Homeless Dog Surprises Rescuer With Puppies -- And One Of Them Is Green

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"An early St. Patrick's Day gift!"

By Sarah V Schweig

When a beautiful German shepherd was found wandering around lost and hungry in Georgia, it was crucial that she find a safe place to shelter soon.

Not only was life on the streets tough — Reba was expecting. She was mere days away from giving birth to a litter of puppies.



Luckily, Heidi's Legacy Dog Rescue, based in Valrico, Florida, found Reba just in time and transferred her to a loving foster home in Clearwater.

"She was picked up running as a stray in Georgia," Kristy Anderson, a foster with Heidi's Legacy, told The Dodo. "This was around the same time we took in some shepherds from the large breeder bust there so she could have been an escapee. We aren’t certain."



Anderson, who decided to foster Reba, knew that she wouldn't know just how many dogs would be in her house in a few days' time.

"She was very pregnant," Anderson told The Dodo. "I got her only two days before she gave birth."



A very rare puppy with green fur snuggled up beside the others at Reba's belly to nurse.

When Reba went into labor, six healthy and beautiful puppies were born — but one of them looked a little different from the rest.



"We named her Clover as we thought it suited her," Anderson said.

While the green puppy phenomenon is quite unusual, it's not unheard of. The greenish hue is believed to be caused by green bile mixing with the amniotic fluid in the mother dog's womb.

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But nothing gold can stay — nor can anything green. Clover's special color faded after just five days.

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Soon, Heidi's Legacy will be accepting adoption applications for Reba and her puppies.

Green puppies may be extraordinary, but for homeless dogs, having a loving forever home is the most extraordinary thing of all.



https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/stray-german-shepherd-gives-birth-to-green-puppy-florida

[irisblue]

1. For Vets & vet techs- a question

Is the bile in the amniotic fluid evidence of canine maternal starvation or liver shunt issues? Some GSD breed lines are cursed with this

Yeah I know, very technical

[ailsagirl]

2. So glad Reba was rescued!!

Thanks for posting

[hostalover]

3. So glad she was able to get help!!

[Fla Dem]

4. So happy for the Mom and Pups. Question: Are all rescues neutered before being adopted.

I would think so if it is a reliable, legitimate rescue organization, but just wondering if that's pretty much the rule.

[catbyte]

6. I don't know of a rescue group that doesn't do it. Our local Humane Society used to charge

something like a $400 deposit if you adopted an animal who was deemed too young to spay/neuter, but they'd refund it when you provided proof that they'd been spayed/neutered. I don't know if they still do that, though, because they've found that spaying/neutering at a young age isn't harmful as they once thought. I remember a time when they wouldn't perform the operation on pets younger than 5-6 months.

[calimary]

7. Welcome to DU, nightshift worker!

The story said it faded after a few days. Pretty amazing, though.

[trof]

8. She's the spitting image of our Nasha.

I love German Shepherds.

[UniteFightBack]

9. Green puppies are kryptonite. nt

[red dog 1]

10. Reba is beautiful!

Thanks for posting, catbyte.