The Arizona Humane Society’s Emergency Dispatch received a call in mid-October from somebody who tipped in a sighting of two full-grown dogs coming in and out of a hole in an abandoned building that was due for demolition. Theresa Scheckel and Dan McGrath, who are Emergency Animal Medical Technicians™ for AHS, immediately arrived on the scene. They were informed that the female dog had given birth recently; however, the puppies were unaccounted for.
The operation was captured on video, and the two undernourished canines can be seen forcing themselves through a gap in the building. They responded positively to Scheckel and McGrath, sweet-talking and whistling to them. Despite their current circumstance, they were amiable to humans, and the female dog seemed to be a nursing momma.
The response team started to dig bigger holes to access the facility and look for the newborns. McGrath discovers the puppies huddled in a pile when he slid under the house through the tremendously narrow space. He slides them one by one on a gurney while he remained squeezed under the house. Scheckel carefully takes them out and secures them on the ground.
After being rescued from under the building, the seven puppies were reunited with their mother. The pups were so young; their eyes were still closed. The two adult dogs and their brood of seven were brought to the Arizona Humane Society for a thorough medical exam.
The litter comprises five males and two females who looked as if they were less than two weeks old. Their mother was a lab mix, approximately about a year old. Her torso had puncture wounds, most likely from her frequent crawling through the tiny space. They were housed comfortably at the Mutternity Suites of AHS—a lovely and serene space for pregnant and nursing dogs.
They spent a couple of weeks in an AHS Foster Hero home and were eventually declared ready for adoption. Their mother was named Rose, and she was able to get a new family.
Rose and her babies are part of the more than 4,300 homeless pets that AHS EAMTs rescue every year. AHS takes in about 18,000 of the most vulnerable pets in the Valley area annually. They protect them in their trauma hospital and ICUs.
They encourage you to visit www.azhumane.org for more information about the work that they do.
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