We awoke at 9am and headed to 7-11 to buy some milk and some packing tape to fix up a large box to put the puppies into. We lined the box with plastic and newspaper and headed down the road to the spot we found the puppies the previous night.
It was quiet and no sign of the puppies. hrmm... we started calling and whistling and within a minute we could start to hear little puppy sounds coming from the bush. We continued calling for several minutes but no puppies were coming out!
Now you may be wondering why we didn't just go and grab them, but you see, the puppies had their own puppy castle. It was quite a good setup! There is a small downward embankment into the field and leaning against the embankment are 3 slabs of concrete (maybe 3' x 3' x 6"). In addition to the concrete there is also an old wooden ladder that has grown over with foliage, but provides a nice little covered area as well. All the puppies were hiding underneath the darn concrete things, and we didn't want to disturb it (for fear of crushing the puppies underneath) and also, it was really deep in the foliage and it was hard to even move around in there.
I went around the other side and there was another easier entrance into the puppy castle. I knelt down and started calling for the puppies. Soon one emerged! I quickly snatched him up and passed him to Niki who then gave him some milk and put him in the big box. I managed to coax out 3 more, but unfortunately the rest stayed put!
We gave the 4 puppies milk and water, and soon their mommy came by and we fed her as well. We thought the mommy would coax the puppies out for us, but she was not cooperating :S After about 45 minutes of trying we accepted defeat, and let the puppies stay in there with the intention of coming back in the evening (it was just too bloody hot outside we think). We put the 4 puppies back in their home and headed back inside.
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| putting the puppy back into his castle |
Plan B commences tonight! stay tuned for an update.
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