Emma Roberts welcomed a new baby! This one, however, is of the furry variety. And with a potentially-tragic-but-miraculous outcome. Emma posted a photo of a tiny chihuahua mix puppy that she’d adopted from The Labelle Foundation in Los Angeles. The dog is adorable. But what is truly amazing is the tiny guy is a Parvo survivor. Parvo is known as the puppy killer and apparently “Skunk” and his siblings all had it when they were found. But he survived, recovered and now has a new fancy-schmancy life with a Hollywood starlet.
Emma Roberts is starting off the new year with a cute addition to her family.
The About Fate actress, 31, announced on her Instagram Story that she adopted a chihuahua rescue puppy from the Labelle Foundation, a Los Angeles based animal rescue organization.
She shared a photo of the pup from the organization, and wrote, “Our new family member… We love him so much! Rescued from @thelabellefoundation.” In the picture, the adorable pup with a mix of light brown, red brown and dark brown fur and long dark whiskers stares up at the camera.
The Labelle Foundation wrote in a now-removed post that the puppy — which they nicknamed “Skunk” — had been found abandoned in early December along with his siblings, per the Daily Mail. The pups were found suffering from an illness called Parvo, a contagious viral infection that causes fever, diarrhea and vomiting, but the puppy survived.
You can read more about Parvo here. It is highly – highly – contagious in dogs and something anyone with dogs should know about. My friend fosters dogs and one of her fosters had Parvo. She was unable to foster puppies for a year because the disease can survive up to a year in certain conditions outside (and up to a month inside). Adult dogs generally survive Parvo, but it has a high death rate in puppies. Seeing how small Skunk is, I am shocked he survived but apparently he wasn’t the only one. I’m thrilled. Clearly, he’s a scrappy survivor. Skunk is the name the Labelle Foundation gave him, I don’t know if Emma and son Rhodes are keeping it. I hope he becomes a mainstay of Emma’s IG because he is so cute, look at him! With his little eyes going in opposite directions. I love that he’s a fighter, love that Rhodes will have a buddy to grow up with. Happy for the family – always love a rescue story. This is the first I’ve heard of The Labelle Foundation, but they have a great website with solid information and good partnerships. And OMG their pups! You can donate or foster/adopt. Of course, there’s also The DoVE Project where you can do the same.
Photo credit: JPI Studio/Avalon, The Labelle Foundation Instagram and Cover Images
Hopefully she treats animals better than she treats people.
So so so cute! I have two rescue chis and I love them so much.
Omg his lil bung eye! I’m not a fan of chihuahuas but this one is super cute!
I still mourn my Mariposita’s death, almost 40 years ago… Back then we didn’t take vaccination seriously, and it was a hard lesson. Thank you for this article, it might help someone take their dog to the vet just in time!
I took home a one year old puppy from a rescue organization and the dog got sick with parvo 3 days after I brought it home. He was sick from the rescue facility. Omg the pup stayed in the hospital for 10 nights. The vet said puppies die from this, there are no guarantee what we’re doing is going to save him, so you might be paying all this money for this dog you’ve got since 3 days for nothing and chances are, he’s probably is going to die. But we went on with it and miraculously, he made it. My wallet was bleeding. But we saved my little Mr.Darcy and he’s still with us today. I hope everybody get their dogs vaccinated against this sickness!
Awww, Mr. Darcy! That’s adorable.
Parvo is no joke, and once you smell parvo poop once, you never forget it. It’s shocking how fast it can kill a dog.
I knew a woman who would bring rescue chihuahuas from LA to Boston and find forever homes for them here. There’s an imbalance, lots of chihuahuas in LA, not so many on the east coast. I loved them, but doing my research found out it’s not just disease, but getting injured by their humans that these tiny dogs are at risk of. I’m a total clutz who is always bumping into everything and tripped over my cat constantly, so I decided to pass on a little dog. Hope Emma does right by hers.
My dog got neutered yesterday and it’s so upsetting seeing him in a cone. Breaks my heart
What an adorable little pup! I think it’s cute to adopt while her son is still young — they’ll grow up together!
I sponsor a beautiful dog in Romania and she lost all her 6 puppies from Parvo 😿💔
It’s almost like kennel cough 💔
So hard however she is welll and hopefully we may be allowed to bring her to the UK soon
It’s like pneumonia when the elderly catch it so tough on the body