Friday, June 12, 2009

Update on Elvis & Priscilla...

The orphans have made the transition from bottle feeding and formula only to eating/drinking out of a bowl and chicken, goats milk, formula and supplemental vitamins. In addition, they've become VERY active now... Rough-housing, growling, playing with each other at all times of the day (and night... LOL).

We've dropped the fleece curtain around their Xpen so that they become more aware of what is going on around them, especially the other dogs... While the dogs are interested in what the orphans are getting in that food dish, I'm not so sure the orphans are that aware (yet) of other dogs or what that means to them.

Not to disinterest anyone in adopting the orphans, but because they don't have a mom to teach them the proper canine manners and behaviors a puppy commonly gets from their moms, these two little ones could be a challenge to a new adopting furever home... They could be difficult to potty train, not have bite inhibition, etc. We will attempt to introduce them to other dogs that are known for being good with puppies, but there is no guarantees that in the short amount of time we'll have them as fosters we can get this accomplished. Just FYI.

"Puppies are sweet, but not always a treat" as the saying goes. They're now almost 5 weeks old and are entering the learning, fearful stage (5-8 weeks)... Because of their small petite size, we are strictly adhering to the locality rule TLC has (within 50 miles of Simi Valley and/or an hour's driving distance max)... We're all volunteers and otherwise, we can't do the home check nor provide the usual support after adoption otherwise. Thanks for your understanding in this matter!

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