Winter is Pup Season!

IDA Deonar is awash with puppies and kittens. Still waiting for all those foster parents to contact us and let us know which pup or kitten they would like to take care of. Trust me, it's more fun than trouble and you will be doing some little soul a world of good. This is the only way an infant animal can get used to living in somebody's home. Otherwise, he or she is milling around with a whole bunch of other orphans at our Centre, fooling about, waiting for lunch time or taking a nap because there is no where to go. Most importantly, fostering gives them a fighting chance at staying alive.

Have a look at Whisky in the previous post. He was such a great looking pup. On his first day at the Centre, he was as frisky as a new born lamb. After two weeks, he had begun to droop. It's been a month since he came. Yes, he got sick and now we've lost him. I still can't believe that such a beautful animal is lost to us. If somebody had fostered him, he might have had a chance. He's gone and it's our loss.

The lovely little pup in the picture below was subjected to the most horrible cruelty by an unknown sadist. Her brother also was subjected to the same cruel treatment. He responded to treatment and fortunately was soon adopted and is doing well. This little girl was too sad and sick to survive even though all of us at the Centre did our best. One good thing is that we have many volunteers coming to the Centre to help us in whatever way they can and the pups benefit a great deal from the attention they get. So if you can't foster, come help with the feeding of the little ones, or pick up one or two and sit in the garden in the sun- good for them and for you! Help to give them their medication or just wrap up some of the tiniest in a cloth and hold them close until they get warmed up, They have been deprived of their chief and expert care giver, their mom, and they need all the help they can get.