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13 years ago
Well, since FA refuses to upload my pic right now, I'm just gonna have to link photobucket for now.
A little history behind this picture. Exactly one year ago today, I adopted a newborn puppy who, for whatever reason, was no longer being fed by his mother. He was a day old when I brought him home with me to hand raise. Every vet I spoke with told me that hand-raising a puppy that young was very difficult, time-consuming and that very few pups survived. I'll admit, I was a little discouraged at hearing this, but I still kept at it and took the time to bottle-feed him as often as needed (thankfully, at the time, I had a work-from-home job I could easily take breaks from long enough to properly take care of him), kept both him and his bedding area clean and warm, and took him to regular visits to the vet to ensure I was doing everything possible to keep him healthy.
Now, over a year later, he is not only still a live, but a fully grown, healthy dog. He's not quite as big as I imagined he'd be (due to his mother's breed/size), but more the perfect size dog for apartment living.
As for the pic itself, it's more a compilation of two different pictures. The one on the left is one I took of him a few days after bringing him home. The one on the right was taken a couple days ago.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....issa/papi2.png
Now I'm not entirely certain what different breeds are in this little mutt, but I do have an idea of most of them.
The ones I've been able to figure out (based on his parentage) are
Father: Shih Tsu, Chihuahua, Pekinese, Poodle
Mother: Basset Hound, Collie, Pitt Bull, Retriever (plus likely a few other breeds mixed in. Those are the only ones I know for certain)
As soon as I'm able to get FA to upload the above picture, I'll remove this journal post.
A little history behind this picture. Exactly one year ago today, I adopted a newborn puppy who, for whatever reason, was no longer being fed by his mother. He was a day old when I brought him home with me to hand raise. Every vet I spoke with told me that hand-raising a puppy that young was very difficult, time-consuming and that very few pups survived. I'll admit, I was a little discouraged at hearing this, but I still kept at it and took the time to bottle-feed him as often as needed (thankfully, at the time, I had a work-from-home job I could easily take breaks from long enough to properly take care of him), kept both him and his bedding area clean and warm, and took him to regular visits to the vet to ensure I was doing everything possible to keep him healthy.
Now, over a year later, he is not only still a live, but a fully grown, healthy dog. He's not quite as big as I imagined he'd be (due to his mother's breed/size), but more the perfect size dog for apartment living.
As for the pic itself, it's more a compilation of two different pictures. The one on the left is one I took of him a few days after bringing him home. The one on the right was taken a couple days ago.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.....issa/papi2.png
Now I'm not entirely certain what different breeds are in this little mutt, but I do have an idea of most of them.
The ones I've been able to figure out (based on his parentage) are
Father: Shih Tsu, Chihuahua, Pekinese, Poodle
Mother: Basset Hound, Collie, Pitt Bull, Retriever (plus likely a few other breeds mixed in. Those are the only ones I know for certain)
As soon as I'm able to get FA to upload the above picture, I'll remove this journal post.
