pupp ies and more puppies

smock · Puppy Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 4 Location: texas

a month ago i woke up to two female weims running arround in my yard and playing with my other dogs. they had collars without tags, and i expected they were lost and wouldnt be here long. well that was five weeks ago and i now have sixteen puppies! I live in a rural area and dumped off dogs are common place. I made some phone calls to local vets as well as the pound leaving my number as well as a description of the girls. No one has claimed them and i have worked very hard to take care of them hoping to find their owner, but without luck. I now am taking care of two litters of pups in hopes of finding good homes for them. I am not sure if they are full blood pups are not, this seems to be every prospective addoptive families question! The first nine are 2 1/2 weeks old and are very dark gray with small patches of white in their chest and some on their paws. The second litter of seven look alot like the older litter, but there are two silver, and the dark gray have almost no markings as do the first litter. whatever they are they are addorable! and their moms are wonderful as well. any feedback or comments would be appreciated!

freespiritmom · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject:

Where are you located?

aly · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject:

Would love to see some pics of your new arrivals, good luck with homing them, wish I wasn't so far away!

waitingonmyweim · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject:

That's so bizarre that two pregnant weims would just show up on your property one day!

Thank you for taking care of them! I hope you can find good homes for them in the next 5 weeks or so.

I wonder if you can get help from a rescue? Unless you have the funds available, I think you're going to find caring for 16 puppies is going to get very expensive (not to mention exhausting) once they are weaned.

Did you get their tails docks and their dew claws removed?
Could you post some pictures?

anne · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject:

16 puppies... you need some help!! It's easy now while mom has all the responsiblity but I don't envy you in a few weeks. Weim rescue can probably help, have you contacted them?

smock · Puppy Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 4 Location: texas

I live near Houston. Here are some pictures I just took.

First litter of puppies:
http://www.filehive.com/files/080512/1.JPG

Second litter of puppies:
http://www.filehive.com/files/080512/IMG_0312-[640x480].JPG

Puppy from first litter:
http://www.filehive.com/files/080512/IMG_0318-[640x480].JPG

Puppy from first litter:
http://www.filehive.com/files/080512/IMG_0321-[640x480].JPG

Close up cutie:
http://www.filehive.com/files/080512/IMG_0319-[640x480].JPG

Edit: Sorry, for some reason I was having troubles with the IMG BBCode tags, so you'll have to click on the links.

youhavenoidea · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject:

They're adorable!

They look like Weim / Lab to me.

Odd that both litters look identical. Same Dad maybe?

Asarra · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject:

I know it isn't much help, but I wanted to thank you for taking in those puppies and finding a good home for you. It is a huge undertaking that many people would not take. Very Happy

anne · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject:

They are cute!

And definitely cross bred. You can't get black puppies if they were full bred as all Weims carry the dilute factor.

simis · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject:

My first thought was black lab dad until I saw the silver and then the close up of the darker litter with the blue eyes!! Maybe a very dark blue weim dad?!? I don't know, I'm not a genetics expert by any means. Regardless, you're a wonderful person to do what you're doing, thank you.

youhavenoidea · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:08 pm Post subject:

smock · Puppy Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 4 Location: texas

thanks to all who have posted and all your kind words. I love
animals and can't just let hungry animals be left hungry! These dogs were found in our barn gorging on horse and cattle feed! Animals as well as other humans should not be neglected, its always right to do what you can. Thanks for your advice.

waitingonmyweim · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject:

oh wow! I didn't even notice the 2 silvers in there at first! How adorable!!

Please keep us updated!

Wrench · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject:

What part of Texas?

PamK · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject:

he lives near you in Houston.

Have you contacted weim rescue in Texas?

http://www.weimrescuetexas.org/