So, you guessed it - we have a fourth dog. He still counts, even though he'll never weigh more than six pounds. He's about one pound now, at 14 weeks. He was born around the first of July, but we'll give him July 7, 2024, as his official birthday because it's the same day that Laura's dog Yuuki was born in 2007 -- and he's mostly Chihuahua, just like Yuuki.
One of my co-workers was talking about his PomChi dog giving birth sometime in the summer; when I think about it, it was around the 4th of July. I just can't remember if it was before or after. I picked up Kiah on the 4th of July and thought to myself that if I had just waited, I could have just picked up one of his pups. But it's a good thing I have Kiah. I really like her. She's an amazing, crazy dog.
So, my co-worker's little dog mated with a full-blooded Chihuahua, herself being a half-Chihuahua; therefore, the pups are 3/4 Chihuahua, and so was Yuuki, but his other part was Dachshund. This dog will likely only be between five and eight pounds; Yuuki wound up being 12 pounds. Ginger weighs 14-15 pounds, but she's much thicker and more dense than she looks. She's a Chihuahua mixed with Pug and Dachshund, so she's a little bigger.
My friend was sad about two weeks ago, telling me that his puppies all contracted parvo, and two of the four live-born puppies died from the disease. He hoped the last two would survive, but the expense of having them treated was simply out of the question; he couldn't do it. I don't blame him, when Yuuki was young he also contracted parvo, and if we had to have him treated with all he needed it would have been $$$$ but luckily we had a vet tech friend, and she helped every single day with his IV and other methods of treating him.
I remembered quite a bit of what she told us, and I could buy the meds he needed for both his puppies and have them sent directly to his house. He took them to the vet for training and consultation, and I paid for that as well. I also bought him some vaccinations online and had them sent to him as well -- the puppies would need them after they got over the virus. We prayed. All of us prayed. Several of my friends prayed, too. We asked not only for their healing but also for my friend to see God's amazing love and power through these little doggies.
Well, as God would have it - not fate, we don't believe in fate. We believe in God. As God would have it, the puppies lived, and they thrived! Good poops, eating well, drinking well, running around, and they pulled through it completely!! My friend gave them their vaccinations a couple of days ago, and they came through that well too! All is good in puppy-ville! He was visiting his relatives up this way today, and brought Kiba to us! Laura named the puppy Kiba, which in Japanese means "big fang"....I laughed. He bit me. I completely understand now. (smiles)
Within minutes of taking possession of the little guy, we headed off to Big Lots to get him some food, a collar, a little harness, and all the stuff he will need -- except because he's about one pound, nothing really fits. We brought him home, and let me just say he's the hit of the parade! All three girls love him; the cats could care less, but as we suspected she would, Ginger has definitely taken possession! She is the mother dog - and he has no problem with that.
He's gonna fit in just fine.
Kiba!
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