The remainder made it to Mattoon today. As Sharron said, two females are definitely prego; however, two more could possibly be.
Out of the 24, only two of them were really shy, and only one of them nipped. None of them really attempted to bite, but one of the males we did not handle because he was acting so fearful.
I'd bet that all of them have worms (tape, round, etc).
Almost all of them are in fairly sorry shape with sores, skinny/boney, and poor nutritional health.
There is one litter of 5, and they have a real sweet-heart of a mama. She didn't like us handling her pups, and she made it known by aggressively licking our hands when we did handle them. The females that are/might be pregnant appear to be in better health than the others.
The stud is a big proud tri, and he seems friendly also.
There were probably 4 tris under 1 year old. There is one very skinny younger brindle. There are a whole bunch of red/whites.
None of the prego ones look very prego except for one. I do not know when they can be expected to start whelping.
Overall, I really think that most of these dogs will take to new "pet" lives very well, and with much appreciation. I'd say at least 80% of them really appeared to crave some human attention.
On a last note, there's a little 7mo old male tri, that would barroo at me every time I walked by his cage. He was play bowing, and almost even acting ticked off that he was being ignored. I can't help but wonder if somebody at the mill hadn't been taking care of him as a pet, because he definitely seems like he's had some extra lovin' that he's missing.
That's it for now. When I have get my pics, I'll post them here.
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