WEBVTT 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:15.480 welcome to Ruff life. it is going to be a quick 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:19.019 one today because despite there being 40 animals 00:00:19.019 --> 00:00:22.460 on board there's only seven stories for me to 00:00:22.460 --> 00:00:25.579 tell and one of them is a repeat. i keep wanting 00:00:25.579 --> 00:00:29.120 to call this our third annual mommy and me transport 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:33.700 but we skipped 2024 because i was pregnant i 00:00:33.700 --> 00:00:36.979 was the mommy and me. so I don't know if that 00:00:36.979 --> 00:00:39.880 disqualifies us from saying it's our third annual 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:45.280 but anyways in February's 2023 2025 and now 2026 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:49.100 we have done a whole nursing mama transport and 00:00:49.100 --> 00:00:52.759 I love this tradition so much a because it's 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:56.020 so much easier to load 40 animals when 33 of 00:00:56.020 --> 00:01:00.109 them are the size of your palm. but also this 00:01:00.109 --> 00:01:02.929 lightens our load tremendously for the upcoming 00:01:02.929 --> 00:01:05.530 puppy season that's just around the corner. it 00:01:05.530 --> 00:01:07.810 really gives us a huge head start and helps us 00:01:07.810 --> 00:01:09.870 keep our head above the water just a little bit 00:01:09.870 --> 00:01:13.870 longer. the theme for this transport is gemstones. 00:01:14.030 --> 00:01:16.150 lame, i know we had the super bowl today, we 00:01:16.150 --> 00:01:19.010 have winter Olympics, like there's so many good 00:01:19.010 --> 00:01:22.569 things to use right now, but It was my birthday 00:01:22.569 --> 00:01:24.930 weekend. I was actually out of town all weekend 00:01:24.930 --> 00:01:27.890 and was scheduled off, but when we decided last 00:01:27.890 --> 00:01:30.349 week to add this transport last minute, there 00:01:30.349 --> 00:01:34.209 was no way that I was going to say no. So that 00:01:34.209 --> 00:01:36.709 being said, between my birthday being out of 00:01:36.709 --> 00:01:39.150 town and getting food poisoning in the hotel 00:01:39.150 --> 00:01:43.390 the night of my birthday, I had zero brain cells 00:01:43.390 --> 00:01:47.189 left to come up with a theme and names. Thankfully, 00:01:47.569 --> 00:01:50.489 our wonderful Claire had sent me a list of all 00:01:50.489 --> 00:01:52.670 the gemstones ever named. It's like literally 00:01:52.670 --> 00:01:55.709 the longest list I've ever seen. She sent it 00:01:55.709 --> 00:01:58.629 to me maybe even years ago, definitely months 00:01:58.629 --> 00:02:02.250 ago. So I just had to plug them all in. It was 00:02:02.250 --> 00:02:07.219 so easy. She really saved the day. Quartz is 00:02:07.219 --> 00:02:09.599 such a ham. Everyone who meets him falls in love 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:12.099 with him. Whoever is fostering him, I hope you're 00:02:12.099 --> 00:02:14.400 planning to foster Phil because you're in big 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:18.219 trouble if you're not. We got a call about a 00:02:18.219 --> 00:02:22.039 dog, not this dog, whose owner had died and the 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:24.780 neighbors had been feeding him. He's a big guy, 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:28.719 like more than 60 pounds. And they said another 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:31.419 stray had shown up earlier in the week and was 00:02:31.419 --> 00:02:34.819 bullying him and wouldn't let him eat. So Jessica 00:02:34.819 --> 00:02:37.349 went out there to see the first dog. Because 00:02:37.349 --> 00:02:39.349 we were pretty sure that the stray that was being 00:02:39.349 --> 00:02:42.650 mean to him was a like huge aggressive dog that 00:02:42.650 --> 00:02:44.830 would run off or I would tell her he was too 00:02:44.830 --> 00:02:47.090 aggressive for us to pull. You know, like we 00:02:47.090 --> 00:02:51.659 we can't take mean dogs and. So she pulls up 00:02:51.659 --> 00:02:55.659 and she sees this little 20 pound guy playing 00:02:55.659 --> 00:02:58.159 with the first dog in the carport. So the little 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:01.080 guy is the first one to make it to her bouncing 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:03.419 all over the place, begging for attention. She 00:03:03.419 --> 00:03:07.340 said, well, crap was her first thought as he 00:03:07.340 --> 00:03:10.379 literally jumped into her arms. The lady told 00:03:10.379 --> 00:03:12.500 her that they were obviously getting along much 00:03:12.500 --> 00:03:15.360 better now. And it seemed like the little dog 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:18.120 just needed to get some food in his belly for 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:21.740 a few days and realize this was consistent. The 00:03:21.740 --> 00:03:24.379 only issue was he wasn't letting the other dog 00:03:24.379 --> 00:03:26.659 eat. So I think once he realized there was plenty 00:03:26.659 --> 00:03:29.699 of food to go around, he got over it. So Jessica 00:03:29.699 --> 00:03:32.699 loaded both dogs up and they have spent the last 00:03:32.699 --> 00:03:35.840 month at Doggie Daycare. Quartz actually spent 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:38.819 a few days at our vet when he was neutered before 00:03:38.819 --> 00:03:42.400 he could go to daycare. And one of the vets and 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:45.379 multiple staff there all wanted to adopt him, 00:03:45.379 --> 00:03:50.400 but they know my role for local adoptions. but 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:53.300 his friend that he was bullying is still available 00:03:53.300 --> 00:03:56.740 and still at doggy daycare and would love to 00:03:56.740 --> 00:03:58.979 get a foster so he could come up on transport. 00:04:00.139 --> 00:04:03.439 The A family, we were contacted about the mama 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:05.860 a few weeks ago. She had wandered up as a stray 00:04:05.860 --> 00:04:09.039 and no one wanted her. We did not have any physical 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:12.139 or mental space at the time, so we told them 00:04:12.139 --> 00:04:13.860 it would be a little bit before we'd be able 00:04:13.860 --> 00:04:17.529 to take her. Fast forward a couple weeks to right 00:04:17.529 --> 00:04:21.029 after the ice storm hit and they messaged us 00:04:21.029 --> 00:04:23.750 again telling us that she was pregnant and they 00:04:23.750 --> 00:04:25.490 were pretty sure that she was going to have puppies 00:04:25.490 --> 00:04:28.709 any day and that she had just spent the last 00:04:28.709 --> 00:04:32.490 week of the ice storm in just a doghouse in their 00:04:32.490 --> 00:04:37.009 yard, just a tiny little doghouse. So the shelter 00:04:37.009 --> 00:04:40.089 wouldn't take her and animal control called us 00:04:40.089 --> 00:04:42.829 to see if we could and Jessica was like, well, 00:04:42.829 --> 00:04:45.850 why can't you? And he said it was because the 00:04:45.850 --> 00:04:49.110 only cage that he had open was in the very back 00:04:49.110 --> 00:04:51.949 next to the door and he didn't have any power 00:04:51.949 --> 00:04:54.870 yet at the shelter to plug in a heat lamp. They 00:04:54.870 --> 00:04:58.470 do have gas heat there, though, and it's not, 00:04:58.470 --> 00:05:01.379 you know, toasty warm in there, but it's a million 00:05:01.379 --> 00:05:04.579 percent better than it would be outside in an 00:05:04.579 --> 00:05:08.759 ice storm. Anyways, the neighbor had been feeding 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:11.300 her and so he brought her inside so that she 00:05:11.300 --> 00:05:13.600 wouldn't have puppies out in the freezing cold. 00:05:14.220 --> 00:05:16.860 Jessica and the doghouse had just gotten power 00:05:16.860 --> 00:05:20.500 and a little bit normal back to life that very 00:05:20.500 --> 00:05:23.699 day, but we still didn't know if this transport 00:05:23.699 --> 00:05:28.439 was going to happen and if she would have a foster 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:32.360 and even be able to go. Um, so that was my new 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:35.379 little foster who I am hoping will be on the 00:05:35.379 --> 00:05:37.579 next transport, but oh my goodness, she's obnoxious, 00:05:37.579 --> 00:05:39.800 but you guys are going to love her. Anyways, 00:05:40.060 --> 00:05:42.959 so the next day the lady that had been communicating 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:45.980 with Jess said that she did have puppies last 00:05:45.980 --> 00:05:49.040 night and the guy ended up putting them back 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:51.860 outside at midnight in the middle of her giving 00:05:51.860 --> 00:05:55.319 birth because his roommates weren't comfortable 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:59.009 with a birthing dog in their house. Needless 00:05:59.009 --> 00:06:02.689 to say, we got her set up at the doghouse later 00:06:02.689 --> 00:06:05.689 that day. She is a great little mama and the 00:06:05.689 --> 00:06:07.930 absolute sweetest. She just melts in your lap 00:06:07.930 --> 00:06:12.120 if you sit down with her. The bee family is from 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:14.680 the hoarding house we pulled from recently. I 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:17.879 covered their story more in depth on the January 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:21.740 30th snowplow episode, so definitely check that 00:06:21.740 --> 00:06:23.500 episode out if you're interested in the full 00:06:23.500 --> 00:06:26.639 story. But long story short, they're from a home 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:30.740 of around 300 dogs that were confiscated. But 00:06:30.740 --> 00:06:33.959 quick update to last week's litter. We held the 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:36.120 runt puppy back from that litter at transport 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:38.860 because she was just so teeny tiny and puny. 00:06:39.689 --> 00:06:42.189 Unfortunately, she did pass away shortly after 00:06:42.189 --> 00:06:46.410 Tasha got her home. She was so, so, so, so much 00:06:46.410 --> 00:06:49.089 smaller than any of the other puppies in both 00:06:49.089 --> 00:06:52.329 litters, like not even half the size. I would 00:06:52.329 --> 00:06:54.850 say probably a fourth of the size of all of the 00:06:54.850 --> 00:06:58.730 other puppies. So I'm not surprised she didn't 00:06:58.730 --> 00:07:03.019 make it, but still very disappointed. The C family 00:07:03.019 --> 00:07:06.680 is from our Alabama shelter. Mama was picked 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:10.420 up as a pregnant stray. She had 11 puppies at 00:07:10.420 --> 00:07:13.120 the shelter, but she was in a small kiddie pool 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:16.420 and unfortunately smushed four of the puppies. 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:21.800 The D family were strays. The mom came up and 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:25.139 gave birth in a lady's flower bed during the 00:07:25.139 --> 00:07:27.579 ice storm. She took them inside until we could 00:07:27.579 --> 00:07:31.639 take them and get them on transport. Then for 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:35.100 the cats Opal is from Jessica's family. This 00:07:35.100 --> 00:07:37.860 is what Jessica had to say about it She said 00:07:37.860 --> 00:07:40.980 my parents are not cat people They've always 00:07:40.980 --> 00:07:43.639 had dogs and just recently had to euthanize their 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.540 senior dog Their street is also the gathering 00:07:46.540 --> 00:07:49.160 point for half the stray cats in town So now 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:51.639 that there isn't a guard dog there in the backyard 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:55.540 this cat made their deck her home My dad said 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:58.779 that cat is not staying and my mom said the next 00:07:58.779 --> 00:08:00.939 thing she knew she looked outside and he was 00:08:00.939 --> 00:08:03.079 sitting in his chair on the deck reading a book 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:06.790 with this cat in his lap. Two weeks ago at Sunday 00:08:06.790 --> 00:08:08.870 lunch, I noticed her belly looked a little bit 00:08:08.870 --> 00:08:11.269 bigger. When we got her approved for transport, 00:08:11.310 --> 00:08:13.550 I brought her to the doghouse and the last couple 00:08:13.550 --> 00:08:16.490 of days I've gone from yeah, I think she is pregnant 00:08:16.490 --> 00:08:20.389 to she's definitely pregnant to oh my gosh, please 00:08:20.389 --> 00:08:22.769 don't have these kittens before you leave. She 00:08:22.769 --> 00:08:25.569 is super sweet and a wee bit vocal. I don't know 00:08:25.569 --> 00:08:28.310 how she has made it as a stray with all the loving 00:08:28.310 --> 00:08:31.410 that she's wanting. So if she's not pregnant, 00:08:31.610 --> 00:08:36.730 it's Jessica's fault. The K family is from our 00:08:36.730 --> 00:08:40.029 Alabama shelter. One of them is the mom. I don't 00:08:40.029 --> 00:08:42.250 even know which one is the mom. The other one 00:08:42.250 --> 00:08:45.529 is the mom's sister. They are from the same home 00:08:45.529 --> 00:08:48.029 and they were in the same cage together at the 00:08:48.029 --> 00:08:52.090 shelter when the one gave birth. But they have 00:08:52.090 --> 00:08:54.710 been so sweet together with the baby since that 00:08:54.710 --> 00:08:56.710 baby was born. Like they both cleaned it up. 00:08:57.200 --> 00:08:59.340 I don't think they're both nursing and I think 00:08:59.340 --> 00:09:02.059 only one of them is nursing, but just so sweet 00:09:02.059 --> 00:09:05.220 with the baby and they snuggle with that together 00:09:05.220 --> 00:09:07.899 and with the baby. Oh my goodness, it's so precious. 00:09:08.899 --> 00:09:12.279 They are from the Shelter's Animal Control Officer's 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:15.940 Mom. This is also the same home that the S letter 00:09:15.940 --> 00:09:21.080 of six Chihuahua puppies came from November 29th, 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:25.120 2025. That is all the stories for this week. 00:09:25.259 --> 00:09:27.799 I told you it would be a quick episode We have 00:09:27.799 --> 00:09:29.840 another transport scheduled for next weekend 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:34.080 and let me just tell you There are some stinking 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:36.639 adorable animals on that load one of them you 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:40.559 just heard a few minutes ago If you haven't signed 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:43.480 up yet, trust me Just bite the bullet sign up 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:45.419 and you can thank me Sunday morning when you 00:09:45.419 --> 00:09:48.620 get the cutest critter you've ever seen Oh my 00:09:48.620 --> 00:09:52.220 goodness It's a ruff life, but someone's gotta 00:09:52.220 --> 00:09:52.820 do it.