Tee-tiny 4oz puppeh named Beyonce:
This tiny little girl was born on March 8th and was so small that she could fit into a spoon. Her mother, Casey, is a very young Dachshund mix that was rescued from Devore Animal Control after being abandoned by her previous owner. By the time Casey was abandoned she was too far along to be spayed so Devore Animal Control contacted Grace and asked us to take her in.
So, in the early hours of March 3, one of our wonderful volunteers met a transport for Devore Animal Control on their way to deliver dogs to Oregon and picked up Casey and two Chihuahua mixes. When she arrived at the ranch, she was very far along and so big that we were worried she might not be able to deliver safely on her own. Casey was taken to Blue Ravine Animal Hospital where she was given an ultrasound. They found that she was pregnant with 5 puppies, one of which was abnormally small. They also determined that she is under a year old and this was probably her first heat.
Casey delivered her puppies in the late hours of March 8th. Beyoncé was the last of the five puppies to be born. At birth she was not breathing and had no heartbeat. Luckily, Dr. Michael Russell, who is mainly a large animal veterinarian, was standing by. He performed heart compressions and was able to get her heart started. Although her heart was now beating strong, Beyoncé was still not breathing. Beth DeCaprio, Founder and Executive Director at Grace and foster mom to Casey, quickly stepped in to give little Beyoncé mouth-to-mouth and was able to get her breathing normally.
Casey and the 4 other puppies are doing great. Beyoncé is unusually small for a puppy of almost one week, but despite her rough start to life, she is normal in every other way. Because of her small size Beyoncé needs to be bottle fed every hour because her mouth is still too small to be able to nurse properly.
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Awww.....
A little fighter too.
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