Dog Blog: Baloo my foster puppy

You will never believe what my mom just brought home, a little black puppy! We named him Baloo after the big black bear from the movie the Jungle Book. He is around seven weeks old and he's a Border Collie/Labrador mix.

Here's his story:

My mom's sister lives on an acreage and their neighbor's dog had a litter of puppies. They're kept outside, so of course the puppies were kept outside too. She had around ten puppies, they sold most of them. Some of them wandered off and they don't know what happened to them. They ended up with two left.

One of them has a big scab on the back of his head and the other one has a bad leg, so no one wanted them. They're not sure how the one got the scab, but they said the other one was stepped on by a horse when he was three weeks old. They didn't even take him to the vet to get treated!

My mom's sister called my mom and told her the story. She said that since no one wanted to buy them, they were going to abandon them somewhere. My mom could not believe that and went up there to get them. They wanted to sell them to her, but she convinced them to just give them to her.

She doesn't think she can handle two puppies, so her mom is going to take care of the one with the scab on his head. We'll be able to find a home for him sooner because he doesn't need that much treatment. The other one can walk, but he limps alot. He's been like that for weeks, so he's gotten used to it.

We're going to take him to the vet to get his leg x-rayed to see what needs to be done. The vet assistant said he might need surgery, it depends on how bad his leg is. We're going to keep him until his leg gets better, then we'll find him a new home. That is if my mom doesn't get attached and wants to keep him! lol.