Animal control received a call about a dog that had given birth in an abandoned warehouse mid-November. When they arrived, they found sweet Aspen on a cold, cement slab surrounded by 9 puppies. All had died but one because poor Aspen wasn’t able to produce milk. Any momma dog that has had a litter would tell Aspen not to blame herself, because producing milk is a difficult thing to do when you are practically starving and malnourished yourself.
Her one surviving pup went to a local rescue since they happened to have a nursing momma who took on Aspen’s baby boy as her own. Aspen headed to a nearby shelter in Mansfield, OH where she waited for her very own family to find her. She waited….and waited….and waited some more. Even though plenty of families passed through the shelter none took interest in spending any time with the sweet little beagle mix waiting patiently in her kennel. Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months and poor Aspen was still a shelter orphan.
Maybe they noticed that she had just had a litter of pups and that didn’t appeal to them. Maybe people thought that as a black and tan beagle mix, her breed and her coloring were merely “ordinary”. Whatever their reasons were for passing her by, I am here to tell you that this dog is ANYTHING but ordinary. If she can only steal 5 minutes of your time, you will fall head of heels for her the way we have :)
Welcome to Ottawa Aspen! We're so happy to have you. A special thank you to Susan & her family for taking Aspen into their home and caring for her while she recovered from her spay and awaited transport.
Please check back. We promise to provide regular updates on this very special girl!
Aw ... my dog Princess (arrived pregnant at Loyal in June 2009 and adopted by us in Oct 2009) would like to tell Aspen that she was a good mama who tried her best. Princess would also like Aspen to know that she's in a good place while she waits for her fur-ever family!
ReplyDeleteAspen's a beautiful doggy and I'm loving watching your updates!