Amy Jacobson Kurokawa, March 14th, 2012
EL DORADO HILLS, CA – A palm-size puppy is alive and getting stronger
by the day, thanks to the efforts of the Grace Foundation in El Dorado Hills.
“She’s the smallest dog I’ve ever seen in my life,” said Beth De Caprio of
the Grace Foundation.
Beyonce Knowles, as the foundation named her, had to be resuscitated upon
birth. “She wasn’t breathing when she came out,” said De Caprio. “Our vet did a
little compression on her chest and she came around.”
Little Beyonce weighs less than the milk bottle used to feed her and is
pictured dwarfed by items like soda cans and cell phones on the foundation’s
Facebook page.
“She’s a quarter the size of the other pups in the litter, but she’s a
fighter” explains De Caprio.
Beyonce’s mother, along with two other dogs, was saved from euthanization at
a San Bernardino high kill shelter by the Grace Foundation earlier this
month.
The mom was very very pregnant! when she arrived and gave birth a few days
later to 4 puppies – Beyonce being the last and premature. The other three are
with mom and …
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