CHICAGO -
A family of four dogs that have been orphaned since September may have a new home.
The Chicago Canine Club in Burr Ridge has been looking after the dogs since owners Mike and Sue Kelm of Schaumburg died this past Labor Day weekend in a motorcycle crash. Relatives say it was the couple's wish that their four dogs be kept together if anything ever happened to them. The only living relatives that would have been able to take the dogs are unable to do so because they're expecting their first child.
The club says several challenges has made it difficult to find a family for the dogs, the most common of which is most villages by law only allow three dogs per household.
The dogs are 6-year-old Anacortes, a 47-pound female American Eskimo lab mix; 3-year-old Cedonia, a 34-pound female husky mix; 7-year-old Tacoma, a 92-pound male lab mix, and 4-year-old Everettt, a 47-pound male Austrian Shepherd lab mix.
The possible family has had three dogs in the past, but only one at a time. The club hopes to have everything finalized by next week.
The Chicago Canine Club in Burr Ridge has been looking after the dogs since owners Mike and Sue Kelm of Schaumburg died this past Labor Day weekend in a motorcycle crash. Relatives say it was the couple's wish that their four dogs be kept together if anything ever happened to them. The only living relatives that would have been able to take the dogs are unable to do so because they're expecting their first child.
The club says several challenges has made it difficult to find a family for the dogs, the most common of which is most villages by law only allow three dogs per household.
The dogs are 6-year-old Anacortes, a 47-pound female American Eskimo lab mix; 3-year-old Cedonia, a 34-pound female husky mix; 7-year-old Tacoma, a 92-pound male lab mix, and 4-year-old Everettt, a 47-pound male Austrian Shepherd lab mix.
The possible family has had three dogs in the past, but only one at a time. The club hopes to have everything finalized by next week.
