General Color: Tricolor (Tan/Brown & Black & White)
Current Age: 15 Years 8 Months (best estimate)
Housetrained: No
The Hairspray (Broadway play) litter consist of 11 puppies (designated by the "H" after their name) orphaned on Sept. 24, 2009 at the age of one week. They were brought to a local Animal Control to be euthanized because their mom had been hit and killed by a car. There are 7 girls and 4 boys. Says their foster: "I first started feeding them with an medicine dropper because they were to small and weak to suck a bottle. After 48 hours we rescued a foster mom dog from a kill shelter (Tanner, also available, along with her pups) who began nursing 6 of the puppies (11 would have been too many for her to nurse - especially after her own pups were through). The remaining five pups, which were the smallest and weakest of the 11, were bottle fed puppy formula every 3 - 4 hours until they were old enough to start eating food. The puppies that were bottle fed are Maybelle, Collin, Tracy, Amber, and the runt of the runts.. Little Inez." We were told their mother was a Shar-pei - Chihuahua mix. They are very little to be 7 weeks old (11/5). The will probably all be under 20 pounds with the runts being much less. The puppies come in all types.. short & long hair, short & long legs, big & little ears, colors of brown, black, tan.. big bubbly personalities.. little quiet personalities... laid back.. feisty... prancers and pups that walk like bassett hounds. All have sweet, loving personalities and are just waiting to have a forever home. All five of the first batch were adopted at our last Adoption Day. The remaining 6 pups will debut at the Bellevue Petco on Nov. 14. It's been a very long haul for all 11 pups, blessed with tireless volunteers and their will to survive to let's don't keep them waiting any longer for their forever homes!
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