Saturday, March 29, 2008

Spring & Summer: It takes a Pack to Raise a Puppy




Spring and Summer are two lab mix females who were recently rescued from a home in WV with their pups. The twist is that Summer is actually Spring's mother, Spring having been born to her less than a year ago. Well, as happens when folks don't spay/neuter their pets, Summer got pregnant again and so did her teenage daughter. At the same time. Maybe by the same male. Where is Jerry Springer when you need him I ask??

When rescued by animal control, Summer and her remaining nine babies (she gave birth to twelve)were living outside in a travel crate covered by a tarp. Spring was in the tool shed with her one baby. One baby, I say. Wait. Did you see how many she has nursing in the photo? FOUR. Spring and Summer, you see, are happily sharing parenting responsibilities for the brood of ten puppies. When Spring feels she needs a few extra puppies on her side of the room she just walks right over and borrows a few from Summer and carries them to her own bed. Summer doesn't object. Probably,she is grateful for some help with all of those hungry mouths.

These two moms struck gold when they got delivered to Peggy's Puppy Palace aka the home of Peggy and Dave, puppy fosters extraordinaire. They will now be able to raise their extended family in safety and comfort while all of them learn about love and trust. Best of all, since every single baby will be spayed or neutered before it goes to its forever family, we can say for certain that the cycle has ended.