Puppy Update

The puppies have finished their treatment for coccidia and are ready to return to the Champaign County Humane Society (CCHS). They’ll be going back on Monday for their spay surgeries and should be up for adoption when the shelter opens on Wednesday afternoon. The pups are nine weeks old. This group is one of the most friendly, outgoing litters we have had in a long while.

As for their breed mix, it’s impossible to tell. The brindle color does not automatically indicate that they are any particular breed. Here is an incomplete list of breeds that can be brindle: Boxer, Greyhound, Cane Corso, Whippet, Bulldog, Chihuahua, Cardigan Welsh Terrier, Great Dane, Mastiff, Pug, Plott Hound, Irish Wolf Hound, Dashsund, Akita, Staffordsire Bull Terrier, Pitbull, Rat Terrier and anything they mix with! Personally, I’d call them a Lab/Boxer mix.

Contact CCHS for information about adopting one of the pups.

The puppies are very active. One way we teach them patience and work on bite inhibition is by teaching them to sit. Harriett has been working with them a couple of times every day. Using their normal kibble as a lure, the idea is to hold the food just slightly higher than nose-level and move it back toward the pup’s head. As the pup moves her head up to get the food her butt will naturally go to the floor. She only get the food if she keeps both front feet on the ground. It’s hard for at first, but you can see in the picture on the right that they learn pretty fast.