Entered: 11/11/2006
Status: Adopted
Age: 6
Color: Liver/White/Tan
Weight:
Gender: Intact Female
Location: Creekside, PA
Health: Very thin but meeting the needs of 4 puppies
Temperament: Good with adults, has lived with children, good with dogs, will chase but not hurt cats
Updated 11/18/06:
Sadly, Yoki struggled for several days after delivery. Despite the best efforts of her foster mom, she finally lost the fight. Thankfully her siblings continue to thrive.
Original: Zoe is one of 5 springers who were surrendered to MAESSR by a breeder when she decided to downsize her breeding program. Thankfully, a volunteer who is very experienced with the needs of an expectant mother was available to welcome Zoe because Zoe was in the late stage of pregnancy when she arrived at her foster home.
Within just a few days, Zoe began to whelp her litter and delivered 6 precious little tri-colored puppies, 3 boys and 3 girls. The first puppy born, a little boy, was very small, did not begin to nurse well and had a deformed leg. He steadily declined and, despite the intervention of a vet, was lost. The next born and next smallest, a little girl, had a rough start and was also lost. The good news is that the remaining four are healthy, happy puppies!!! They are nursing vigorously and already gaining weight. Under the watchful eyes of both Zoe and her foster mom, these puppies are thriving and truly little wonders to behold.
Names were needed for Zoe’s new family and, in the spirit of the season, it was fitting that a Thanksgiving theme be used. After a flurry of emails and great suggestions, each puppy was named. One little boy is Tom Turkey, as no one could resist the lighter side of such a choice. Another male is Winthrop, named after a man who helped draft the first Thanksgiving resolution for Congress in 1774. The male puppy who was lost was named Vaiveahtoish, which is Cherokee for “alights on a cloud.” Unity II reflects the spirit of the original feast as does the name of another female pup, Xia, which is Greek for welcoming or hospitable. Yoki, the last little female, was given a Hopi name which means “rain,” particularly fitting as she was buried by her foster family on a rainy afternoon. As the puppies grow and begin to show their individual personalities, their webpages will be completed and, of course, pictures will be coming.
Zoe’s reputation for wonderful temperament preceded her becoming a MAESSR gal and it is fully expected that she will have passed that to this litter as surely as her distinctive coloring. She’ll be able to raise her pups in a warm, safe home until they are ready for adoption themselves and with that task done, she will retire from motherhood into a forever home of her own………….truly there is much to be thankful for in this one little rescue.