Raising Kane

About a week ago, when Ariana was driving around, she spotted a box at the side of the road, next to a stop sign.

The box moved.

And that could mean only one thing ~ that there was an animal inside the box. And sure enough there was.

Inside was a little pup, no more than 3 - 3 1/2 weeks old. He didn't even have any teeth yet.

Who could do such a thing ~ abandon a helpless animal like that?

Naturally, Ariana did what I and a lot of other people would have done; she rescued the pup, who, she and Joe named "Kane." And just like she did with Callee, after Jeremiah rescued her and her siblings after nearly mowing them down with a lawn mower, Ariana set about to bottle-feeding Kane and helping him go to the bathroom.

But Kane didn't quite want to take to the bottle.

A visit to the vet the next day proved the pup to be healthy. And because Kane would not easily take to the bottle, the vet suggested that we try him on some very soft puppy food.

That did the trick.

Soon Kane was lapping up the soft puppy food. And he was peeing and pooping up a storm ~ so much more so than Callee did when she was still a tiny baby kitten.

Kane has grown a bit since he was rescued last week.

And who could resist a face as cute as this?