Today we brought home a litter of eight puppies that were relinquished as a result of an investigation. Covered with urine and feces, these five week old orphans will require some medical care to get them into shape. They have been treated for fleas as well as internal parasites, and one of them has a prolapsed rectum, a bump on his eyelid, and enlarged lymph nodes.
We’ll refer to this litter as “The Townies.” The staff at the Champaign County Humane Society named them after the small, surrounding towns near where we live. The litter is unusual because it has seven males and one female.
You can see that they have Dachshund-like bodies. Supposedly their mom was a Labrador and dad was a Dachshund. Since dad probably didn’t stand on a box, I assume mom was either a very small Labrador or, most likely, not a Labrador at all. You’d be surprised at how many people cannot identify the breed of their dog and many people assume that any short-haired black dog is a Labrador.
I’ll be posting updates over the coming days. The puppies will be with us for at least three weeks.
| Fisher (m) |  |
| Gibson (m) |  |
| Homer (m) |  |
| Sydney (f) |  |
| Philo (m) |  |
| Ogden (m) |  |
| Paxton (m) |  |
| Champ (m) |  |
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