Great Pyrenees... **UPDATE W/PUPPY PICS on pg 8**

[craftymama86]

Tractor supply or Walmart have baby-dog bottles and I believe they have puppy Formula as well.
Just bottle feed him, like you do with goats and hope for the best.

As to your question for suggestions:
1. Post about your puppies on forums such this one and also "backyardChickens.
2. Put Fliers at your local stores
3. There are Free Pages on Internet. Google "puppies for sale"
4. And last resource Craig List. They not allowing to post "Puppies for sale". You need to word differently, something like: "Livestock Guardians need new Homes"....

Good luck!

Thank you... I was wondering more about how to choose the right people.

Gotta feed puppy.

Thanks all!

 

[ShadyAcres]

Congratulations on your new litter. In Jan I had a litter of 9 also. I had a tiny runt that I was worried about as well, but he was a fighter. I did not have to bottle feed him (good suggestion if he needs it) but I did sit with momma several times a day the first week and make sure his siblings did not push him away from his teat. But sometimes no matter what you do they dont survive.

With a litter of that size one other thing to watch for is their nails. By the time they were three weeks old Mom was a mess. She looked like she had been belly crawling through the brambles! I used my fingernail clippers to trim their nails and treated her with bag balm, but she was so sore that I had to force her to let them nurse. They were already nibbling on softened dog food by then.

Put fliers up in local feed stores as suggested, and if there is a livestock sale barn around there as well. Try advertising in areas that would draw your sheep and goat people and word your fliers to working homes. If the pups are raised with livestock that is a plus as well. Definitely dont take them out to an area where non-farm people can see them and make an impulse buy. Who can resist such cute babies?

Good luck and enjoy them.

 

[craftymama86]

Thanks. I'm trying not to get my hopes up even though he is doing better... He was too weak to nurse which is why I brought him in. I watched him for a while but he wouldn't do it. Reminded me of when I had my firstborn, lol.

How did you know when to trim their nails? They look solid white to me but maybe I just need to look closer. Hoof trimming and mail trimming make me so nervous.

I will be getting the word out to local "working homes". There's quite a few people like that around here. I'm finding more and more people who have goats, at the least.

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

As far as screening the right people. I would learn all you can about the potential new owners. Email, talk on phone, in person. Find out where they live, what type of a situation they have. Find out what they are looking for in a dog. You know the breed and know what is the best fit for the breed. Actually form relationships with the potential owners. If people aren't willing to give you an insight into where your pups will be, then move on to the next people. Potential pup owners should appreciate the fact that you are taking the time to be concerened with where your pups end up.

 

[craftymama86]

....The runt didn't make it... I thought it was getting better but I guess not. It was weird. It acted like it was having some type of seizures or something. I went to feed it, with a bottle this time b/c my DH bought one today, and while I was trying that out it got real stiff all the sudden. I thought that was the end but I saw a pulse so I started rubbing my hand on it and it finally came around. That happened 3 more times within, maybe, an hour but the last time it past on..... I don't understand how it could appear to be getting better then die all the sudden.... I'm ok at the moment. I was an awful mess when it happened.... Then Snow got it before my DH could get rid of it. She didn't know what to do with it, it was heart breaking....... I'll be ok though.

The other pups SEEM to be doing great..... Anyways...

 

[TTs Chicks]

sorry bout the little one.

 

[craftymama86]

Thank you.

 

[Mzyla]

Very sorry...
I'm trying to find some comforting thoughts;
Maybe it was for the best...Maybe this runt had some medical problems, which could lead to further/bigger problems in a future...
At least it was relatively quick and didn't suffered long.
As harsh as this may sound, but is the fact: now you have less dogs to market.

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

So sorry to hear that! It is a very difficult thing to have happen. Be at peace in knowing you did what you could for him and cherish your time with the rest.

 

[craftymama86]

Thank you both. I'm feeling better. I know I did what I could. It was hard losing him but I am enjoying 8 healthy pups who are doing great. Growing quick and looking cuter and cuter each day. It's going to be hard when it's time to sell, lol. Snow has been such a great momma.