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NEWBORN PUPPIES TO CARE FOR. SUMMER: WESH 2’S DAVE MCDANIEL LOOKS AT THE MEDICAL CHALLENGES BEING TAKEN ON, HOPING ALL CAN SURVIVE AND HEAD FOR FOREVER HOMES. DAVE: THE LITTLE TERRIER LIZZY IS DOING HER BEST TO CARE FOR HER VERY FRESH PARTY OF SIX, DELIVERED SUNDAY. >> THIS WAS JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME. SHE JUST HAD HER FIRST PUPPY, AND WE JUST PICKED HER UP. DAVE: THIS VIDEO SHOT WHILE TAKING LIZZY TO AN EMERGENCY VET -- INSTANT FAMILY. >> NUMBER ONE DOING REAL WELL SO FAR. DAVE: A MEMBER OF POODLE AND POOCH RESCUE WAS VACATIONING IN GEORGIA, AND SHE HAS A HABIT OF VISITING SHELTERS DURING HER TRIPS, FIGURING SHE’LL TAKE THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE BUILDING. >> LIZZY WAS PREGNANT, ABOUT TO DELIVER PUPPIES, HAD A BROKEN LEG, AND ALSO WAS HEART WORM POSITIVE, SO HER CHANCES OF BEING ADOPTED WERE NIL. DAVE: SO LIZZY IS NOW UNDER VET CARE IN CHULUTOA. THE TINIEST OF THE LITTER NEEDS TO BE FED BY HAND. >> THEY KNEW THEY COULDN’T SAVE HUNDREDS, BUT THEY HAD A BACK SEAT, SO THEY SAVED ONE, AND THEY SAVED THE ONE THAT WAS MOST IN NEED. DAVE: BEING THE MAMA DOG TO A HALF DOZEN PUPPIES COMES WITH ITS OWN NORMAL SET OF CHALLENGES, BUT FOR LIZZY THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES -- HER OWN HEALTH. THAT’LL BE ADDRESSED ONCE THE PUPPIES GET A LITTLE OLDER. >> WE’LL DO HER SURGERY TO AMPUTATE THE LEG, AND SHE’LL BE FINE. DOGS ON THREE LEGS DO GREAT, AND THEN WE’LL DO HER HEART WORM TREATMENT. DAVE: BY THE TIME THE PUPPIES ARE NO LONGER MOM DEPENDANT AND IN THE CLEAR, THEY’LL BE UP FOR ADOPTION, EIGHT TO 10 WEEKS FROM NOW. LIZZY, MAYBE THREE MONTHS OR SO WITH HER ISSUES. THE EYE ON THE PRIZE? FOREVER HOMES FOR ALL. >> IT’S NOT FUN AND GAMES. THIS IS REALLY TOUGH, SO WHEN WE GET THOSE MOMENTS OF JOY, WE SAVOR THEM, BECAUSE THEY’RE FEW AND FAR BE

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