The dog that lives next door ( but stays over here as much as she stays at home) had a litter of 10 puppies 10 days ago. They made her a nice nest in a big cardboard box on their back porch. Somebody came over to look at them or something and dropped one of them, from about waist high Jo said, and the mama dog wouldn't have anything to do with it afterwards- wouldn't let it nurse at all. I haven't seen the others, but Jo said they're all twice as big as this one,even the "runt" who was born last. So, she asked if she could bring the abandoned pup over here to take care of it. I said "sure, we'll just get a baby bottle and feed it". She brought it over and just poured a few drops of milk in her hand and let the pup lick it off. "we need to get a bottle" "no we don't, this is working fine" By the time I got home Friday she had a baby bottle- made especially for abandoned puppies and some puppy formula that's supposed to be like the mother's milk. She said "it's still going to the pound with the rest of them when it's old enough" I said "no it ain't" She's got it on an electric blanket in the floor now. And she's wondering what to name it.