AWL Needs Foster Homes For Abandoned 4-Week-Old Puppies
AWL Needs Foster Homes For Abandoned 4-Week-Old Puppies
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
AWL Needs Foster Homes For Abandoned 4-Week-Old PuppiesPIERCETON - The Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County is looking for foster homes for five 4-week-old abandoned and barely weaned puppies.
During an interview Thursday afternoon, Darla McCammon, AWL executive director, said AWL received a crate full of seven 4-week-old puppies Thursday morning that need foster homes.One of the seven puppies was placed in a foster home Thursday morning by Miriam Laytart, Warsaw, who had heard they needed to be taken in. Another puppy was taken in Thursday afternoon by Jay and Brenda Rigdon.
Laytart currently has three cats and previously owned a dog. She said the puppy she is fostering is now part of her family.
"When my dog died from bone marrow disease I wasn't ready to get a new dog, but when I heard there was an opportunity to foster a puppy I thought that was a good idea," Laytart said.
The puppies available for foster care are a mix of Lab, Sharpei and German Shepherd and were found by a Warsaw woman and left abandoned in the cold winter weather in a box on Fox Farm Road, Warsaw, Thursday, McCammon explained.
Thursday was the second time in the past two weeks that the AWL has received litters of abandoned and barely weaned puppies.
All seven of the litter that were dropped off last week have been put into foster homes. The puppies last week were 3 weeks old.
The puppies last week were brought in by a Warsaw woman who found them by her mailbox.
There was no sign of the mother in either litter, and they did not have micro identification chips because they were just born.
"The puppies last week were more frail and more weak compared to the puppies that we received Thursday," McCammon said.
The puppies Thursday were placed in a separate room with the heat turned up to warm them and they laid on a blanket.
McCammon said the mother should have been spayed if the owner did not want puppies to prevent pregnancy.
"It's irresponsible not to have a pet spayed and neutered if the owner doesn't want anymore animals and throws them away like a piece of trash," McCammon said.
Each person who fosters one of the puppies will receive starter food and the AWL will cover immunization, deworming and expenses to get rid of fleas.
The foster family is encouraged to keep the puppy for at least a month or two to raise them until they are old enough to be adopted.
"We hope the foster families eventually adopt the puppies, but it is their choice," McCammon said.
AWL hours are Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
AWL is at 3489 E. CR 100S, Pierceton. The phone number is 574-267-3008.
