About Wilbur H |
- Status: Adopted!
- Species: Dog
- Rescue ID: D090662
- General Color: Tricolor (Tan/Brown & Black & White)
- Current Age: 16 Years 3 Months (best estimate)
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- Housetrained: No
- Owner Experience Needed: None
- Reaction to New People: Friendly
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Wilbur remains from a litter of 11 puppies 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. 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.
Wilbur is one of the larger pups and he will probably be about 25 lbs or so. He is crate trained, house broken and almost 4 mos old now. His foster reports: -Wilbur is an adorable 3.5 month old, 10 lbs. Shar-Pei/Dachshund mix who's wishing for a new family for Christmas! He is a very intelligent and energetic puppy who loves people and other animals. He is great with children (he had a blast at Thanksgiving with 10 children under the age of 8!). He is crate-trained and house broken (he's learned to sit by the door when he's ready to go outside). He sleeps in his kennel the whole night through now! He enjoys playing with his toys and already knows how to fetch! He loves running in the yard and chasing the leaves. He's not a yelper and does well on a leash. Wilbur is up-to-date on his shots and will be completed with his vaccines on January 2. Please help Wilbur find a loving family this Christmas!
