Goats’ Milk Saves Puppies Lives




March 11, 2009 by Freelance Writers



Five
adorable Jack Russell puppies are the picture of health after their
lives were saved by St Helen’s Farm goats’ milk, after they
lost their mum.
Animal lover Lorraine Wright, who nurtured the puppies, along with
her amazing story, are to be featured on more than half a million St
Helen’s Farm goats’ milk cartons, nationwide during
February.
The puppies’ chances of surviving were very slim when they
were first born in October. Their mum Georgie had to have an emergency
caesarean and sadly died three days later due to complications.

Lorraine, from Shepton Mallet, took over the maternal role but was
fearful of losing the tiny dogs when they became seriously ill after
drinking formula cows’ milk.
In a desperate attempt to save them Lorraine searched the internet
for help and found that goats’ milk had been successfully given
to orphaned pups. She was sceptical but decided to give it a go as time
was running out fast.
She lovingly bottle fed the pups every two hours, day and night,
using St Helen’s Farm goats’ milk and probiotic
goats’ yogurt.
Lorraine was using litres of milk and large cartons of yogurt every
day as she tried to build up their strength using what she dubbed
‘The St Helen’s Farm Goats Milk Mix.’
The pups enjoyed the taste, gulped it down and slowly but surely their weight began to climb.
Now almost six months on the puppies are in the best of health and
still enjoying the ‘St Helen’s Goats Milk Mix’ with
their food.
It’s not only the puppies that are enjoying the benefits of
goats’ milk though, Lorraine has a mild intolerance to dairy
products and now uses goats’ milk in her daily porridge too.
She loves the taste and it has replaced the rice milk she had
previously used. Her mum is also a convert and another fan, after
discovering she loved the taste.
Lorraine says the Jack Russells - Lavender, Brutus, Lottie, Toki and
Fonz – could have died had they not been saved by goats milk.
“I really thought the puppies were doomed. What happened to
their mum was awful and I was beside myself with worry when they lost
weight so dramatically on cows’ milk.
I panicked and realised I had to do something quickly to save them.
Some people said if I had one puppy at the end of week three it would
be a remarkable achievement, but I felt determined to do the best I
could for Georgie and try and save all of them.
It was a frantic, worrying time hand rearing them all the way
through to the New Year but all I can say is St Helen’s Farm is
fantastic.
The fact that all five puppies are here today full of life says everything; I can never thank the farm enough.
I have even had other animal lovers and experts asking me about the
St Helen’s Goats’ Mix, they are keen to use it themselves
to help orphaned animals.”
Yorkshire based St Helen’s Farm heard about the puppies when
Lorraine wrote and told them about her positive experience with the
milk and the farm decided to feature Lorraine and her story on the
cartons in February.
St Helen’s Farm spokesperson Mike Hind comments:
“We were intrigued to hear Lorraine’s tale about her
Jack Russell pups that are now thriving on our goats’ milk. After
a very precarious start to life, all five pups had to be hand reared.
They loved the taste of goats’ milk and have also developed a
liking for our probiotic natural yogurt. Well done to all the pups, we
are delighted with their success. We would be thrilled to hear from
anyone else who has used our range to help animals as well as
humans!”

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mine have all had goats milk as part of their diet it is fab stuff and it is excellent for people with dairy intolerance we use it for the pups and for xsara also goats milk is good for the bitch while in whelp it adds condition helps her maintain weight you wouldnt think my girlie had had pups apart form her dropping her coat only now she has never lost weight since feeding the pups the vet said she was in excellent condition when he saw her last week