Call Me Octo-Mom 2

Call Me Octo-Mom 2
Mar 28th 2009
wolfmoonsleddog
Midwest
Location: Finland, MN
Time - 8:31pm
Temperature: 21 degrees F
Conditions: Partly cloudy
Forecast: Partly coudy tonight and tomorrow. Highs in the 30s, lows in the single digits

Well life has been interesting these past eleven days. On St. Patrick’s Day, Ziggy, one of the MCK dogs, gave birth to eight puppies. We celebrated the arrival of the pups but quickly realized that there was something wrong with Ziggy. To make a long story short, she had ruptured her uterus and although everyone did all they could, she passed away following emergency surgery.

Although all of us are shocked and saddened, our attention has turned to the eight puppies Ziggy left behind. It has been a roller coaster hand-raising them but they are all still here and doing well. I have been saddled with the nickname of Octo-Mom, although I think it might be more appropriate to say it takes eight people to do the work of one mother dog. Everyone has pitched in to help.

We have become very attached to the puppies and it’s obvious that they recognize us by smell. It is an around-the-clock job for all of us to raise them. Phil, the other handler here, gave all the pups Irish names. It was only fair since the litter was born on St. Patrick’s Day and Phil is from Ireland.

Here are some pictures of the pups from last week. They have already grown tremendously since I uploaded the pics.










Above is a picture I took of Ziggy last Winter. She was a great leader and everyone here misses her. I know I do.

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4 Responses to “Call Me Octo-Mom 2”
Khyra on 28 Mar 2009 at 8:45 pm # edit this

Ahhhhhh…

I guess they needed a new mom North of The Rainbow Bridge…

Tank woo fur sharing the sadness but making us smile with pup pup pup puppies!

Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra

Dave Lukosik on 29 Mar 2009 at 9:45 pm # edit this

Sorry to read of Ziggy’s passing but delighted to read that you, Phil, Blake and Jen are giving her pups the blessing of life! Are any of the other female Siberians helping with their socialization and nursing? Thanks for the great photos.

The OP Pack on 30 Mar 2009 at 11:33 am # edit this

How sad about Ziggy but she sure left quite the beautiful legacy. Mom loves that white one with all the black markings. So wonderful of you to care for them. Good luck and we hope they all have good homes to go to.

Woos, the OP Pack

Wolf Moon Dogsledding » Getting Back Into The Swing Of Things on 25 Aug 2009 at 6:43 am # edit this

[...] orphan puppies from last March (see http://sleddoggin.com/blogs/wolfmoonsleddog/2009/03/28/call-me-octo-mom-2/ ) are huge and beautiful now. They are currently running and playing out in the new free-run [...]