People who haven’t been to the shelter for a few weeks are always amazed when they see this litter of puppies. Why? If you had seen them when they first arrived at only 4 weeks old, you wouldn’t recognize them today.
Back in the middle of April, we were at the Mahoning County Dog Pound when one of the pound volunteers asked us to join her in the back room. There, she led us to a cardboard box with five tiny, incredibly skinny puppies inside. They were far too young to be away from their mother yet, but they had been dumped at the pound without her, and they were so weak that they were going to be euthanized right away.
Naturally, we agreed to take them and give them a chance.
These puppies wanted to live. That first night, we bottlefed them, getting up every three hours to make sure warm formula filled their little tummies.
The next day, we introduced them to Sammy, a German Shepherd/Lab mix. Sammy had just arrived at the shelter with seven puppies, but her pups were already on dry food, and she still had plenty of milk to give.
It was love at first sniff. Sammy eagerly accepted the new babies, and we credit her with saving their lives. Under her care and guidance, the puppies thrived, quickly going from weak tiny things that looked more like chipmunks than puppies to thriving, happy, playing bundles of fur.. who eventually looked like actual dogs.
We believe they are Belgian Shepherd Malinois/Lab mixes, and we’re expecting them to be roughly 40 to 50 pounds as adults, so adopters should plan on a medium-sized dog. They are not yet housebroken, although they are paper trained, so expect accidents at first while they get the hang of the whole potty training thing. We recommend crate training as the quickest way to train your puppy.
Now the pups are big and strong, and they can’t wait to meet their new families. They’ve already been neutered, vaccinated, dewormed and flea treated, so they’re ready to go home right away.
If you’re interested in taking one of these boys home, you can visit them at the shelter any time during adoption hours, Thursday through Sunday 5 to 8pm, or call 330–397–8270 to schedule a private appt at another time.
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