Puppies Everywhere!

Spring brings more litters than usual while shelters do their best to identify mixed breed dogs but it's not easy or exact.

Puppies are not born in season like some animals are, but even so, it seems that Spring brings more litters than usual to the shelter. The other day I was getting dogs ready for the remote adoption and when I started baths, it was like assembly line puppies! Even though some have been adopted, we started out with 9 black Lab puppies, 8 Pointer puppies and 3 Spitz puppies, in addition to a few single puppies. You know, puppies are such fun! You open the kennel door to take out just one and they ALL come tumbling out. You try to put them back but of course, you're outnumbered and, for every one that goes back in, 2 or 3 come tumbling out! And when you finally get the one you want and get it bathed, you get to do it all over again! Then you have more fun trying to KEEP them clean. I always wonder what kind of life they will have and what kind of dog they will grow up to be. Shelters do their best to identify mixed breeds but it's not easy or exact. Adopters can't really know for sure what kind of pet their puppy will grow into. But until spay/neuter is practiced responsibly and every puppy is planned and wanted, we just have to provide for them, train them, and love them, for better or for worse.