May 30, 2007

Two kittens found in a dumpster

These 2 were found in a dumpster at a hardware store:

A boy and a girl. The boy has the eyes open, the girl not yet, so I suppose they are close to 2 weeks old. Covered in fleas, but not dehydrated or anything, so that's good.

Just a day after Erica was adopted out!

I also received a puppy that was found in the dumpster, read more about that HERE.

We have a name and a breed for the Dumpster Puppy

Breed: Akita (maybe a mix, not sure yet)
Name: Kicker (in the hope he grows up to kick the butt of the one who threw him into the trash!)

He started to open his eyes today, so he is approx. 12 days old already. Which makes the situation so much worse in my mind, because it means that he had to have had an owner for almost 2 weeks who then decided to toss the baby into the trash.

I have been going through different possibilities in my mind as to what could have possibly happened that made the puppy end up in the dumpster, but nothing sounds good enough to excuse such affliction of suffering.

May 29, 2007

Dumpster Puppy

Earlier this evening my doorbell rang. One of our Animal Control Officers was standing there with a tiny puppy on his arm. He was visibly upset. He explained that he had just picked that puppy out of a dumpster and that he will never be able to understand how people could do such a thing.

The puppy full of fleas and very hungry. I detected some congestion, but he was very hungry and suckled on the bottle as if he had never done anything else! I hope he makes it.

I have no idea about the breed yet and I will have to think of a fitting name too!