Velvet's siblings born underneath a container. |
Barely less than a month old. A whole life of misery ahead. |
The litters of stray puppies may make your jaw drop in awe but behind those bright, shiny eyes is a reflection of an exhausted mummy dog that have conceived and delivered too many times.
An unsterilized female dog can start breeding as young as six months old. The day they start breeding marks the beginning of a life of hardship – being the target of all the male dogs in the vicinity and giving birth twice every year. At just six months old, they are still a puppy. Can you imagine a primary school child becoming pregnant repeatedly and giving birth at that tender age?
Little lonesome pup |
Where's my mommy? |
Playing with dangerous objects in a vacated factory |
Why won’t people just adopt strays? Why is it that there is always this social stigma associated with street dogs?
We already have 13 dogs on hand and we have maxed out our list of existing fosters, and yet some of these dogs still haven’t found a home even after two years of wait. Due to our constraints, we’ve been wanting to turn down cases but rescuing dogs is in our blood and we just can’t seem to turn away.
Setting a trap for the puppies, who outwitted us |
Recently, we caught a female stray puppy that had an injured left paw. We treated her and decided to have her sterilized as part of our sterilization program. She was around 3 to 4 months old then. At that age, many vets would have refused to conduct the surgery as early age neutering is considered a high-risk procedure. However, vets who work with strays often enough would know that it is much easier to catch and sterilize them when they are young before it is too late. Once they grow older, they are more likely to suffer abuse, which makes them a lot more cautious, guarded and wary of people. By then, we may have lost all our chances of catching them for sterilization.
Our only catch for the day |
Velvet's Mommy was hit by a car a few days back and died on the spot |
Poor puppy Velvet lost her mommy. |
Going to the vet for her sterilization |
Our little puppy girl is a local cross, estimated to be about three to four months old. She has undergone her first vaccination, with two more to go. We’ve got all her hygiene checks done – she’s sterilized, microchipped, and tested negative for both distemper and parvo virus.
Sweet puppy Velvet |
Meanwhile, here’s a video of the puppy girl and her siblings that we filmed a few months back. Looking at their living conditions, how many days, months, or years do you think they will live?
Watch video http://youtu.be/N1dRASy_86g
As we write this, her mommy was killed when a car hit her. She lived as a stray, died as a stray. Left behind are two of Velvet’s siblings, a mere 3 mths + with no mommy to care for them.
Help us change this little puppy Velvet’s fate. ADOPT HER.
Velvet is a local cross breed, female, sterilized and has had her first vaccination. She is will be medium sized when full grown, and not HDB approved.
Written by Claire Chai
Velvet is a local cross breed, female, sterilized and has had her first vaccination. She is will be medium sized when full grown, and not HDB approved.
Written by Claire Chai