In some respects, it's the dawn of a new day for every single little Cairn that makes their way into CP ... it's a new start regardless if they came via an owner surrender, shelter surrender or breeder facility. Each case as they are received by the Intakes Team is assigned to an Intakes Coordinator who makes contact, gathers information, obtains pictures and checks for vet information. Once approved for intake, the coordinator then makes the arrangements for pick-up, vetting and boarding if needed and starts thinking about foster homes and transport. The majority of intakes follow routine procedures and timing. HOWEVER, every once in awhile a twist gets thrown in and sometimes a REALLY BIG TWIST.
We had been contacted by a shelter in Missouri that we have assisted in the past. They were getting in some Cairns and needed rescue assistance with them. An intakes volunteer was assigned this case. She made contact, got as much information as the shelter had and requested pictures when the Cairns arrived. The volunteer arranged a pick-up for the Cairns, boarding and vetting to all take place first thing this morning. Pretty routine, right? WRONG! Friday afternoon she received a phone call from the shelter around 3:30 PM CT. The shelter vet was there checking over the dogs prior to release and announced TWO of the females are PREGNANT - one due at any time and the other in approximately one week!!!!
I'm not going to go through the rest of this story in detail, BUT THANKS TO THE ABOVE AND BEYOND BEHIND THE SCENES WORK OF MANY CP VOLUNTEERS, BOTH OF THESE PREGNANT GIRLS ARE IN THEIR FOSTER HOMES THIS EVENING AND CAN BE PREPARED TO WHELP THEIR LAST LITTERS IN SAFETY AND COMFORT!!!! In less than 3 hours time, we had two confirmed foster homes for the pregnant girls, rearranged pick-up from the shelter, added additional transport volunteers to help out along the route, coordinated changes with the vet, had crates, ID tags and supplies along with towels and blankets just in case, a network communication established and all our fingers and toes crossed these two girls would hold off birthing puppies until they reached their foster homes! I must THANK the key players who made this all possible: all of those that made themselves available at the last minute to help with transport, and 2 wonderful volunteers for agreeing to foster the pregnant moms and whelp puppies and last, but certainly not least, the original intakes volunteer for pulling this all together and making it happen!
And now I would like to introduce the "current" Dawn of a New Day Kids who will be increasing soon. Their names all mean dawn in the language indicated.
Zora: Female, estimated 3-5 years old, due to whelp in about a week - Slavic language
Ling: Female, estimated 3 years old, due to whelp at any moment - Chinese language
Akeno: Male, estimated 5-7 years old - Japanese language
Oditi: Female, estimated 5 years old - Indian language
Please help me say a BIG THANK YOU to the CP Volunteers who made this all possible. It really was the dawn of a new day today for these four little Cairns and I have a feeling there will be a couple more new days dawning in the not to distant future. Please help me welcome today's Dawn of a New Day to CP!!!
I am always humbled by the huge hearts and hard work of the CP volunteers and want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart on behalf of my former puppy mill mom, Astrid-Belle. I don't know what I would do without her. The looks on those faces just break my heart, but I know they are on their way to a wonderful life now. From Marsha in Georgia.
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