Busy Weekend

Well, it was a busy weekend. Kathy and I showed off puppies and told people about Ratbone's mission at the Pet Market at Dash Point and at PetSmart, both in Federal Way, Washington. We had 6 puppies with us, so there was a lot of wiping up of pee to be done. Thank goodness a past adopter stopped by with a bag of towels that she was donating because we hadn't brought anything but their blankets. The puppies are all very well socialized and so everyone had a chance to snuggle a puppy and get a few puppy kisses if they felt like it.

We have multiple applications on all 8 of the puppies and the majority of them look really good, so once these little guys get spayed or neutered, they should be ready to head to their forever homes. They are great little dogs (who will be great medium sized dogs in a few months) and whomever ends up being the approved applicants are very lucky indeed. Already they have pretty even, calm temperments and they are only puppies.

Their mom arrives next week, I believe, and she will be doing the heartworm treatment here and not in Texas, so wish her luck as she undergoes this dangerous stage of getting rid of mature heartworms. The treatment kills the heartworms, but because the mature heartworms are lodged in the heart and even at times the lungs, as they die and release into the bloodstream there is a time period that the dog is at risk for heart failure if the worms clog veins. If you live in an area that has heartworm, PLEASE keep your dog on heartworm preventative. It will eventually kill a dog if not treated and treatment and possible lasting health problems are a lot more expensive than a monthly dose of Heartguard plus or Advantage Multi, that's for sure.