Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Welcome the Fabrics to Keep you warm - 8 cairns are rescued by CP!!

Written by CPs VP of Intakes


Last Thursday, a rescue pick-up started traveling across the state of Missouri picking up dogs from commercial breeding facilities that didn't want them anymore. In total, more than 200 dogs were rescued from these facilities.

I was contacted to see if Col. Potter would be able to help with six Cairns. Initially, I had to say no because of the lack of foster homes and asked that they contact other Cairn rescues. As the pick-up date became closer, it was apparent the Cairns would have no other rescue to help them. I said yes hoping that foster homes would become available.

And so, last weekend, two of our dedicated volunteers were on the road at 5:00 AM traveling 4 hours one way to the meeting place to pick-up six Cairns. But, when they arrived, there were EIGHT Cairns including a PREGNANT female!

Then the waiting for word from the vet, was she really pregnant and if so how far along and how many? PREGNANT was the verdict, due to whelp in approximately 3 weeks with at least 2 puppies, probably more! Next challenge, how do we get her to her foster home as quickly and as safely as possible?

Enter another dedicated volunteer, a woman in a wheelchair. She immediately offered to do whatever was necessary to get this pregnant girl to her foster mom. After many back and forth phone calls, emails and strategy, it was decided that our pregnant mom would fly in cabin with the volunteer to her foster mom. On top of it all, our compassionate, flying volunteer is getting a new foster that we were having a hard time transporting to her via ground, so we will move him and we will do a switch where she will deliver the pregnant mom and she will get her foster and he will fly back home with her in cabin.

A little bit about our pregnant girl, she's 8 years old, which means she's probably about to whelp her 15th litter of puppies. YES, I said 15th. She's very shy and scared. Yesterday she had a nice warm bath, followed by a second one this morning. She was groomed and had some of the matts and long hair trimmed off her along with her nails trimmed. AND, her final litter of puppies will be delivered with all the comforts and care of the finest hospital courtesy of her foster mom and her family.

And, now, I am honored to present the Fabrics to Keep You Warm:


Velvet: Female, DOB 2/06, 15.2#, grey brindle, sister to Fleece

Fleece: Female, DOB 2/06, 15.7#, wheaten, sister to Velvet


Velour: Female, DOB 6/05, 13.5#, black brindle


Silk: OUR PREGNANT GIRL, Female, 8 years, 17#, wheaten

Wool: Male, DOB 5/05, 20.8#, wheaten


Flannel: Male, DOB 6/05, 18.5#, wheaten



Cotton: Female, 8 years, 15.4#, HUGE hernia or tumor


Linen: Female, 6 years, 18.8#, large hernia or tumor

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