Ladies and Gentlemen: Please welcome to the ring our “Champion Puppies”!  Against all odds, they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat! 

“The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows.  It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.”     -Rocky Balboa, 2006

Dumped at a high-kill shelter in Texas, Mama Willow struggled to feed and protect her pups.  Rescued hours before they were scheduled for death, this little family was whisked off to Buffalo to start a new life.  Shortly after arrival, Mama Willow was diagnosed with Parvo, a vicious and deadly disease – easily prevented by a vaccine she was never given.  Her pups were taken from her for their own safety as she fought for her life in the vet hospital.  The pups were very small and the vet informed us that there was a high chance that all of the pups would be dead within the next 48 hours. 

The puppies were closely monitored in their foster home.  Daily trips to the vet for antibiotic injections.  Bottle feedings every 2 hours.  Isolated in a spare room with extra heaters for they were too small to regulate their own body temperature.  After several stressful, high-risk weeks, they grew strong.  The vets were astonished that all of them had survived!  Although exposed to Parvo through their mother, somehow none of them actually contracted the deadly disease.  These pups were hit hard and kept moving forward.  Like Sylvester Stallone said - that is what winning looks like!

Mama Willow is a Dachshund  (and maybe beagle?) mix and weighs about 25 lbs. now that she is becoming healthy again.  With the breed of the father unknown, we anticipate these pups to grow into mid-sized dogs. 

Apollo Creed – the Master of Disaster.  The King of Sting.  The Prince of Punch. The Dancing Destroyer.  The Count of Monte Fisto.  Such powerful, aggressive names! Well, not our Apollo.  He may be the biggest boy in the litter, but he is bashful.  He is just starting to venture into the rest of the house with his siblings. Apollo spent some time watching them from the doorway of the puppy nursery - planning his moves, just waiting to put them into motion.  He does bark at his siblings when he has a point to make, a desire to be heard.  He will whine & whimper to be picked up by his foster mom - he is a lover, not a fighter.  He is starting to learn about potty pads – and he is the first to use them successfully!  He copied the big dogs & now his siblings are trying to copy him. It is a work in progress.

As a puppy he is a blank slate – he is a sponge absorbing everything around him at all times.  He will need training to be his best self.  Please be patient while he is learning – he is still a baby and was taken from his mom very early in his life.  His life experiences are fragmented, rough around the edges, and unpolished.  He needs love, attention, and patience so he can become the beautiful dog he is meant to be.

Apollo is up to date on age appropriate vaccines, microchipped, flea/worm treated.  His neuter is scheduled for July 16th and will be the responsibility of the adopter to take him- therefore we are requiring a spay/neuter contract to be signed at the time of adoption (the cost of the spay/neuter is included in the adoption fee and fully explained in the contract).  His adoption fee is $400