ANGEL'S JOURNEY CONTINUES...WELCOME PUPPIES!

The picture above was taken at Angel's first foster home in St. Louis (Kathleen's house). She settled in fairly quickly and had her puppies on October 29th! This was the day Angel was scheduled to go to Nebraska (that rescue fell through as many of you may know). Check out some pics from the day these precious fur-souls were born!

Kevin and I were able to visit Angel and her puppies at their temporary foster home with Pamela this past Sunday while we were in St. Louis! Oh how I miss this sweet girl. All the puppies seem to be doing well so far, but there is some concern about Angel's milk production. Angel and pups were moved to Kelly's house Sunday evening (Mostly Mutts Director) so that she can keep an eye on Angel and provide supplemental feeding if necessary (Kelly has extensive experience with mommies and puppies).

Kelly is going to take Angel to see the ortho specialist about her leg. She has already seen one vet already. It turns out that Angel's scapula is pushing on her spine (waiting for xrays still). She does not have any feeling in her foot and most of the way up toward her should. Future plans include amputation of not only her leg, but part of her shoulder/scapula as well. More bad news...Angel is heartworm positive (we figured she would be though). The vet feels she should be treated for heartworms first (after puppies are weaned of course) and then work on the leg/shoulder amputation later. She will need some more doggy angels to help with this so we hope to have a Chip In up and running very soon!

Check out some pictures of Angel and her 9 puppies below (puppies are 1 week and 1 day old):

Check out the cute little black one upside down- lol!

Love the one on top!

1 special white one :)

Gotta get comfy wherever you are!

Nothing cuter than a puppy pile!

I may be wrong, but I believe this is the runt!

Dinner time!

Such a good mommy!