Last month, our Maisy had three puppies, however about three weeks after they were born, Maisy died, and that left us to take care of the puppies, we had them in the basement, where it was always moderate and dry! The puppies were only four weeks old when the furnace died.
There was no heat in the basement, and we were more anxious about getting the Heating and A/C serviceman to the condo to toil on the furnace than we were about the puppies, later that afternoon, my partner went downstairs, and the puppies were still.
Their little bodies were so cold, I thought they had died, then he saw a small flutter that meant their hearts were beating and brought them upstairs near the space heater! Our child was giving them moderate milk out of the baby bottle we had for them, then i had a heating pad beneath them to help with the space heater. I could not know how hastily the puppies responded. We kept the space furnace closer to the puppies, and the heating pad was beneath them, even after they were responding again. I had never felt more guilty than I was when I realized we had forgotten about Maisy’s puppies. With quick thinking and a good space heater, we kept them from joining their mommy more hastily than necessary. When it came time, we could not sell them. We nursed them back to health, and it was like trying to deliver away our own child. Last week, I found them heading into the basement behind my partner. They slept on their bed beside the furnace from that afternoon on. They must have remembered that was where they were born, or maybe they were warmer near the heater.