Post by John Durant on Aug 7, 2007 22:16:22 GMT -5
Hello friends,
The following is a true story from a friend of mine at work here in the Nashville, Tennessee area. She found a starving stray dog and her nine puppies (5-6 weeks old) in the woods behind her house, and was hoping to find homes for the puppies before having to call the animal control people to get the dogs.
The sad reality is that animal control may end up having to destroy these dogs, and she'd much rather see these puppies go to loving homes if at all possible. She's not sure of the breed, but they're short-haired dogs. The mother is in very rough shape and is nursing the puppies, but the puppies are also eating solid food. She says the puppies look very healthy.
If you live in the Nashville area and know anyone who can help with this situation, please email me at:
johnpdurant@hotmail.com
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Here is her story, and I hope someone out there can help give this story a happy ending....
"To make a long story short, this stray Coon dog has been staying in the woods by my house for over 3 months. She’s been barely surviving because of a lack of food. I’ve been trying to catch her, and she’s been treated so badly she won’t even give me one second of her time. I finally decided to make friends with her, and I left her food in the same place, over and over again. I’ve been feeding her for over a month, hoping to bond with her, with not much luck at all. I don’t think she’s had much human contact!
The other day I went to feed her in the woods where I normally do, and I heard her growling about three feet from me in a little space under the ground, and then I heard nine puppies crying and scurrying off to safety. So there I was, crawling and baby talking with a handful of food that I tossed to her so she would know I was here to help. She chilled out a little bit then.
I’m working really hard to get her to let me pet her. She finally ate food out of my hand, and this morning she didn’t really growl too much. I’ve been sitting three feet away while she and her pups eat so that she’ll know I’m not there to harm them. You have no idea how long and hard I’ve worked with her and for her. She finally ate out of my hand, very skittishly, and then backed away from me growling. I hope she doesn’t bite me, because if I scared her bad enough, I think she would for sure.
So anyways, that’s a short story of how I became a new parent of a whole family of dogs…..
The end for now"....
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She can't keep these puppies, so please help if you can. Thank you very much for your time!
Sincerely,
John Durant
The following is a true story from a friend of mine at work here in the Nashville, Tennessee area. She found a starving stray dog and her nine puppies (5-6 weeks old) in the woods behind her house, and was hoping to find homes for the puppies before having to call the animal control people to get the dogs.
The sad reality is that animal control may end up having to destroy these dogs, and she'd much rather see these puppies go to loving homes if at all possible. She's not sure of the breed, but they're short-haired dogs. The mother is in very rough shape and is nursing the puppies, but the puppies are also eating solid food. She says the puppies look very healthy.
If you live in the Nashville area and know anyone who can help with this situation, please email me at:
johnpdurant@hotmail.com
*********************************************************************************
Here is her story, and I hope someone out there can help give this story a happy ending....
"To make a long story short, this stray Coon dog has been staying in the woods by my house for over 3 months. She’s been barely surviving because of a lack of food. I’ve been trying to catch her, and she’s been treated so badly she won’t even give me one second of her time. I finally decided to make friends with her, and I left her food in the same place, over and over again. I’ve been feeding her for over a month, hoping to bond with her, with not much luck at all. I don’t think she’s had much human contact!
The other day I went to feed her in the woods where I normally do, and I heard her growling about three feet from me in a little space under the ground, and then I heard nine puppies crying and scurrying off to safety. So there I was, crawling and baby talking with a handful of food that I tossed to her so she would know I was here to help. She chilled out a little bit then.
I’m working really hard to get her to let me pet her. She finally ate food out of my hand, and this morning she didn’t really growl too much. I’ve been sitting three feet away while she and her pups eat so that she’ll know I’m not there to harm them. You have no idea how long and hard I’ve worked with her and for her. She finally ate out of my hand, very skittishly, and then backed away from me growling. I hope she doesn’t bite me, because if I scared her bad enough, I think she would for sure.
So anyways, that’s a short story of how I became a new parent of a whole family of dogs…..
The end for now"....
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She can't keep these puppies, so please help if you can. Thank you very much for your time!
Sincerely,
John Durant