around great family. or so I thought. 00:20:10.769 --> 00:20:15.130 One of the office ladies who I also know and 00:20:15.130 --> 00:20:17.950 love dearly and have when when I lived there 00:20:17.950 --> 00:20:21.710 went to church with for like 15 years. She messaged 00:20:21.710 --> 00:20:24.829 us this week saying that a young stray puppy 00:20:24.829 --> 00:20:27.190 wandered up to the dentist's home during the 00:20:27.190 --> 00:20:29.789 night and he came into the office and said if 00:20:29.789 --> 00:20:31.849 it was still at his house when he got home from 00:20:31.849 --> 00:20:35.289 work he was gonna shoot it and kill it. So of 00:20:35.289 --> 00:20:38.480 course all of the office ladies are frantically 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:40.400 trying to figure out who could go and get it 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:43.799 and they live out in the county so animal control 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:46.759 wouldn't go so they asked us but i mean we were 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:51.220 in literal crisis mode this is i think it was 00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:55.380 like an hour after we found out jessica's puppies 00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:58.259 have parvo and the replacements have rain weren't 00:20:58.259 --> 00:21:01.880 like crisis mode so we're like listen it's gonna 00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:05.200 be like 24 to 48 hours before we have a foster 00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:08.460 that can even go and get it let alone keep it 00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:11.720 so the receptionist said he doesn't have that 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:15.039 kind of time like he's going to kill him tonight 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:17.859 and here's the part of the story where i need 00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:22.599 you to To trust that you know me and Jessica 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:26.380 well enough to know that if there was even so 00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:30.099 much as a Hard top crate in the corner of a closet 00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:34.019 in either of our homes We we would have gone 00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:38.359 to get this puppy like if we thought at all possible 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:40.759 That we could take on this but like we would 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:42.259 have stopped what we were doing and gone to get 00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:46.200 it We were so frazzled with what we were already 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:48.410 dealing with There was no way that we could, 00:21:48.529 --> 00:21:51.349 especially in good conscience, bring a healthy 00:21:51.349 --> 00:21:53.609 puppy to any of our homes right now. Like all 00:21:53.609 --> 00:21:57.849 three of us had Parvo. Typically, I know this 00:21:57.849 --> 00:22:01.130 is going to be shocking to some of you. I am 00:22:01.130 --> 00:22:04.769 the one to spout off something true and valid, 00:22:05.910 --> 00:22:09.329 but blunt and snippy back to people who say things 00:22:09.329 --> 00:22:12.509 like this to us. But this time out of nowhere, 00:22:14.309 --> 00:22:19.640 Jessica. replied with, we have sick puppies and 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:21.440 kittens coming out of our ears right now and 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:23.359 about 50 others that we're trying to get ready 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:26.200 for transport this weekend. We cannot do anything 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:28.980 immediately. Please tell him, really, please 00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:32.279 tell him that I said please do not shoot this 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:35.180 poor defenseless puppy that is just trying to 00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:37.900 survive. I realize that it takes a little bit 00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:40.900 of work to be a decent human being in this situation, 00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:43.680 but I believe that he is the means to do so. 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:50.480 Listen, when Jessica snaps, Jessica snaps. And 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:52.359 in the moment, maybe for the first time ever, 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:54.799 I got to experience what it's like to be the 00:22:54.799 --> 00:23:00.059 good cop for once. So long story short, we really 00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:02.480 were going to wait until everyone left on transport 00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:04.819 to figure out what to do with this puppy. We 00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:07.500 were not gonna go back on our word after that, 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:11.019 but. after everything that I was planning to 00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:13.579 send either broke with Ringworm, Parvo, or both, 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:16.559 I ended up having enough room and enough fosters 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:19.640 to take this puppy this weekend. So Jessica wrote 00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:22.039 the lady back the next afternoon and asked if 00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:23.880 he had killed the puppy yet, and she's like, 00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:26.700 uh, no, he still has it. So we got on transport 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:31.180 the next day. And this is just my own personal 00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:36.079 thoughts, but I am convinced that Villa and Love 00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:39.130 Island are litter mates. If you're not fostering 00:23:39.130 --> 00:23:42.369 these guys, go look at my post on the fosters 00:23:42.369 --> 00:23:45.210 page. They're the very first two puppies. They 00:23:45.210 --> 00:23:48.670 look identical. I hope whoever adopts them will 00:23:48.670 --> 00:23:51.490 do one of those DNA tests where like the relatives 00:23:51.490 --> 00:23:55.369 get listed. I just think it's so bizarre. It 00:23:55.369 --> 00:23:58.710 cannot be a coincidence that two eight week old 00:23:58.710 --> 00:24:02.650 boxer mixes with mangy skin show up on the same 00:24:02.650 --> 00:24:08.200 day in a small town. There's no way. Do Bits 00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:11.680 Society, listen I'm too new to Love Island to 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:16.279 know what that means. Do Bits Society is the 00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:19.420 sibling to the A litter from last week from the 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:23.279 oceans transport. Basically a house out in the 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:26.980 county just has a slew of dogs that keep reproducing 00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:29.680 even though they have rescue offers to help all 00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:32.640 the time. The first two puppies snuck away to 00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:35.000 the neighbor's house. The owner agreed to surrender 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.259 them to the neighbor. The neighbor gave them 00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:39.019 to us. This puppy also ended up wandering over. 00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:41.480 There is one more puppy left from that litter. 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:44.359 We are hoping it will wander over and they'll 00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:50.059 surrender it too, but you just never know. Nickelandria? 00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:54.420 I think that's how you say it. Nickelandria is 00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:59.779 yet another FedEx delivery. A FedEx driver actually 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:03.200 saw him coming out of a culvert on a gravel road, 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:06.380 caught him and delivered him to our foster's 00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:11.480 home. The G letter of two were found at a job 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:15.339 site. Our rescue partner Tasha's dad lays bricks 00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:17.920 and he called her saying that they had been there 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:19.799 for a week and that they were starting to get 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:23.640 in the way of their work. The age litter of four 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:27.700 came from a lady who had 13 dogs, including these 00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:30.599 four puppies. She got sick and was in the hospital 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:33.339 for a couple months, during which time she lost 00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:36.720 her job and her vehicle got repossessed. Fortunately, 00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:40.740 all of her dogs are now in rescue and these four 00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:45.140 were the last four to find a rescue. The A litter 00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:47.980 of four were owner surrenders. The owner's dog 00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:50.940 got pregnant supposedly by the neighbor's Australian 00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:53.640 Shepherd, but I have my doubts. They look like 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:56.980 yellow labs. They gave most of the litter away. 00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:59.200 Maybe those were the Australian Shepherd ones, 00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:02.960 but then they called us to take these four when 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:06.819 no one else would take them. The M litter of 00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:10.859 four, Lord have mercy, we have pulled at least 00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:14.160 three generations of dogs from this house. The 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:16.759 first time we went there, the dogs were literally, 00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:20.440 physically, not even being dramatic, killing 00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:23.200 each other, fighting to the death over food because 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:26.140 they had none. So between us and Mother Nature, 00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:29.299 we finally got them down to just four adult dogs 00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:32.559 and we spayed and neutered all of them. Somehow, 00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:35.359 this lady has ended up with a fifth dog not long 00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:38.140 after we got the last one spayed or neutered. 00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:40.869 Anyways. The lady texted us a couple weeks ago 00:26:40.869 --> 00:26:43.250 that she was out of food. We keep her supplied 00:26:43.250 --> 00:26:46.650 with dog food. And she said she also has eight 00:26:46.650 --> 00:26:49.910 puppies that she needed us to take. It's never 00:26:49.910 --> 00:26:53.789 easy dealing with this lady. And Jessica is the 00:26:53.789 --> 00:26:56.930 only one that she will deal with and only sometimes. 00:26:57.329 --> 00:27:00.509 Like, I know, I know that I joke a lot about 00:27:00.509 --> 00:27:03.150 how terrible people are down here, but I think 00:27:03.150 --> 00:27:06.569 that this woman is actually literally bipolar 00:27:06.569 --> 00:27:10.390 or has multiple personalities. Some days she 00:27:10.390 --> 00:27:13.130 just absolutely worships the ground Jessica walks 00:27:13.130 --> 00:27:15.089 on and is so thankful for everything that we 00:27:15.089 --> 00:27:19.769 do for us or do for her. Some days she threatens 00:27:19.769 --> 00:27:22.750 Jessica with her gun if she ever comes to her 00:27:22.750 --> 00:27:25.269 house again. So you just you really don't know 00:27:25.269 --> 00:27:27.170 what version of her that you're going to get. 00:27:27.690 --> 00:27:30.190 So the day she texted us, Jessica went to get 00:27:30.190 --> 00:27:32.390 the eight puppies, hoping that she would be her 00:27:32.390 --> 00:27:34.970 sweet, friendly self. When Jessica got there, 00:27:34.970 --> 00:27:37.430 she said she was only going to give us six and 00:27:37.430 --> 00:27:40.240 was adamant. that she was going to keep the other 00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:45.039 two herself, despite the fact that we are the 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:47.599 only reason any of her dogs have any food to 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:51.079 eat as it is. So Jessica says she, quote unquote, 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:55.279 channeled her inner Katie and told her it was 00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:58.980 all eight or none. So she goes back in the house 00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:01.339 and she and her husband start yelling at each 00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:03.500 other, just fighting back and forth. She comes 00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:07.019 back to the door, tells Jessica, none, cusses, 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:09.859 slams the door. Jessica leaves. It's not the 00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:11.579 first time that she's cussed her out over the 00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:14.539 dogs that she has begged us for help with so 00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:17.519 it's no biggie. She and Jessica text back and 00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:19.960 forth for a couple more days and she ended up 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:24.039 telling us that she actually only has six puppies 00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:28.619 left. she gave one away to a friend um that came 00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:31.299 by to visit her on her way through the area. 00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:35.039 It was the friend's son's birthday and she didn't 00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:38.119 have anything to give him so she gave the lady 00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:41.700 one of the puppies and then her husband who we 00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:45.480 had believed to be dead this whole time because 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:49.420 that's what she originally told us took one of 00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:55.559 the puppies. So stupid weak Jessica. Ended up 00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:57.880 going back a few days later and was like fine. 00:28:57.940 --> 00:29:01.059 We'll just take six puppies I was annoyed, but 00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:03.440 whatever I don't like to give in I want the whole 00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:06.769 litter She actually ended up giving Jessica seven 00:29:06.769 --> 00:29:09.930 puppies, though, because a friend had brought 00:29:09.930 --> 00:29:12.670 the one puppy back because it wouldn't be quiet 00:29:12.670 --> 00:29:17.049 in the hotel room. So this time she greeted Jessica 00:29:17.049 --> 00:29:19.769 with a great big hug, thanked her for being such 00:29:19.769 --> 00:29:22.029 a wonderful person and everything she does for 00:29:22.029 --> 00:29:26.390 her. And then today, day of transport, she texted 00:29:26.390 --> 00:29:28.509 us and told us that her husband wants to surrender 00:29:28.509 --> 00:29:31.829 the eighth puppy after all. So Jessica is like, 00:29:31.869 --> 00:29:33.990 great. I'll come get it right now. Is that OK? 00:29:34.990 --> 00:29:38.390 And we haven't heard back from her yet. So fingers 00:29:38.390 --> 00:29:40.809 crossed that we have the eighth one on the van 00:29:40.809 --> 00:29:44.609 for next transport. Oh, and we didn't get the 00:29:44.609 --> 00:29:46.990 whole letter, but I don't even care. We will 00:29:46.990 --> 00:29:49.470 be spaying this mom for her and praying that 00:29:49.470 --> 00:29:52.069 no more animals ever wander into her yard again 00:29:52.069 --> 00:29:56.500 so that we can finally be done with her. The 00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:59.440 C litter of seven where owner surrenders the 00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:02.880 owners have four dogs and a newborn baby And 00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:05.779 they just can't handle it anymore So they surrendered 00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:07.619 the puppies we're gonna spay the mom because 00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:10.039 they wanted to keep her and we're also gonna 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:12.579 spay the older puppy That's still there from 00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:16.960 the last litter That is all the puppy stories 00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:21.220 As for the cats, again, there are two coming 00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:24.359 to transport to go to new fosters. They are from 00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:26.400 me. I've already done an episode on them, but 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:28.740 it's been quite a while since we did their episode. 00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:32.259 And their Virginia story is actually crazier 00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:35.559 than their Mississippi story. So for the fosters 00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:40.079 taking home Dutch Bros and Duncan, they were 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:42.759 part of... a litter of eight owner surrenders 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:46.319 back on the April 5th coffee transport. They 00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:48.740 got adopted together right away, but the owner 00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:51.859 actually messaged us a couple days ago, I guess 00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:54.720 it was about a week ago, saying her young child, 00:30:55.039 --> 00:31:00.079 very young child, was becoming increasingly aggressive 00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:05.720 with the cats to the point that he admitted to 00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:08.599 bashing their heads on the floor when no one 00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:12.119 was looking. So she thought that she had been 00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:14.279 monitoring the situation well enough and like 00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:17.880 keeping tabs on everything, but realized when 00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:20.359 he admitted to that, that this situation was 00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:23.880 escalating instead of getting better. So she 00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:27.039 messaged us to surrender them and obviously we 00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:30.039 took them back immediately. So they were not 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:32.799 on the vans today, but they are going to new 00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:35.839 fosters today. As for the ones that were on the 00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:41.480 van today, Unseen Bits came from a house that 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:45.680 has about 12 or so kittens and three moms. They've 00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:48.200 been asking us for help with this house for a 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:50.279 couple of months but the kittens are all skittish 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:52.539 and the owners are honestly more skittish than 00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:56.319 the cats. They are so difficult to get in touch 00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:59.579 with and coordinate with. We've had them literally 00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:02.680 scheduled for several transports before and they 00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:05.940 will just no call no show without even giving 00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:10.069 a reason. So they actually brought one today. 00:32:11.430 --> 00:32:15.170 Fire Pit or Arlo is his real name. He is a cat 00:32:15.170 --> 00:32:18.069 that we had absolutely no business getting involved 00:32:18.069 --> 00:32:21.710 with, but his story made Jessica sad. So then 00:32:21.710 --> 00:32:25.450 she sucked me in. The owner got him as a kitten 00:32:25.450 --> 00:32:28.529 and a little over a year ago, he started losing 00:32:28.529 --> 00:32:34.069 his hair. So she took him to a vet. Now, this 00:32:34.069 --> 00:32:37.809 is not our vet. Our vets are wonderful. this 00:32:37.809 --> 00:32:42.569 vet isn't known as being the best vet in the 00:32:42.569 --> 00:32:47.390 area and May or may not have had his license 00:32:47.390 --> 00:32:51.230 taken away from him multiple times for being 00:32:51.230 --> 00:32:54.930 caught prescribing drugs to himself multiple 00:32:54.930 --> 00:32:59.009 times again allegedly this is all allegedly and 00:32:59.009 --> 00:33:02.329 I may or may not have used him to neuter one 00:33:02.329 --> 00:33:06.089 of my stray dogs many many many years ago and 00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:11.660 He did the surgery on the floor which in his 00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:14.900 defense it was a great Pyrenees Great Dane mix 00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:19.039 So he was very huge and very heavy but anyways 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:24.619 He did the surgery bare -handed no gloves with 00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:29.220 a lit cigarette he was actively smoking and He 00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:32.440 let me scrub in on the surgery. This was way 00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:35.240 back when I was teaching. So like this is probably 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:39.599 ten years ago So I had to use a sick day in order 00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:41.619 to go, you know, take my dog in to do this and 00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:44.119 I remember sitting on the floor with him helping 00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:48.480 in the surgery thinking Maybe I am smart enough 00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:53.839 to get my vet degree. Oh One time I had a puppy 00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:55.779 that was seizing I called all the vets No one 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:58.960 was open. So I call him to see what to do and 00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:01.460 he said well, you know, I'm leaving the clinic 00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:03.880 now We're closed. I'm too tired to wait on you. 00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:08.280 So I'll just leave a few syringes full of Valium 00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:11.199 on the clinic doorstep for you to get. I live 00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:15.420 30 minutes away from his clinic. Like it just 00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:19.820 sat on the doorstep. He's hilarious if this was 00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:24.340 like a sitcom, but not real life. Like this is 00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:28.800 terrifying. Anyways. We don't use him anymore. 00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:31.320 And we never really did just for like a few random 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:36.860 things, but he did get hired as a shelter veterinarian 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:40.739 in a nearby town, but he can only do neuters. 00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:46.320 He can't do spays on the females because he got 00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:48.340 in trouble with his license. Again, I think this 00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:51.760 was like the third time. And so he doesn't have 00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:55.099 access to the drugs to sedate females because 00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:58.579 I guess females need more drugs or heavier duty 00:34:58.579 --> 00:35:01.539 drugs. So because of all the trouble he's in, 00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:05.219 he can only do males now. I could do, honestly, 00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:07.699 I could do a whole episode on him and the stories 00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:11.059 that we have about him. But anyways, back to 00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:15.440 Arlo's story. The vet saw him and diagnosed him 00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:18.340 with ringworm. So she treated it several times. 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:20.860 It never really got better and then would just 00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:23.920 come back full force, even worse. So the vet 00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:26.300 kept saying, listen, this is just a Chronic case 00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:28.579 of ringworm. He's probably gonna have this his 00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:30.699 whole life. I don't know what to tell you for 00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:34.659 a whole year She kept this cat isolated in her 00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:37.119 son's bedroom and her son had to sleep on the 00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.780 couch because you know ringworm You don't want 00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:43.500 your kid to get ringworm For an entire year She 00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:45.400 messaged us for help, but we kept telling her 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:49.900 like we don't have any room anywhere for a ringworm 00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:54.000 cat Let alone a chronic ringworm cat So finally 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:56.920 she broke Jessica down and Jess was like, listen, 00:35:57.340 --> 00:36:00.719 we'll pay for you to go to our vet, a real vet, 00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:05.900 and see what they think. So our vet immediately 00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:08.000 looked at it, took one look and was like, this 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:10.400 is not ringworm. Who told you this was ringworm? 00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:13.820 He said, it looks like it's just allergies and 00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:16.400 gave him a shot and some medicine to put on it 00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:19.360 and within a week it was gone. Two weeks his 00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:21.539 hair was growing back. He was good as new it 00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:24.139 has been over two months now It's been quite 00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:27.559 a while and the cat is perfect super healthy 00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:32.260 looks fantastic made it out of isolation and 00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:36.440 cherry on top this lady as one of the sweetest 00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:39.199 most appreciative people we have ever pulled 00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:42.760 from so we were happy to help her and then The 00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:47.230 s litter of six are also from Arlo's owner They 00:36:47.230 --> 00:36:50.869 were born to a feral stray cat that lived outside 00:36:50.869 --> 00:36:53.230 her building and she brought them all inside 00:36:53.230 --> 00:36:56.349 once they were old enough to be weaned. She isn't 00:36:56.349 --> 00:36:59.409 supposed to have more than one cat and she already 00:36:59.409 --> 00:37:02.750 had two so she would have to hide all of these 00:37:02.750 --> 00:37:05.190 cats anytime management would come by and the 00:37:05.190 --> 00:37:09.590 last time that they came for something She forgot 00:37:09.590 --> 00:37:12.849 to put away all the extra water bowls and the 00:37:12.849 --> 00:37:15.489 extra beds, and she got busted for having too 00:37:15.489 --> 00:37:17.489 many animals. So she was really afraid that she 00:37:17.489 --> 00:37:20.329 was going to get evicted. So once again, she 00:37:20.329 --> 00:37:23.210 was very thankful that we were able to help her. 00:37:24.510 --> 00:37:27.070 Bombshell showed up at someone's house in town 00:37:27.070 --> 00:37:30.469 and was constantly meowing on their porch. The 00:37:30.469 --> 00:37:33.230 lady is very allergic and couldn't get close 00:37:33.230 --> 00:37:35.769 to the cat to even get a picture of the cat to 00:37:35.769 --> 00:37:38.550 tell us. how old or what it even looked like. 00:37:39.590 --> 00:37:41.070 So Jessica was like, I'm just gonna go and get 00:37:41.070 --> 00:37:44.889 it. And Jessica said she is one of the most clingy 00:37:44.889 --> 00:37:47.369 kittens Jessica has ever fostered. Jessica is 00:37:47.369 --> 00:37:51.710 our cat fosterer. She said she's a major cuddler 00:37:51.710 --> 00:37:55.929 and prefers to sleep with her face directly on 00:37:55.929 --> 00:38:00.449 Jess' if Jess will allow it. And that is why 00:38:00.449 --> 00:38:02.690 Jess is our cat fosterer, because I could not. 00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:07.500 The eye litter of two are from one of our fosters 00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:10.539 She heard these kittens showed up at someone's 00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:14.300 house and they said that they had several non 00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:18.019 cat friendly dogs and People told them that their 00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:19.920 dogs would kill the kittens if someone didn't 00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:24.420 come get them immediately so that's all the stories 00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:27.880 for today this episode went live a little later 00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:31.000 than usual because As I was packing up to head 00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:33.519 home after transport my sister -in -law called 00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:36.019 and said that she was driving home with my two 00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:38.480 nephews when they saw a litter of puppies dumped 00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:40.800 on the side of the road in a ditch and she was 00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:42.380 going to keep going like no problem that's what 00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:46.510 she always does. But the boys, my sweet, precious 00:38:46.510 --> 00:38:51.570 baby nephews, had an absolute meltdown saying 00:38:51.570 --> 00:38:53.869 that they had to rescue them and they couldn't 00:38:53.869 --> 00:38:56.289 leave them and they would never forgive her. 00:38:56.909 --> 00:38:59.869 So she picked them up, literally just put them 00:38:59.869 --> 00:39:02.550 in the backseat of her car in her kid's laps 00:39:02.550 --> 00:39:05.690 in their car seats, and was just driving around 00:39:05.690 --> 00:39:07.809 until she figured out what to do with them. So 00:39:07.809 --> 00:39:11.710 we told her, we don't have anybody available 00:39:11.710 --> 00:39:16.670 right now. Transport. Transport's not even like 00:39:16.670 --> 00:39:19.429 two minutes down the road. Like we are fried. 00:39:20.130 --> 00:39:22.710 But we're like, listen, Jessica and I will call 00:39:22.710 --> 00:39:25.469 around. We'll see if we can find somebody that 00:39:25.469 --> 00:39:28.429 will take these puppies. Luckily we did. But 00:39:28.429 --> 00:39:31.789 then I had to go vaccinate, deworm, and neck 00:39:31.789 --> 00:39:36.480 scarred seven. Super skinny super scrawny super 00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:39.480 super precious and snuggly puppies before they 00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:42.900 could go to their foster and I had Mary Sue with 00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:47.500 me and she kept saying oh puppy Over and over 00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:49.260 like I know everyone thinks their kids the cutest 00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:54.260 but it was really cute So it was a big inconvenience. 00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:58.460 I was very tired already dreading the long drive 00:39:58.460 --> 00:40:02.909 home, but I am so stinking proud of my little 00:40:02.909 --> 00:40:06.630 bitty nephews, clearly the brainwashing is already 00:40:06.630 --> 00:40:09.070 starting to work because their parents hate stray 00:40:09.070 --> 00:40:12.570 dogs. They hate animals in general. So the fact 00:40:12.570 --> 00:40:14.769 that they convinced their mom, they're like four 00:40:14.769 --> 00:40:18.230 and six years old, like these are babies, convinced 00:40:18.230 --> 00:40:20.929 their mom to stop and pick up these gross puppies 00:40:20.929 --> 00:40:24.809 on the side of the road, my work here is done. 00:40:26.990 --> 00:40:29.630 Thank you so much for listening friends. Oh my 00:40:29.630 --> 00:40:32.130 gosh. I think this is like the longest episode 00:40:32.130 --> 00:40:35.949 I've ever done. I'm so sorry I know this one 00:40:35.949 --> 00:40:39.530 was a doozy, but we are truly so thankful for 00:40:39.530 --> 00:40:42.190 all of you your support your prayers your encouragement 00:40:42.190 --> 00:40:48.789 Your rates reviews subscribes It is Truly honestly 00:40:48.789 --> 00:40:51.489 the only thing that keeps us going. Please send 00:40:51.489 --> 00:40:54.230 up a prayer for our current litter of parvo puppies 00:40:54.230 --> 00:40:57.150 Let's hope that all five of them make it on the 00:40:57.150 --> 00:41:02.090 next transport We need them to It's a rough life, 00:41:02.090 --> 00:41:03.909 but someone's got to do it