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ANIMAL RESCUE 7 Ad Rates and Info: 513-919-5588 ROUGH STARTS DON’T HAVE TO END TRAGICALLY Everyone loves puppies! How can you not? Who can look at a roly-poly little ball of fur, fun and mischief and not have their heart melt, right? Puppies come into the world trusting that their ����������������������������������������������������������������������- ness and lots of fun upon which to build only happy memories. Sadly, for some puppies, this isn’t always the case. In January, we learned of four puppies that had been dumped by their owner in a rural county shelter that had a high euthanasia rate. Fortu- ���������������������������������������������������������������������� these puppies saved as badly as we wanted to save them so they arranged to have the pups transferred to us. We also agreed to take a young adult male. Because the other shelter was over four hours away and the transport wasn’t leaving until ������������������������������������������������������������������������ stayed late that Friday night anxiously awaiting the arrival of our newest furry guests. When the driver pulled into our parking lot, we excitedly ran out to welcome Kermit and the pups – Kaleb, Kel- ���������� ���������������� �������� �������������� �������� ���������� thing we noticed was that Kermit (the young adult that had been in the other shelter longer than the pups) was in the same crate as the puppies. Then the driver told us that Kermit ‘had thrown up during the drive.’ This was, of course, concerning but Kermit and the pups had been through a lot of scary changes in a very short period of time. All those rapid changes, along with such a long transport, was what we hoped had caused Kermit to get car sick. Still, we couldn’t help but worry about what we feared he may have been previously exposed to prior to the transport and, because he and the pups had been crated together for several hours, what he may have exposed them to. After getting the pups settled in, we were relieved when they quickly wolfed down the food we gave them then began to play with all the toys we’d put in their room. Although Kermit wasn’t as interested in eating dog food, he quickly ate some cheese and wagged his tail in appreciation. Perhaps his upset stomach was due to the long drive but we knew we needed to remain on alert and closely monitor him and the pups for the next 10-14 days. >>>>> continued on page 10 On the road to recovery Jan.28, 2017 ���������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������ �������������������������������������������������� 100% of proceeds go to The Animal Care Society


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