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In the past few months and weeks, we have been inunduated with email messages on litters upon litters of helpless pups looking for homes. Every story is sad and every picture brings tears, they all need help badly. And just when you think you have read the worse, another email comes along with another sad story or even more. Where can we find homes for these helpless innocent ones? What can we do. It isn’t just the babes who need our aid but the grown up dogs too, dogs from the same pack who will never find homes even if we can find potential adopters because the puppies will be more appealing, puppies get adopted first. The poor grown up dogs have no chance because age cannot compete with youth. That is the reality of rehoming.


The picture of loneliness and despair. What a terrible place for new life to begin. She was given no choice.



These 20 over 'Milk and Honey' pups, recently and unexpectedly found in an industrial area in the West where heavy vehicles ply, is yet another one of those sad story. These are pups from an original of 30 plus when first found. Yes we said 30+. They are from 3 litters from a pack of dogs who have bonded through tough times. As they had no where to go and no factory or building to hide in, these pups were left wandering and some have been crushed by the heavy vehicles. Others starved to death as their skeletal mother had no milk for them. What is left, the 20 plus are the more fortunate ones, the ones the feeder managed to locate and help with make-shift barricade. There are no more female pups, they formed most of the 12 who died.



They sleep in their innocence without realising there is great worry for their future



Amidst the grime and dump they call home, they dream of a rosy future.



The puppies are a mixture of milky cream, mustard to honey brown, lovely sweet colouring and just one to two months old, young and frail. The grown up dogs in this litter are kind and compassionate. When the feeder leaves food, they wait for the pups to eat their fill before venturing to join in, and usually not much is left by that time. How touchingly sad, how sweet their bonding. How heartbreaking to have to walk away because we have no place to relocate them. They all deserve good homes, every single one of them but we are appealing for homes for these pups instead because it would be almost impossible to rehome a grown stray dog, with the terrible high abandonment cases among pedigree nowadays.





Such beautiful pups who will grow to ‘man’s best friend’. Will they ever see that day?




They whine from hunger. This is the only thing they understand now, not knowing that there are far greater things to cry for in the future.





Food of kindness satisfy their immediate hunger but for how long can this go on.



If there is anyone looking for a puppy, please email or call us. We are realistic to know that we will not be able to rehome all but even if one pup can find a good home, we will be happy. The feeder is currently in the midst of sending the grown dogs, except the nursing mothers to be sterilised. The location is in the far West and we anticipate that viewing on-site will be difficult. If there are potential adopters, the feeder will take back one or two pups to have them cleaned up first before the arranged viewing. She will bring them to a proper groomer to have this done. Please understand that it is as hard for us as feeders to pick up a pup for a viewing because it will be even harder for us to place them back if no choice is made. Hard, because emotionally we would have bonded the minute we handled them and kept them for a night. We would be very torn to return the ‘unchosen’ one back to the fold but we need to do this for the young ones - we have to or they will all die. If we can save one, it would be well worth the effort.







Mothers who should be happy and proud during this joyous occasion but alas, another mouth to feed when she is also fighting for her own survival.







This black mother’s pups sadly did not make it. None of her litter survived. She did not have enough milk, her pups were too frail. Her drooping teats are the only testimony she once was a mom. Ironically, would it have been better this way? But kinder for who?




We appeal to you, to understand the ‘limitation of choices' when the feeder shows you one or two pups, we would have done our best to bring to you the cutest we could find. Please remember that pups are pups with the same waggily tail and cheerful, bouncing self. Their personalities will not be determined till they are older and at these young ages of less than 2 months, they are the same four furry legs and a tail. With your love and training, you can develop any puppy to be that kind of dog you want so please, do give these young male pups a chance. It is hard enough for us to make a choice on which would have a chance at a home.
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Send us an email if you can open the door to happiness for the Milk and Honey pups at anaterry@singnet.com.sg or 9838-3820.