The heartworm medication is poisonous during gestation, and very well could have caused much more adverse effects for the babies. We were very grateful for this gift of life we've been allowed to experience. No, I would never have done this on purpose. But they were such a treasure, although they added up to quite a good deal of hard work before they were all adopted. They were cute to watch, enjoy, cuddle, and just stare at in wonderment.
Life is a precious miracle.
I was glad to be reminded of it by such a sweet thing as a brand-new puppy. We weaned the pups at four weeks, to Daisy's relief, and bottle fed them for another week or so. When they were eight weeks old, Daisy went to live in a new home in Kansas City with one of her sons, Bandit, where she enjoyed a rich and spoiled life for a while, going to the spa for a full grooming with bows in her hair every three weeks. Recently her family experienced some severe challenges and could no longer care for her or Bandit, and our Rescue program again found homes for both of them. I do have this more recent picture of Daisy after she had been living the good life for some time, and you can really see the improvement in her looks.