Foster Parents

Have I mentioned that Whitney is also a Vet Tech? If not, she's a Vet Tech, and that of course means that she must love animals-hmmm, sounds familiar. Anyways, it also means that it is very hard for her to say no to fostering opportunities(also sounds very familiar). However, she has done something that I never got the opportunity to do............to raise
PUPPIES by hand, no mama! 7 of them too. I've bottled fed numerous kittens(to many to remember), birds(that was interesting-did you know that you have to 'burp' baby birds), goats, and rabbits( I had their mothers help even though it was against her will) but never puppies and after helping for a week with them, I'm glad that the couple times that I bred dogs they always took care of their own offspring. This mama wasn't able to; its a long story though.
It could of been that there were so many to care for-7 is a lot; a lot of hungry tummies that all get hungry at the same time, a lot of poop, a lot of pee and they can't do these things on their own very well at first so they need a little help, soooo.....that ends up being a lot of tissues, paper towels and laundry to take care of daily!!!! We ended up splitting the litter with another tech. and that seemed to help out a lot for everyone involved.

Nap time in a cooler-it stays nice and warm which makes them quite happy!

This one was Jessie's favorite. It stayed in Wyoming when we left so that I would still be married when I got home.

But oh they were so cute.

They were such little pigs too!

Oh so sweet, so cuddly, so tiny, so quiet(for a little while)...........

So content after some nice warm milk and a nice warm lap.

Contentment

And oh the puppy breath!!

Yes, the puppy breath.

And the look of satisfaction, or maybe that's a glare, a warning to stay away from the milk....hmmm.