00:00What you got?
00:01Two cluckers of Pellet Baby Funchies.
00:03Oh my goodness.
00:06Nursing on your finger?
00:07I remember feeling a little bit nervous that not only one, but two in the litter had clucks, which isn't
00:13a great sign.
00:14Are you hungry?
00:15But we got right home when we started feeding right away.
00:19Got them in the incubator and just crossed our fingers, crossed our toes and hoped for the best.
00:24I mean, they were tiny.
00:26They were five and six ounces, the size of a mouse.
00:30Surprise.
00:31They were born last night via C-section.
00:35So I felt really nervous, like, okay, here we go.
00:38Hopefully they'll both pull through and do well.
00:41This is a little girl with a cleft lip and she has a partial cleft palate just in the front.
00:46And this is a little boy and he has a complete cleft lip and cleft palate.
00:52So I have a great relationship with a local med office.
00:55They called and said that there was two puppies in the litter that were both warm with cleft.
01:00And so we went and picked him up.
01:02Where are we going?
01:03To get the puppy.
01:04Ah!
01:05She just took her second tube feeding super good, but now she's just nursing on a nipple.
01:11She didn't like the pacifier.
01:12He actually really liked the pacifier.
01:14But she's nursing on this instead.
01:16It's good for them to suck on a pacifier or your finger or something.
01:21So they still use those jaw muscles and get those sensations.
01:25And it's always a good sign when they have a suckle.
01:27They have to be fed every two hours, which ends up being even more frequent because by the time
01:33you finish, you're up an hour and a half later.
01:38So I got pooped on twice today.
01:41So the first few weeks are a lot.
01:49Keeping them in a humid and warm environment 24 hours a day is super important.
02:02So this is my setup for the newborns.
02:04I'll show you what I do.
02:05So I have a wipes warmer and then I set up a little feeding station here.
02:08I've got a suction close by, always just in case.
02:11And then I sterilize these with boiling water in between every single feeding.
02:15And then, of course, I'm so grateful to have this amazing incubator.
02:21I started working at the vet tech when I was 17 years old.
02:24And tube feeding, doing some more severe medical stuff was, like, no problem for me.
02:29So when my youngest son, Landon, was born, he joined our family with his own cleft lip
02:34and palate.
02:35And then when he was, like, three, four, I was like, let's start fostering again.
02:39Like, let's have some fun, exciting things going on in health.
02:43And so I started helping out cleft puppies.
02:48And he just, like, took to it.
02:50But then I'm like, hi, little boy.
02:53He was so gentle.
02:55I mean, animals were just naturally gravitating to him.
03:00And I was like, wow, like, he really is connected to animals.
03:05He's truly an animal.
03:07I love helping out.
03:09It's still good.
03:11Like, he loves having others.
03:13And I've had two grandchildren.
03:15Hi.
03:17Hi, Tashi.
03:19Oh, my goodness.
03:23There's kind of this moment when their eyes finally open and their ears start to open
03:28and they start to be aware.
03:30And they're like, mom's here.
03:31Oh, Tashi, you're so cute.
03:33You just kind of feel almost relieved, like, okay, we've made it to this point.
03:38Yes.
03:38We're strong.
03:39They're doing good.
03:41They're reaching milestones.
03:43It's a great feeling.
03:46So, we're going to feed.
03:49And we're going to set up a little playpen.
03:51I moved them out at week three into, like, a larger playpen.
03:57Okay, we moved.
03:59We moved.
04:00Anytime you see positive growth, it's a wonderful feeling, and you're always looking for the
04:05positives.
04:082.2.
04:10Like, okay, we're growing.
04:11Yay, we have solid poop.
04:12You're excited about these silly milestones, but it all means that you're heading in the
04:17right direction.
04:17She can only go way bigger.
04:19Dash.
04:20Dad.
04:21Dash.
04:22As they get a little bit bigger, and they start to get their teeth, then we lean into
04:26weaning them.
04:27That's kind of, like, the sweet spot.
04:31There she is.
04:35There we go.
04:37There we go.
04:42Teach them how to use a water bottle.
04:44Good boy, Dash.
04:46And then once you get to that point, you're like, yay.
04:50Like, you kind of feel like you've crossed this huge hurdle on their life journey.
04:59It was so exciting.
05:01It was also so, like, shocking how she was, like, exceeding him.
05:06Look at the kibble on your neck.
05:07She just really grew way faster.
05:12She came out of her shell thicker, and he was kind of like, little baby Dash.
05:17He just stayed smaller and more reserved.
05:20They're doing great.
05:21Dashie.
05:22They just got an apartment upgrade.
05:26Apartment upgrade.
05:28But we gave them this, like, super upgraded apartment.
05:31So that we have play space and potty space.
05:35We'll see if we start getting the hang of it.
05:38They can still just kind of be a part of the mix.
05:41And we have them right in our kitchen.
05:46So they're always out running around in the kitchen and running up and down the hall.
05:50And just being, like, so fun.
05:53Good boy.
05:54Come on.
05:56Violet.
05:58Hey, don't you want that.
05:59Don't you want that.
06:02We're steaming the floors.
06:04We're steaming the floors.
06:07Okay, into your house.
06:09Your door is open.
06:11Good boy.
06:13Apartment number two.
06:16It can be a little nerve-wracking because they're so tiny.
06:22But they're so funky now.
06:25They just want to run and be everywhere we are.
06:28Dash has become what I call an ankle miter.
06:32Hey, guys.
06:36He's coming to his own, so he finally, like, got there.
06:41Mommy wants you to take a nap.
06:43You've been running around.
06:44You got a bath.
06:45And you ate.
06:46And you guys are still being wild.
06:49I've expanded the apartment by one panel on each side.
06:54So now we're moving.
06:56We're going to put a longer mat.
07:00I know you want to come back out and play.
07:04Dash specifically getting a lot of messages from strangers.
07:08Oh, we want him to be so cute in his color.
07:10And I'm like, I'm more protective of him.
07:12I just don't want people wanting them for the wrong reasons.
07:15In the Frenchie space, we're seeing, unfortunately, a lot of people breeding for these rare colors and these rare things.
07:24Yes, how do you suffer this and yummy a couple we cure?
07:28Yep.
07:29Instead of her health and the benefit of the breed, we're breeding just for profit.
07:33And that starts to create more problems.
07:35You can do it.
07:36Good girl.
07:38Yay.
07:39We're definitely seeing an increase in clucks being born in multiple of these litters.
07:45Want to kiss her goodnight?
07:46You name it.
07:46We're starting to see a lot of problems.
07:49She's so scared.
07:51We've changed the breed so much over the years and made it so that they can't breed, that they have
07:58spinal issues, that they have all these problems that I just really feel like it's hard to see that being
08:04ethical in any way, shape, or form.
08:06Hi, squaddy friend.
08:09As a society, we need to take a really hard look at what we're doing.
08:12But in the purple world, we would have better laws in place and better breeding practices.
08:18What do you do now?
08:19Boop.
08:20If a clutch comes across our lives, they didn't ask to be born, I'd love to give them a chance.
08:26But I also don't want to be in a situation where we're perpetuating a vicious cycle of bad breeding.
08:32Put the incubator back out.
08:34I don't know how we stop this.
08:39Hopefully they live normal, long, healthy lives and they can live with their families forever and just have left and
08:45be great.
08:46But like, you just never know now and you never know with any fringes.
08:50Do they fit?
08:51Oh my God, they're actually going small.
08:53Come here, sweet.
08:54Hang on.
08:54They still have to go in for their first regular health appointment, start their vaccine journey.
09:01Once we know they're healthy, vaccinated, safe, then they can go to their homes.
09:08To finally have the double puppy experience has been just so much fun.
09:13And like at nighttime, just seeing them snuggling together, like knowing that they've always had an emotional support friend.
09:21And it was like twice as hard and twice as stressful and like so much more time and energy and
09:27effort.
09:27But at the same time, it still worked, I think, because they got to be together.
09:38Everyone's like, how do you do it?
09:39And I'm like, oh, you know, you do it.
09:40But I'm like, I cry every time.
09:42I cry a couple days before they leave.
09:45I cry once they leave.
09:46I just cry.
09:47She just had his words be off.
09:50I'm going to use a little jacket on.
09:52Oh, oh, oh, oh.
09:59Who's that girl?
10:00Who's your little girl?
10:06Oh.
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