Garden visitors

[gemima]

This morning, we found a puppy hiding in the irrigation culvert in front of our house; it was terrified, shivering from the cold, and starving. Neighbors said they had heard the puppy crying for at least two days. We managed to get it out by giving milk and lumpia (spring rolls). It is doing better now and seems comfortable playing in our garden and garage. To be honest, we don't know what to do; we’ve never owned a dog—we even once turned down an offer from a close friend to adopt their Golden Retriever puppy.
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Pup is adorable - they need a lot of training and live for 15 years with good care (could be more) so if you arent willing to start that adventure it would be good to try rehome before it gets older and less cute!
Hard to rehome dogs here though.
I ended up becoming the owner of a cat 2.5 years ago - something I didn't really want to happen until I left Indonesia but she has added so much joy to my life i don't regret adopting her

 

[snpark]

Even though it's a Bali breed street mongrel it is lucky to still be reasonably cute enough for you to want to adopt it
If you name it you will never give it away lol

Dog, Spot, Patch, Lucky,

 

[Bad_azz]

This morning, we found a puppy hiding in the irrigation culvert in front of our house; it was terrified, shivering from the cold, and starving. Neighbors said they had heard the puppy crying for at least two days. We managed to get it out by giving milk and lumpia (spring rolls). It is doing better now and seems comfortable playing in our garden and garage. To be honest, we don't know what to do; we’ve never owned a dog—we even once turned down an offer from a close friend to adopt their Golden Retriever puppy.
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Re you saying that you are not sure what to do-
If keeping the pup around:
Feeding the pup:
Cow's milk will not digest well and will likely give it a messy upset stomach- it looks to be about 6 weeks old, so should be able to be fed on kibble easy to get small bite or puppy kibble.
What I do is cook whole chickens and strip the carcass into portions (no bones) and add a little chicken meat to the kibble for our dog- cheaper than buying pouches and cans of wet food and no additives.
Unsafe foods for dogs- chocolate/onion/garlic/grapes/raisins/plums - and tomato parts , if unsure check.
I would suggest dampening the kibble biscuits a bit with water just to make it easier to eat.
If you have no kibble to hand, some rice with a bit of chicken and broccoli in it will be ok.
Some people are big into raw feeding- I have avoided it but it is easy to learn about- just remember Indonesia and raw meat- flies/ants etc.
Worming: I would get a vet to take a look at it and not use any worming treatments on it until it is weighing in at about 2 kg.
Flea treatments : I would not use chemical ones at this age- a bit toxic. But a bath with suds of dish soap should get any visitors off.
Attention : Give it some attention, love and cuddles and make a home for it. Start basic training now with sit and stay and recall, give it a name, and sit back and enjoy.

Shout out if you have any questions, I had dogs all my life from big breeds (Rotties, Boxers, Dobies, Border Collie, Labrador to smaller nutters -specifically French bulldogs)

 

[Bad_azz]

Pup is adorable - they need a lot of training and live for 15 years with good care (could be more) so if you arent willing to start that adventure it would be good to try rehome before it gets older and less cute!
Hard to rehome dogs here though.
I ended up becoming the owner of a cat 2.5 years ago - something I didn't really want to happen until I left Indonesia but she has added so much joy to my life i don't regret adopting her

I hear you re cats. We seem to have become the base for a mariarchal cat family- gran, mum who had her first litter, 2kittens of the 4 survived , before tehy were 6 months old she got pregnant again and had 4 , all 4 survived so far but one is extremely ill and on its way out.
The mum is prgnant again and the eldest female is also pregnant.
I don't mind cats, don't love them and certainly none of this lot come in the house- but they have commadeered the roof terrace.
Hubby was tasked with bathing them all to kill off some fleas.That was fun from my perspective - bathing feral cats is not for the light hearted.
He is tegh one who feeds them though so his fault.

 

[snpark]

The cat adopted you

And don't forget when you name the dog to tell him your name too.

 

[Wisnu]

Re you saying that you are not sure what to do-
If keeping the pup around:
Feeding the pup:
Cow's milk will not digest well and will likely give it a messy upset stomach- it looks to be about 6 weeks old, so should be able to be fed on kibble easy to get small bite or puppy kibble.
What I do is cook whole chickens and strip the carcass into portions (no bones) and add a little chicken meat to the kibble for our dog- cheaper than buying pouches and cans of wet food and no additives.
Unsafe foods for dogs- chocolate/onion/garlic/grapes/raisins/plums - and tomato parts , if unsure check.
I would suggest dampening the kibble biscuits a bit with water just to make it easier to eat.
If you have no kibble to hand, some rice with a bit of chicken and broccoli in it will be ok.
Some people are big into raw feeding- I have avoided it but it is easy to learn about- just remember Indonesia and raw meat- flies/ants etc.
Worming: I would get a vet to take a look at it and not use any worming treatments on it until it is weighing in at about 2 kg.
Flea treatments : I would not use chemical ones at this age- a bit toxic. But a bath with suds of dish soap should get any visitors off.
Attention : Give it some attention, love and cuddles and make a home for it. Start basic training now with sit and stay and recall, give it a name, and sit back and enjoy.

Shout out if you have any questions, I had dogs all my life from big breeds (Rotties, Boxers, Dobies, Border Collie, Labrador to smaller nutters -specifically French bulldogs)

Yes, we realized that cow's milk isn't suitable for puppies after watching YouTube videos and searching for information on Google, then my wife bought pup
specific milk, snack and food for puppy.
another concern for us is that our home isn't pet-friendly. There are many ornamental plants with toxic leaves, cacti, pool and ponds, then toads, millipedes, and lizards roaming the garden.
Anyway, today, we have appointment with Vet.

 

[Wisnu]

Even though it's a Bali breed street mongrel it is lucky to still be reasonably cute enough for you to want to adopt it
If you name it you will never give it away lol

Dog, Spot, Patch, Lucky,

She is very smart and affectionate; in a short time, she learned the name we gave her. She comes right over when we call and doesn't hesitate to jump up on us. However, she has also started getting a bit naughty and chewing on everything.

 

[Wisnu]

Pup is adorable - they need a lot of training and live for 15 years with good care (could be more) so if you arent willing to start that adventure it would be good to try rehome before it gets older and less cute!
Hard to rehome dogs here though.
I ended up becoming the owner of a cat 2.5 years ago - something I didn't really want to happen until I left Indonesia but she has added so much joy to my life i don't regret adopting her

We have a lot of experience with cats; my younger daughter is a cat lover. We had many cats when we lived in Brunei 20 years ago. She was also very enthusiastic and asked us to adopt this puppy.

 

[Wisnu]

A life changing, learning experience if you keep the pup. I am sure most of our members will be interested to know what you do. Living at Bukit Hijau in Bali, a street dog had a litter of 9 pups in the culvert at our front gate. The mother was struggling to provide enough milk for them all so I began feeding them. Within a few weeks five males were taken. ( I hope not for sate.) The curious thing was how different they all were. One like the pup in your pic. Another all black. Another a kind of greenish brown with darker stripes. Another an almost white light grey. This one was adopted by a woman around the corner although he still lived in the street. A year or more later she moved but not with the dog. An Italian woman adopted him and called him Milo. She returned to Italy, came back later, returned to Italy and in the intervening bits we fed him. The others were being fed by a lady in another street. They remained street dogs but quite friendly. I once tried to take Milo to a vet but he struggled wildy and snapped a quite thick rope. Later we moved and I considered taking him with us but he was committed to being a street dog in that area. If I took him I think he would have run away and tried to return "home" with the danger of being killed by traffic. Now, four years on he still lives in that area and remembers us if we return but too far away to feed him daily.

Yes, we decided to adopt her. Before this, we had always hesitated to have a pet because we travel frequently and the house is often empty. However, a dog-loving friend of ours is willing to look after it when we travel, or we can use a pet boarding service she recommended.

 

[Wisnu]

A real garden visitor. Quite a responsibility to adopt a dog. But the affection and guarding ability is also worth something. Luckily in many places in Bali they can be be hybrid home/street dogs otherwise I would already have 15 dogs there.

I think someone deliberately left her in front of our gate. She was hiding in the culvert, probably out of fear of the stray dogs roaming the street. She is safe now