Video: Mama and her eleven 3-day-old pups are settling in at their foster home
Video: Mama Holly feeding her 11-day-old pups
Video: 11-day-old "puppy pile" between meals
Holly, Lab mix mama, and her eleven puppies
Background: This beautiful female Lab mix was picked up as a stray in Stanislaus County... and taken to the Modesto shelter. No issue at intake at the shelter other than being scared on a leash. Shelter believes she is ~3 years old. She delivered eleven puppies at the shelter on Friday May 8th. We got her into a foster home in Clayton on Monday May 11th where she and her puppies are thriving. Seven females and four males.
What Their Rescue Rep Says: Mama and the puppies are doing great. They are growing steadily. Eyes are not yet open. We won't be inviting prospective adopters to meet them until they are ~6 weeks old (around 19 June). We will adopt them out when they are ~8-weeks-old... after their first vet visit (and puppy vax #1). We think mama Holly is a Lab/shepherd mix -- no idea what breed the father is.
We want the puppies to go to homes where the people are around a lot. Would be fine in homes with another (adult) dog and children. Adopting a young puppy is much like having a newborn baby in the home: very demanding for care and attention. Young puppies quickly grow up and become big rowdy juveniles that need lots of exercise and structure and patience from their humans.
Several puppy handouts from Marin Humane are fabulous reads:Puppy World
Puppy Health
Puppy Socialization
Medical: Holly is vaccinated and microchipped; appears to be in fine health. The puppies will need to be quarantined in their homes and backyards until they receive their final puppy vaccination (~28 August) so they are not exposed to parvo and other nasties. The existence of a safe/secure backyard may be a factor in selecting adopters.
Located In: Clayton
If you want to adopt Holly or one of her puppies, please contact Rescue Rep Dave at david.c.ely@sbcglobal.net
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