Vegan Dog Foster Hard at Work

I am quite embarrassed that it has been over a month since my last post! I have been busy with my dog rescue work. Our latest foster dog, Sundae, consumed all of my time and attention outside of running our Web development business. She recently moved on to another foster so now I actually have time to tell you her story.

Sundae was spotted cruising the streets of southwest Phoenix for several days. Finally some rescue people were alerted and one brave woman in particular, Mary, came to Sundae’s rescue. You see Sundae had a belly full of pups, a prolapsed uterus and an umbilical hernia. Um, ouch! She was quite a mess to say the least. What does all that mean? Well the hernia (intestines pushing through her abdominal wall) was so big Mary couldn’t tell for sure if Sundae was pregnant. The prolapsed uterus was likely because she was trying to give birth but the pups and they were not coming out. Basically her uterus (which normally resides happily in a female’s body) was hanging out her back end. Gross!

Lucky for Sundae, after hours of searching and talking with neighbors, Mary found her. She was taken to a vet where her wounds were fixed up and out came four pups via c-section. Four pups! Honestly we thought the pups would be dead. But they weren’t! Four precious pups, 3 girls and 1 boy. Check out their story in this awesome 3 minute video. Mom and pups are all available for adoption at www.mixedupmutts.net.