Dixianna's PUpdates

02/07/2020

How long do I have before they conquer this obstacle?

29/06/2020

Happy 4-Week Birthday! Celebrating with a yummy breakfast. 🍳🥞🥓

27/06/2020

The Milk Bar is open!

25/06/2020

25/06/2020

The Shades of Blue Litter will go LIVE at 10:30 tomorrow morning with their first experience of putting their little paws in the grass!

24/06/2020

And our first escape artist is Tiffany Blue!

23/06/2020

Mani-pedi time! Who knew that the boys would love it so much that it put them to sleep?

22/06/2020

Three Weeks old already! The Shades Of Blue litter got new collars for their birthday .🎁
Happy Monday to you all!

17/06/2020

The Wisdom Panel results are in! You all are great at guessing Dixianna's breeds, but Sara is the winner!!! Check out the results and let us know what you think!

16/06/2020

Can you guess what breeds are in Dixianna? She is 21” tall and 32” long from nose to butt, and weighs 40lbs. Her coat is thin, smooth, and soft. She’s got a deep bark and a strong howl. We submitted her DNA to Wisdom Panel and are excited to get the results. See a video of her in the comment section. Give us your guesses and we’ll be sharing the official results tomorrow!

15/06/2020

Jeepers Creepers! We’ve got Peepers!
Happy 2-Week Birthday to the Shades Of Blue Litter!

12/06/2020

Mama Dixianna needed a little help today.

12/06/2020

Thank you for all of your words of encouragement yesterday! The vet told us that due to these past weeks of diarrhea from the giardia, Dixianna’s digestive system has to heal. So she had to spend 12-24 hours with no food (that was the hard part!). Now she gets 5 days of chicken & rice (that’s the easy part!). Photo of Dixianna’s first bowl of the Bland Diet. The puppies want some, too!

11/06/2020

The puppies are doing great, but not so much for Dixianna. Poor mama has had such a hill to climb since she was rescued. In spite of being extremely under weight and suffering non-stop diarrhea, she has been a wonderful mama. But this morning she isn’t eating and she’s acting depressed. No fever, though. Another trip to our vet today. Please send Dixianna your love & prayers!

09/06/2020

We missed our One-Week Birthday by a day, but we can still celebrate! No significant changes, just a lot of weight gain in the first week.

“Steel” remains the big bruiser, weighing in at 30oz.
“Maya” at 26oz.
“Tiffany” and “Turquoise “at 24.5 oz.
“Azure” at 23.5oz.
“Sapphire” at 22.5oz.
“Electric” and “Cobalt” at 20oz.

It was too difficult to get good individual pictures of the babies, so we did a little video. Enjoy!

06/06/2020

Navy's Story

Navy was the 6th puppy to be born. His arrival into the world was different from the rest. Dixianna actually left the first five puppies in the whelping box, stood at the door of the room, squatted to deliver him, and then walked back to the rest of her puppies. Foster mom quickly cleaned the little guy up and returned him to the box. Dixianna seemed to accept him back just fine and continued delivering the rest of the litter as if nothing odd had happened. All of the puppies were latching on, and by the end of the long day, everyone looked like one big happy family.

Four short hours later, Dixianna had removed Navy from the whelping box. Foster mom returned him to the litter, he began nursing, and everything seemed to be fine again. That is, as long as foster mom was in the room. After being removed from the litter a short while later again, foster mom decided that it would be better if Navy lived in her shirt for a while and started supplementing with puppy formula. So, Navy divided his time between being a litter-mate whenever foster mom was in the room and being safely cuddled inside foster mom's shirt whenever she was not. Supplemental feedings were numerous. But it wasn't enough.

The morning of day 3, Navy was losing weight. And then the reason made itself clear. Navy blew a milk bubble out of his nose, and foster mom immediately discovered the hole in the roof of his mouth. Navy was a cleftie. Consultation with two different veterinarians resulted in the same answers, and it broke foster mom's heart.

BUT! One resourceful volunteer from BRBCR knew that there was still hope. And that hope's name was Adri from Santuary Rescue, who focuses their efforts on cases exactly like Navy's! So that same BRBCR volunteer (Felicity is her name) arranged everything with Sanctuary Rescue and then drove 3 1/2 hours to pick up Navy, and then another 3 hours to deliver Navy to his new foster mom.

Since then, the updates on Navy have been encouraging. He is getting tube fed and is gaining weight. Adri at Sanctuary Rescue says that the hole in his palate is narrow, which gives us all hope that it will be fixable!

05/06/2020

Introducing Dixianna's puppies:
the Shades Of Blue litter!
We have some stories to share with you, but those can wait.
Cute pictures are good for now!

05/06/2020

Hey Everyone, thank you for all of your encouragement during whelping and for being so patient to get more PUpdates after Dixianna had her litter! We had a couple of crises to deal with, and foster mama was a bit sleep-deprived. A special story about one of the puppies is coming tomorrow, along with the official introduction of the puppies. Stay tuned!

31/05/2020

And the final count is NINE!
Girls: 5
Boys: 4

31/05/2020

9 now! Could she really give us 10?!?

31/05/2020

8 and still going?

31/05/2020

...and #7...

31/05/2020

...and #6...

31/05/2020

... #5 has arrived...

31/05/2020

Four puppies so far...

31/05/2020

PUPPIES ARE ARRIVING!!!
Stay tuned for PUpdates!

30/05/2020

The Foster Sisters!

29/05/2020

Dixianna's Photo Shoot

29/05/2020

Let's bring you all up to speed!

May 10. Blue Ridge Border Collie Rescue received a request to rescue a very sweet and very pregnant Border Collie mix from the shelter in Buckingham, VA. How could we say anything else but, "OF COURSE!" Two days later, with the wonderful help of BRBCR volunteers Felicity, Sue, Michelle, and Dan, Dixianna made her freedom ride all the way to her foster home in New Market, MD.

May 12. The Vet Visit! Xray and Ultrasound showed us that there are at least 4 puppies...with a disclaimer that there are probably more. And the vet estimated that Dixianna was 35-45 days along. What a relief that the puppies weren't going to make a sudden appearance that very night!

Since her Freedom Day, Dixianna has been learning to relax, trust her foster parents, and gain confidence. Confidence isn't the only thing she's gained! She LOVES food, which is a good thing, because she was underweight.

Puppy Arrival Day must be soon, right?

29/05/2020

Welcome to Dixianna's PUpdates page! Follow her journey as a foster dog of Blue Ridge Border Collie Rescue through pregnancy, motherhood, and the search for everyone's Forever Family.