How sad, DC.
Abby, apriocot poodle, after her ears got better
My two little poodles are not perfection either. Abby is apricot and came from a farm. She was part of a litter of nine from miniature parents. She and one other were 1/3rd the size of the rest of the puppies. At 8 weeks old she weighed barely two pounds. She had a horrendous ear infection and her her ears stunk so bad I couldn't cuddle her but for just a moment. It took us several days to get all the hair out of her ears and to treat her properly. It was so gross! I can't imagine how she spent those first weeks of her life being a happy puppy living in the pain she had to be in. Her ears had large amount of dried blood and yuck in the fur. We could only pull so much at a time before she because aggitated and crying. Eventually it was done and we won the battle. She has never had ear problems again.
This was 1 week after Rhett came home with me.
My little Rhett was actually not the pup I was supposed to get. The pup I had reseved died and there were no other pups but one super runt from the set of chocolate mini's. She gave him to me because she truly believe he would not live if someone not committed to him took him. Every two hours for a couple weeks I fed him, kept honey water available in his kennel and even took him to church with me in my coat pocket or other places if I were to be gone more than 2 hours at a time. I got him at nearly 10 weeks old and he weighed 15 ounces. He is a thriving, happy, healthy boy whose 1st birthday is next month.
I am trying to decide when to let their coats start growing out for a thicker winter insulation. We heat with wood so my house goes through night time chills. I keep a heating pad under their dogs beds for added warmth but I can't in good conscious shave them down in late fall and winter. I keep them with a thicker poofy puppy cut to insure they stay warm. One women I met last winter had all of poodles shaved to the barest point and those dogs where always shivering. I felt so sorry for them.
Abby, apriocot poodle, after her ears got better
My two little poodles are not perfection either. Abby is apricot and came from a farm. She was part of a litter of nine from miniature parents. She and one other were 1/3rd the size of the rest of the puppies. At 8 weeks old she weighed barely two pounds. She had a horrendous ear infection and her her ears stunk so bad I couldn't cuddle her but for just a moment. It took us several days to get all the hair out of her ears and to treat her properly. It was so gross! I can't imagine how she spent those first weeks of her life being a happy puppy living in the pain she had to be in. Her ears had large amount of dried blood and yuck in the fur. We could only pull so much at a time before she because aggitated and crying. Eventually it was done and we won the battle. She has never had ear problems again.
This was 1 week after Rhett came home with me.
My little Rhett was actually not the pup I was supposed to get. The pup I had reseved died and there were no other pups but one super runt from the set of chocolate mini's. She gave him to me because she truly believe he would not live if someone not committed to him took him. Every two hours for a couple weeks I fed him, kept honey water available in his kennel and even took him to church with me in my coat pocket or other places if I were to be gone more than 2 hours at a time. I got him at nearly 10 weeks old and he weighed 15 ounces. He is a thriving, happy, healthy boy whose 1st birthday is next month.
I am trying to decide when to let their coats start growing out for a thicker winter insulation. We heat with wood so my house goes through night time chills. I keep a heating pad under their dogs beds for added warmth but I can't in good conscious shave them down in late fall and winter. I keep them with a thicker poofy puppy cut to insure they stay warm. One women I met last winter had all of poodles shaved to the barest point and those dogs where always shivering. I felt so sorry for them.
