Last month, our Maisy had three puppies, but about three weeks after they were born, Maisy died, and that left us to take care of the puppies! My associate and I had them in the basement, where it was constantly hot and dry… The puppies were only four weeks old when the furnace died.
There was no heat in the basement, and my buddy and I were more sad about getting the Heating and A/C specialist to the condo to labor on the furnace than my buddy and I were about the puppies! Later that morning, my wife went downstairs, and the puppies were still.
Their little bodies were so cold, I thought they had died, but she saw a small flutter that meant their hearts were beating and brought them upstairs near the space heater, but our daughter was giving them hot milk out of the baby bottle my buddy and I had for them, i had a heating pad beneath them to help with the space heater. I could not guess how abruptly the puppies responded. My associate and I 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 my buddy and I had forgotten about Maisy’s puppies… With quick thinking and a wonderful space heater, my buddy and I kept them from joining their mommy more abruptly than necessary. When it came time, my buddy and I could not sell them. My associate and I nursed them back to health, and it was like trying to give away our own child. Last week, I found them heading into the basement behind my wife. They slept on their bed beside the furnace from that day on. They must have remembered that was where they were born, or maybe they were warmer near the heater.