Pets
Published
Feb. 9, 2024, 8:36 pm ET
This canine is filled with surprises!
The lovely — and resilient — pooch who was trapped inside a Texas transport container for over per week earlier than being rescued by US Coast Guard officers is pregnant, the group caring for the animal introduced this week.
After the canine — nicknamed Connie the container canine — was discovered on Jan. 31, she was taken to a vet in Pasadena, Texas, earlier than finally touchdown within the fingers of Forever Changed Animal Rescue (FCAR) in Maryland, who decided the little canine was anticipating.
“SURPRISE, CONNIE IS PREGNANT!!!” FCAR wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
“The fetuses have strong heartbeats and were bouncing around, so while her pregnancy is guarded due to her being without food and water for eight days or more, we are hopeful given what we could see.”
The small canine, who solely weighed about 30 kilos when she was discovered, will stick with the vet all through her being pregnant, in keeping with the organization, which mentioned it could ship updates as Connie progresses.
Connie was rescued after US Coast Guard Officer Ryan McMahon and his workforce heard barking coming from a transport container.
A crane was used to deliver the container all the way down to the lads, and out popped Connie, who’s believed to have spent eight days inside with out meals or water.
“As soon as we opened it, we could see the little dog’s face poking out. She was right there, like she knew we were going to be there to open it for her,” McMahon, a petty officer 2nd class, advised the Associated Press.
“And she just, she wasn’t scared or anything. She just seemed happy more than anything to be out of that dark space and in the arms of people that were going to take care of her,” mentioned McMahon.
She was slightly soiled and “definitely pretty skinny,” McMahon mentioned.
Connie additionally examined optimistic for heartworm and might be handled for the illness after her being pregnant is over.
The Coast Guard is not sure how the canine acquired contained in the container with a bunch of junked automobiles, however consider she might have been in a junkyard and unintentionally acquired into the container.
McMahon mentioned he was grateful to have seen the canine’s barks earlier than she was loaded up on a cargo ship.
After her being pregnant, Connie is hoping to discover a ceaselessly home within the DC-area.
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