Missy Liz

On September 4th, Red Lake Rosie's Rescue got a call that a family wanted a male stray dog picked up in Redby.  

On arrival it was soon apparent that this was no male dog- it was actually a pregnant female.  I named her Miss Elizabeth and that soon became Missy Liz. She was very young, perhaps 9 months old and had a ring around one eye like a slight case of demodex. This matted little hungry girl already looked balloon-like and I was sure she was going to have her pups any day.

Instead, every day belly got larger and larger.  Poor little girl- I wondered how she could stand it. She was a bit unhappy with the other dogs in the shelter yard, but all in all was a good sport about it.  She had some anxiety, but loved the treats and good food she was getting.  Little by little, she let me clip some of the mats out of her fur. 

Finally, on September 25, she began having her pups.  She started at 5:00 with number one.  Since this was surely her first litter, Missy Liz really did not know what to do and I am sure she was wondering what was happening.  By 10:30 p.m., she had 7.  I thought, oh great, that is all she will have. She seemed to get the hang of cleaning them off. 

On arrival at the shelter this morning, I found TEN puppies and a very tired little Missy Lizzy.  Now it is a waiting game to see if Missy Liz has the milk and the mothering instinct to keep her puppies alive.  A litter of ten is a lot for this young mother to feed. As it turns out, it was lucky we got her earlier in her pregnancy, so she got good nourishment in the final weeks for her growing pups. 

We are hoping for a good outcome and in a few weeks we are sure one of our puppy rescues will step up to take the babies and then we will spay Missy Liz and find her forever home.  She is one great dog!

Karen :)