WEBVTT 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:13.900 Hello friends! Welcome to Ruff Life, and welcome 00:00:13.900 --> 00:00:19.219 to the last transport of 2025! I will have the 00:00:19.219 --> 00:00:22.379 actual data later next month because y 'all know 00:00:22.379 --> 00:00:26.059 I love to crunch some numbers, but I did check 00:00:26.059 --> 00:00:29.960 just now and we did 25 transports this year, 00:00:30.260 --> 00:00:33.939 one of those being a two van double transport. 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:39.179 That may not sound like a lot to you, But that's 00:00:39.179 --> 00:00:43.200 over six months worth of Saturdays that the Wolf 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:46.380 Trap South team gave up to do these transports. 00:00:46.520 --> 00:00:48.979 Do y 'all even know how much stuff goes on on 00:00:48.979 --> 00:00:52.259 Saturdays? It's insane. Every birthday party, 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:55.320 graduation, festival, pool party, baby shower, 00:00:55.539 --> 00:00:59.399 everything is on a Saturday. And it's a one in 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:01.979 two chance that it's a day that we have transport 00:01:01.979 --> 00:01:04.640 instead of going to whatever it is. But don't 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:09.049 get me wrong. I am not complaining. That makes 00:01:09.049 --> 00:01:11.969 me very happy because I am always looking for 00:01:11.969 --> 00:01:15.530 an excuse to Amazon deliver my gift and send 00:01:15.530 --> 00:01:19.930 my regrets. But still, six months worth of Saturdays 00:01:19.930 --> 00:01:22.370 that we don't get to sleep in and that I will 00:01:22.370 --> 00:01:26.719 complain about. Anyways, it has been a really, 00:01:26.739 --> 00:01:29.980 really great year. I know everyone is like, wow, 00:01:29.980 --> 00:01:31.700 I can't believe it's the end of the year already. 00:01:31.739 --> 00:01:34.140 But honestly, this year has kind of drugged by 00:01:34.140 --> 00:01:37.980 for me. It's been a truly happy year. So many 00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:41.799 wonderful things happened and it was just so, 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:46.280 so, so, so much better than 2024. But I don't 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:48.519 know. Time just went by very slowly for me. It's 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:53.079 kind of nice. Let's get into the story. So. one 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:57.439 last time in 2025. The theme is Christmas characters 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:00.819 and these names were actually done by our wonderful 00:02:00.819 --> 00:02:04.000 Ariel. I don't know what her job title is with 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:07.079 us but I know that she does a ton of stuff around 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:10.740 the hospital and at puppy therapy so you will 00:02:10.740 --> 00:02:14.000 definitely be seeing seeing her around and if 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:16.240 you don't like your foster's name you can blame 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:20.090 her for it and not me this time. but I for one 00:02:20.090 --> 00:02:22.729 am so grateful that she did these names for me 00:02:22.729 --> 00:02:25.990 because after Thanksgiving dinner hit on Thursday 00:02:25.990 --> 00:02:28.389 night I was ready to just go into a food coma 00:02:28.389 --> 00:02:31.129 so when she texted me asking if she could do 00:02:31.129 --> 00:02:34.069 the names I literally could not text back fast 00:02:34.069 --> 00:02:38.750 enough to tell her yes please. It's a fairly 00:02:38.750 --> 00:02:42.770 small load this time only 40 critters but that 00:02:42.770 --> 00:02:45.990 is every single animal that we have in foster 00:02:45.990 --> 00:02:49.909 care down here and every single pup that we have 00:02:49.909 --> 00:02:54.169 committed to. So we have zero dogs on our wait 00:02:54.169 --> 00:02:58.240 list as of right now. going into 2026. We do 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:01.180 still have several cats and kittens that are 00:03:01.180 --> 00:03:04.699 waiting until 2026 to go, but as of right now 00:03:04.699 --> 00:03:07.060 they are still with their owners and not in our 00:03:07.060 --> 00:03:09.800 foster care. We'll see how long that lasts. I'm 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:13.620 sure tomorrow we'll have animals in our foster 00:03:13.620 --> 00:03:17.139 care, but I am very excited right now to be ending 00:03:17.139 --> 00:03:19.819 it completely empty. Although historically I 00:03:19.819 --> 00:03:22.919 always end up with a long -term foster over the 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:27.569 holidays, so... I'm sure one's a coming. Okay, 00:03:27.949 --> 00:03:30.430 elf on the shelf was found on a back road by 00:03:30.430 --> 00:03:33.949 herself. She is the biggest dog on the van and 00:03:33.949 --> 00:03:37.229 not nearly the cutest. She's just some black 00:03:37.229 --> 00:03:42.389 lab mix, but she is so sweet and so chunky. She 00:03:42.389 --> 00:03:44.250 was definitely one of my favorites this week. 00:03:44.469 --> 00:03:46.569 Whoever gets her is going to fall in love so 00:03:46.569 --> 00:03:51.030 quickly. Abominable snowman is from Dr. Jamie. 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:53.919 If you're new or you don't remember, Dr. Jamie 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:56.960 was one of Dr. Burton's students at Mississippi 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:59.800 State when she taught at the vet school many 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.919 years ago. They became lifelong best friends 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:05.340 and now Dr. Jamie helps us with low cost vet 00:04:05.340 --> 00:04:07.439 care and we help her with animals that get dumped 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:12.080 on her. Abominable snowman or dapper Dan as he 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:14.219 was called down here came into her clinic at 00:04:14.219 --> 00:04:16.740 the beginning of October The owner said that 00:04:16.740 --> 00:04:18.939 he was approximately five weeks old at the time 00:04:18.939 --> 00:04:23.540 He was born to what the owner said was a stray 00:04:23.540 --> 00:04:27.399 that he had living in his backyard He said that 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:31.019 the mama dog wouldn't allow him to touch Her 00:04:31.019 --> 00:04:33.399 or any of the puppies so he didn't know much 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:36.339 about the puppies other than Apparently she's 00:04:36.339 --> 00:04:39.139 had so many litters that he thinks that the daddy 00:04:39.139 --> 00:04:46.420 might also be the granddaddy so I take Take that 00:04:46.420 --> 00:04:49.800 for what you will that's what he said Anyway, 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:54.339 I guess he has a trailer in his backyard and 00:04:54.339 --> 00:04:58.769 there was an old couch in there Somehow the puppy 00:04:58.769 --> 00:05:02.029 either climbed or fell or something onto the 00:05:02.029 --> 00:05:06.490 couch and one of the couch springs became embedded 00:05:06.490 --> 00:05:09.610 in his shoulder like under like in his armpit 00:05:09.610 --> 00:05:14.189 kind of. The owner finally cut him free and brought 00:05:14.189 --> 00:05:16.949 him to Dr. Jamie. He had no idea how long he 00:05:16.949 --> 00:05:18.990 had been like that but Dr. Jamie feels like it 00:05:18.990 --> 00:05:21.529 had to have been quite a while because he was 00:05:22.189 --> 00:05:26.269 it was literally embedded into his body. He, 00:05:26.350 --> 00:05:31.310 Dr. Jamie said, he was laterally recumbent and 00:05:31.310 --> 00:05:33.430 couldn't raise his head or walk. I don't know 00:05:33.430 --> 00:05:35.089 what that means. I don't even know how to say 00:05:35.089 --> 00:05:38.850 it, but it makes me happy that she thinks she 00:05:38.850 --> 00:05:41.209 can use words like that with me and that I would 00:05:41.209 --> 00:05:45.319 know what she's saying. She also said that she 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:48.500 has never seen a dog survive tetanus before so 00:05:48.500 --> 00:05:51.519 this was the first for her and this puppy is 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:54.439 truly a miracle dog. So we are very thankful 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:57.060 that she trusts us to take him and she knows 00:05:57.060 --> 00:05:59.120 that we're going to find him the absolute best 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:03.759 home. Kate McAllister. So two dogs were found 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:07.779 at a county school. and another rescue was notified 00:06:07.779 --> 00:06:10.759 because it was in their area. When they got there 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:14.079 they only found one dog and it was not this one. 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:17.100 They went back a couple of times looking for 00:06:17.100 --> 00:06:19.680 Kate, this one. One of the teachers had taken 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.079 Kate home so that she wouldn't get hit by a car 00:06:22.659 --> 00:06:25.259 And apparently everybody at the school knew that 00:06:25.259 --> 00:06:27.620 this rescue was looking for her. So we're not 00:06:27.620 --> 00:06:30.439 sure why nobody ever said, hey, Mr. So -and -so 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:33.160 took her home. But anyways, a day or two later, 00:06:33.379 --> 00:06:36.399 Kate showed up at a store down the road from 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:40.079 some fosters and down the road from where the 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:42.959 school was. And our foster ran over there and 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:44.759 got her so that she wouldn't get hit by a car. 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:47.459 They got in touch with a teacher that had the 00:06:47.459 --> 00:06:51.240 dog the day before, originally thinking that 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:54.269 he was the owner. but he said he just took her 00:06:54.269 --> 00:06:56.110 home trying to keep her safe and that she got 00:06:56.110 --> 00:06:58.610 loose from his house and ran off during the night 00:06:58.610 --> 00:07:01.970 so our foster told him about us and that we would 00:07:01.970 --> 00:07:03.670 find it a great home and the guy was like yeah 00:07:03.670 --> 00:07:07.040 just keep it i don't even want her back so The 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:09.980 other dog that the rescue took the first day 00:07:09.980 --> 00:07:12.819 is waiting on transport to go to another northern 00:07:12.819 --> 00:07:15.639 rescue, but they were like, yeah, if you have 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:18.240 a rescue that'll take this one, we do not want 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:22.259 another one. So I told them if that rescue falls 00:07:22.259 --> 00:07:24.779 through, like I called dibs, we'll be sure she 00:07:24.779 --> 00:07:27.399 comes up on the first transport of 2026. But 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:30.000 we are very happy that we got Kate and we got 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:31.740 her out of here before she got hit by a car. 00:07:33.420 --> 00:07:36.680 Ralphie was picked up by animal control as a 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:38.819 stray in town and taken to the kill shelter. 00:07:39.220 --> 00:07:41.199 But then they called us and we went and got him. 00:07:44.819 --> 00:07:48.860 The B litter of four is one of our funnier background 00:07:48.860 --> 00:07:53.500 stories. This is an oops litter from our town 00:07:53.500 --> 00:07:57.300 vet. We love him. We love him so much. We love 00:07:57.300 --> 00:07:59.939 his family so much. They are truly some of the 00:07:59.939 --> 00:08:03.149 best people. but we have had a lot of fun with 00:08:03.149 --> 00:08:05.470 him over the fact that he had an oops litter. 00:08:06.569 --> 00:08:10.709 So the mama is his personal champion hunting 00:08:10.709 --> 00:08:14.709 dog and he breeds her on occasion to sell puppies 00:08:14.709 --> 00:08:17.810 for other hunters. We have to just look over 00:08:17.810 --> 00:08:21.029 this flaw in his personality though but to his 00:08:21.029 --> 00:08:24.290 credit he typically is very responsible about 00:08:24.290 --> 00:08:26.529 it and he makes sure that he doesn't breed her 00:08:26.529 --> 00:08:29.009 too closely together and that The puppies won't 00:08:29.009 --> 00:08:33.549 be bred when they're sold, so he is usually responsible. 00:08:34.210 --> 00:08:36.870 Anyways, he knew that she was going into heat. 00:08:36.889 --> 00:08:39.149 He knew when it was and he didn't want her to 00:08:39.149 --> 00:08:42.429 have puppies back to back years, so he put her 00:08:42.429 --> 00:08:45.610 in their kennel slash garage for what he thought 00:08:45.610 --> 00:08:48.149 was her entire heat cycle. He doesn't know if 00:08:48.149 --> 00:08:50.250 somebody got her at the front end or the back 00:08:50.250 --> 00:08:52.870 end, but next thing they know, his wife goes 00:08:52.870 --> 00:08:55.269 out to the barn a few months later and there's 00:08:55.269 --> 00:08:57.820 puppies crying. They could not believe it. He 00:08:57.820 --> 00:08:59.879 gave one of them away, another personality flaw 00:08:59.879 --> 00:09:03.019 that we will talk to him about. But Jessica ended 00:09:03.019 --> 00:09:05.960 up with a feral cat that needed to be neutered 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:08.720 while she had her hands on him. And so she texted 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:11.200 him to see if they could get him in. And he was 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:12.860 like, yeah, no problem. Bring him in today. We'll 00:09:12.860 --> 00:09:15.580 get him in right away. Oh, by the way, could 00:09:15.580 --> 00:09:19.480 you take some puppies? Jessica said, do we need 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:21.840 to give you the spiel on how this happens? And 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:24.200 his wife was like, we are as bad as the people 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:26.139 we talk about. I cannot believe that this happened. 00:09:27.539 --> 00:09:30.980 I told him that we offer spay vouchers for families 00:09:30.980 --> 00:09:33.899 who can't afford to have their dogs spayed. And 00:09:33.899 --> 00:09:36.899 he is the veterinarian who takes those vouchers 00:09:36.899 --> 00:09:40.000 and spays those dogs. So my joke was extra funny. 00:09:41.179 --> 00:09:43.200 But when he was leaving after dropping them off 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:44.899 at transport, he was like, thank you guys so 00:09:44.899 --> 00:09:46.940 much. I know that they're in great hands. Call 00:09:46.940 --> 00:09:49.379 me if you need anything. And I said, yeah, call 00:09:49.379 --> 00:09:51.320 us in six months when you have another litter. 00:09:52.490 --> 00:09:54.929 But he said he's going to go ahead and spay the 00:09:54.929 --> 00:09:58.230 mom now because he clearly isn't as proactive 00:09:58.230 --> 00:10:00.769 as he thought. All that being said, though, these 00:10:00.769 --> 00:10:03.350 puppies were an accident, but they have been 00:10:03.350 --> 00:10:06.389 so loved and so well taken care of their entire 00:10:06.389 --> 00:10:09.429 lives. We have so many litters that have never 00:10:09.429 --> 00:10:11.990 even been touched by a human before we get them 00:10:11.990 --> 00:10:15.250 or even worse abused by a human before we get 00:10:15.250 --> 00:10:18.330 them. But these puppies have been toted around 00:10:18.330 --> 00:10:21.070 by the vet's kids and given the absolute best 00:10:21.070 --> 00:10:23.950 start in life. Yeah, their mom's a champion like 00:10:23.950 --> 00:10:28.889 that's pretty cool The G litter of four were 00:10:28.889 --> 00:10:32.370 owner surrenders The owner's dog got pregnant 00:10:32.370 --> 00:10:35.029 and then went missing when they were three weeks 00:10:35.029 --> 00:10:38.149 old. She was never found We think she was killed 00:10:38.149 --> 00:10:42.129 our rescue partner Tasha Sent them to a bottle 00:10:42.129 --> 00:10:44.429 feeder until they were weaned and then she took 00:10:44.429 --> 00:10:47.360 them back when they were older That didn't last 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:49.120 long though because shortly after getting the 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:52.000 back she ended up with a stray dog that she was 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:54.879 also fostering. Just a day or two after getting 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:58.309 her, she broke with parvo. adult parvo which 00:10:58.309 --> 00:11:01.090 if you don't know adult parvo is the worst possible 00:11:01.090 --> 00:11:05.149 thing it is so much worse than puppy parvo so 00:11:05.149 --> 00:11:07.629 we were all terrified that the babies would be 00:11:07.629 --> 00:11:10.009 exposed to parvo if they stayed with her so mama 00:11:10.009 --> 00:11:12.490 becky took them in after the last transport and 00:11:12.490 --> 00:11:15.409 she has loved having four itty bitty babies to 00:11:15.409 --> 00:11:18.370 play with these last two weeks especially because 00:11:18.370 --> 00:11:22.070 right before these four she had 18 puppies that 00:11:22.070 --> 00:11:23.929 she was fostering it was two litters from the 00:11:23.929 --> 00:11:27.149 same house So she had 18 puppies that she was 00:11:27.149 --> 00:11:30.549 taking care of. So four is a breeze compared 00:11:30.549 --> 00:11:35.570 to that. And Tasha's adult foster with Parvo 00:11:35.570 --> 00:11:39.450 lived. Tasha got her through it. And then Tasha 00:11:39.450 --> 00:11:41.990 foster failed, which, if you know me, I do not 00:11:41.990 --> 00:11:45.750 allow foster failing down here. But adult Parvo 00:11:45.750 --> 00:11:49.289 is so awful. I was like, I don't blame you. If 00:11:49.289 --> 00:11:52.769 you can get that dog through adult Parvo, you 00:11:52.769 --> 00:11:56.179 are. you are in love and there is no giving that 00:11:56.179 --> 00:12:01.779 dog up. The J -liter of four were picked up as 00:12:01.779 --> 00:12:04.740 strays by animal control in another town. Animal 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:07.600 control reached out to a rescue in that area, 00:12:07.659 --> 00:12:10.279 one of our rescue partners, and told them if 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:13.840 they didn't come and get them, they, animal control, 00:12:14.179 --> 00:12:16.840 was going to shoot them. They were barely even 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:21.580 five weeks old at the time. Unbelievable. The 00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:24.779 S litter of six are actually two litters from 00:12:24.779 --> 00:12:27.139 the same home They have the same daddy though 00:12:27.139 --> 00:12:29.779 and so we just lumped them all into one litter 00:12:29.779 --> 00:12:33.679 They were owner surrendered to the Alabama shelter 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:36.059 our Alabama shelter friends that we love so much 00:12:36.059 --> 00:12:39.019 The shelter told me that the owner this is what 00:12:39.019 --> 00:12:43.159 they said the owner has two dang many not altered 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:47.830 dogs So their animal control officer is trying 00:12:47.830 --> 00:12:50.429 to get rid of them and kind of thin them out 00:12:50.429 --> 00:12:53.470 But she still has 10 small dogs at the house 00:12:53.470 --> 00:12:56.570 I'm hoping that they will give us one or two 00:12:56.570 --> 00:12:59.990 of these mamas because they're super cute The 00:12:59.990 --> 00:13:02.450 C letter of 8 where owner surrenders the mom 00:13:02.450 --> 00:13:05.330 came up as a stray. They're keeping mom We will 00:13:05.330 --> 00:13:08.879 spay her for them As for the cats, I hate that 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:10.679 we didn't get to send all of the cats on our 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:13.700 waitlist down here, but oh my gosh, I am so glad 00:13:13.700 --> 00:13:16.879 to be sending these 10. If you listened to last 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:19.679 week's episode, I told you that they were not 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:23.519 going to let me send any cats this week unless 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:26.100 some got adopted out, so I was begging and pleading 00:13:26.100 --> 00:13:28.480 and crying for you guys to help us get some cats 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:31.639 adopted. Y 'all got so many adopted from me. 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:34.039 I actually don't know how many because I wasn't 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:37.629 keeping track. But just looking at the adoption 00:13:37.629 --> 00:13:40.049 spreadsheet just from today's adoption event. 00:13:40.049 --> 00:13:44.750 It was at least 23 cats adopted in a two -week 00:13:44.750 --> 00:13:50.210 span which is the only reason I got to send 10 00:13:50.210 --> 00:13:54.070 cats today the only reason that we have no animals 00:13:54.070 --> 00:13:56.429 in any of our foster homes right now for the 00:13:56.429 --> 00:14:00.889 first time in For sure this year for sure this 00:14:00.889 --> 00:14:03.759 whole year, maybe even the last two years Because 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:06.480 if we didn't get to send these ten, we were all 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:10.899 going home with at least one cat or kitten. Okay, 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:13.419 onto the cat stories. Oogie Boogie was picked 00:14:13.419 --> 00:14:16.600 up by our rescue partner, Tasha. His eyes were 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:20.440 all gooped shut and he had a rough looking booty. 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:23.039 The vet that they took him to thought he was 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:25.320 two weeks old, but we actually think he was closer 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:27.679 to four weeks. They also thought that he was 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:31.820 a bobcat mix, which is not a thing. Bobcats do 00:14:31.820 --> 00:14:36.779 not. meet with actual cats. So I don't put a 00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:39.059 lot of stock into what they have to say, but 00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:41.799 Jessica offered to take him since booties are 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:45.399 her thing. They're her specialty. And Tasha has 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:47.960 saved Jessica on more than one foster lately. 00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:50.080 I was actually looking at my spreadsheet earlier 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:53.039 today. You should take a drink for however many 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:55.200 times I have said spreadsheet on this episode. 00:14:56.649 --> 00:15:00.590 But on it I have the rescue that the animal is 00:15:00.590 --> 00:15:04.149 coming from and then the foster or the group 00:15:04.149 --> 00:15:06.970 name that we have for them. There were so many 00:15:06.970 --> 00:15:09.370 on this spreadsheet and the last few transport 00:15:09.370 --> 00:15:12.570 spreadsheets that said from Jess with Tasha, 00:15:12.789 --> 00:15:15.970 from Tasha with Jess. Like they have just been 00:15:15.970 --> 00:15:18.149 wheeling and dealing their animals so that everyone 00:15:18.149 --> 00:15:21.110 has a lighter and easier to manage load lately. 00:15:21.570 --> 00:15:24.070 Anyways. Back to this kitten. This kitten was 00:15:24.070 --> 00:15:26.690 very whiny and needy for the first few days until 00:15:26.690 --> 00:15:28.809 Jessica declared him healthy enough to interact 00:15:28.809 --> 00:15:31.309 with the other two kittens that she had. Those 00:15:31.309 --> 00:15:34.809 were the F kittens. They were twice as big as 00:15:34.809 --> 00:15:37.750 him and she wasn't sure how that they would play 00:15:37.750 --> 00:15:39.970 together, but they took him right in and have 00:15:39.970 --> 00:15:42.649 been so sweet. He follows them around everywhere 00:15:42.649 --> 00:15:44.929 and can hold his own with them surprisingly. 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:51.399 Toy soldier is our mama with no babies We were 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:53.899 asked to take two kittens back in early September 00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:57.059 when they were super young But we had a waiting 00:15:57.059 --> 00:16:00.440 list of about 50 older kittens at that point. 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:04.279 So when Jessica finally circled back One of the 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:06.419 kittens was gone, but Jessica was gonna make 00:16:06.419 --> 00:16:09.100 plans to take the one that was left So the guy 00:16:09.100 --> 00:16:11.019 she had been talking to got her in touch with 00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:14.639 the lady that had These kittens and she said 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:16.379 any chance you can take the mom to and Jessica 00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:18.440 was like, yeah, absolutely She said she was just 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:20.559 a stray that showed up and have kittens. We gave 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:22.820 a few of them away Then we were left with two. 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:25.360 There's just the mom and one remaining kitten 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:28.779 right now They're outside but she was taking 00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:32.299 pretty good care of them and our options for 00:16:32.299 --> 00:16:36.080 fostering adult cats is very limited and not 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:39.559 great um they're just at the doghouse by themselves 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:42.659 they just get checked on once a day so the lady 00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:44.679 said she would continue taking care of them until 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:47.480 we were able to foster both of them so we just 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:49.019 decided to leave them there until a little bit 00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:53.779 closer to transport we had them all set to take 00:16:53.779 --> 00:16:56.720 and put at the doghouse this week and on wednesday 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.149 the kitten disappeared and hasn't been seen since. 00:17:00.389 --> 00:17:03.509 So I'm still holding out hope that it will show 00:17:03.509 --> 00:17:08.910 back up, but it's not likely. The pea larvae 00:17:08.910 --> 00:17:12.109 too. Okay, so a lady asked for help with some 00:17:12.109 --> 00:17:14.529 adult cats this summer when we were just barely 00:17:14.529 --> 00:17:17.089 keeping our head above water with cats. She takes 00:17:17.089 --> 00:17:19.410 in a lot of strays, but she's in a wheelchair 00:17:19.410 --> 00:17:22.329 so she really can't take care of them. We've 00:17:22.329 --> 00:17:24.230 done some spay and neuter for her in the past. 00:17:24.470 --> 00:17:28.390 Anyways, a mama got pregnant and these are her 00:17:28.390 --> 00:17:31.690 two kittens. And then this is what Jessica said. 00:17:31.769 --> 00:17:33.609 Jessica said, this is a funny part that you can 00:17:33.609 --> 00:17:36.029 add if you're struggling for stuff to talk about. 00:17:36.450 --> 00:17:39.329 We're like 18 minutes in. When do I ever, when 00:17:39.329 --> 00:17:43.269 do I ever struggle for stuff to talk about? But 00:17:43.269 --> 00:17:46.529 she, Jessica said, I was making a work phone 00:17:46.529 --> 00:17:49.170 call one day and I dialed the wrong number. I 00:17:49.170 --> 00:17:51.369 realized it and I thought I hung up before it 00:17:51.369 --> 00:17:54.470 even rang. I had no idea that the wrong number 00:17:54.470 --> 00:17:57.869 I dialed was this lady, the owner of these cats. 00:17:58.490 --> 00:18:01.750 But apparently she had my number saved. So I 00:18:01.750 --> 00:18:04.170 hang up on the wrong number. It immediately calls 00:18:04.170 --> 00:18:07.089 me back and she goes, Jessica, I'm sorry I missed 00:18:07.089 --> 00:18:09.369 you, but I'm so glad you called. I've got two 00:18:09.369 --> 00:18:14.589 new kittens. So Jessica was like all right well 00:18:14.589 --> 00:18:16.450 I guess you're getting bumped to the top of the 00:18:16.450 --> 00:18:18.289 list since you think I called you to tell you 00:18:18.289 --> 00:18:21.829 I could take your kittens. She does want to keep 00:18:21.829 --> 00:18:24.130 this mama cat though so we will be spaying her 00:18:24.130 --> 00:18:28.529 for her. The F litter of two. One of our fosters 00:18:28.529 --> 00:18:31.490 found them in the parking lot about eight weeks 00:18:31.490 --> 00:18:34.109 ago. We're just now getting around to taking 00:18:34.109 --> 00:18:37.849 them because we have had so many kittens this 00:18:37.849 --> 00:18:42.869 year. It's been insane. The Emma family, so this 00:18:42.869 --> 00:18:45.589 is the mom and three kittens. They came from 00:18:45.589 --> 00:18:48.529 the same house that the half -dead parvo white 00:18:48.529 --> 00:18:50.549 shepherd puppy came from earlier this year. I 00:18:50.549 --> 00:18:53.079 loved him so much. We have been helping them 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:55.920 with cat spay and neuters lately. A volunteer 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:59.240 went one day to set a trap for a feral cat, but 00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:02.700 found this mom and kittens, all of them literally 00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:05.599 barely alive. They were all eaten up with parasites 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:08.259 and coccidia and definitely did not have long 00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:11.019 left to live. So she loaded them all up, took 00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:13.859 them home. We got them started on meds. They 00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:16.359 have all made a full recovery and are doing great. 00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:19.680 But the mom almost didn't make it on transport 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:23.930 today. Jessica went to load them up at the foster's 00:19:23.930 --> 00:19:26.509 house who lives just across the street from where 00:19:26.509 --> 00:19:29.089 we do transports at my old house. She's my old 00:19:29.089 --> 00:19:33.509 neighbor. Anyways, they were in an enclosed dog 00:19:33.509 --> 00:19:37.150 pen. So like chain link fence on all four sides 00:19:37.150 --> 00:19:39.930 and across the top so that they can't just climb 00:19:39.930 --> 00:19:42.940 out. So Jessica went to get the mom. or she went 00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:44.180 to get the kittens, but when she went to get 00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:47.559 the mom, the mom ran to the top of the cat tower 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:50.400 in the kennel and wouldn't come down. If Jessica 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:52.579 tried to get her from the right side, she'd just 00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:54.579 scooch over to the left. If she went left, the 00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:57.039 cat went right. So we finished loading transport. 00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:59.200 I drive down the hill to help Jessica corral 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:02.140 her. She's super, super sweet. I think whoever 00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:04.380 gets her is just going to love having her. But, 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:06.619 you know, when someone busts in your home and 00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:08.720 steals your children, your first thought is. 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:11.339 Probably not to go easily with the intruder, 00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:14.920 so I don't blame her, but I'm very happy that 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:19.099 we got her. That is all for this week. That's 00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:22.799 all for this year, actually. Well, maybe. I'm 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:26.359 hoping, maybe, I'm hoping that I can get my life 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:30.920 together enough to do a recap episode later next 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:34.039 month. So I'll crunch some numbers, talk about 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:37.099 our favorites from that year. Maybe, but. Just 00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:40.380 in case I don't, I hope all of you know how much 00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:42.759 you mean to all of us down here. Whether this 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:45.240 is your first time fostering or your hundredth 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:47.900 or you just tune in to hear the stories you don't 00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:51.779 even foster. We appreciate everyone's support 00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:54.259 and we truly, truly could not do any of this 00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:57.559 without you. Thank you for being the majority 00:20:57.559 --> 00:21:00.420 of the reason why 2025 was such a great year 00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:03.779 for us. You guys are amazing and we love you. 00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:06.599 It's a Ruff life, but someone's gotta do it.