Shoreham Dogs Trust

Dogs Trust Canine Carer, Elaine Potter agreed to be the puppies surrogate mum as she had previously hand reared puppies. 

Hand rearing puppies is just as demanding as caring for a new born baby as they need constant care and attention, as well as bottle feeding every couple of hours throughout the day and night. 

So began a very busy period for Elaine, who also has three dogs of her own!  For the first few weeks, she bottle fed all five puppies every couple of hours, then at three weeks old the puppies were introduced to porridge, while continuing to be bottle fed. 

Once the puppies had accepted the porridge into their diets, they were encouraged to eat dog food. 

The puppies are now nine weeks old and are growing fast.  They are now only eating dog food and the puppies are getting stronger and more active by the day.

Elaine said "We are thrilled how well the puppies doing, they are growing rapidly and all integrate really well together.

While the initial period of hand rearing the puppies was extremely demanding, being able to save these puppies lives and watching them grow and develop is extremely rewarding.”

The centre has been able to find homes for all the puppies, but does stress that there are many other dogs at the centre in need of a home.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ADOPTING A DOG  PLEASE CONTACT:Shoreham Dogs Trust, Brighton Road, Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5LT Telephone: 01273 452576

Opening times: 12.00 to 16.00 every day except Tuesday when they are closed for staff training and by appointment only outside of these times.