BARKER AND BOOKER'S STORY

The coordinator received a call from a concerned gentleman saying his female dog had 6 pups he wanted us to take into care. As the pups were very young, we waited another 6 days then went to the community to receive them, bring food for the mother and father dogs, and catch up on the news .

We are blessed to have an enthusiastic and supportive foster mom who volunteered to drive out to the community with the coordinator. Along for the ride, and to help in the rescue were D's mother and 87 year old grandmother.

When we arrived at the home, two sweet little pups popped their heads out from under the house, and came to us happily. They were immediately wrapped in warm "rescue" blankets and hurried out of the rain into Gramma's waiting arms. The owner was not present, we found out later, because his truck had boken down! He called us later to say thanks, and tell us the other four pups are missing, he presumes taken by local children. His plan was to go and find them as they are too young to be unsupervised and not fed properly.

We met the parents (pictured here-Mom left, Dad right)of these pups - both blonde and very affectionate dogs. We fed them, filling up their bowl twice! We are hoping to get these dogs altered, with their owners' permission.

Both pups were driven to The Sylvan Lake Vet Clinic to meet Dr. Mattson, who came in especially for our rescue that day (Saturday June 16th) We deeply appreciate his dedication to these needy puppies. Dr. Mattson weighed them, Barker being a half pound lighter than Booker. They were given de-worming meds and we were given advice on feeding them. The next stop was the coordinator's house where formula (milk replacer) was quickly mixed and put into bottles for their first good feed. Both pups were very hungry and thirsty, and drank until their bellies were round!!

Their foster family reports that both pups have passed huge amounts of worms, and are now lapping well. They will eat rice pablum mixed with mammalac until their tummies settle enough to add dry food to the mix!

Update July 2007 Barker and Booker have been adopted.

left: Booker and Barker with Deanna. Right Booker(now called Cooper) growing up

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