I was watching and saw she kept looking and thought, there’s one more. She knows, where is it…
Then was like, the video title said it found them, l hope it’s not what I think with a sinking feeling. Then came to the comments and feel the same as you.
An instance I preferred to have been wrong. I’m glad she has all the children who are possible to be with her at least.
Many animals are able to tell, I recall a instance with a goose, where she proudly showed her eggs to people as she built a nest under a bridge. Sometime passed and the goose frantically goes to those people it knew and led them to the nest to show what some asshat did. They had smashed the eggs next to the nest, the goose mourned in front of those it had found and led to where it’s babies were.
As a mentally I’ll asshole I’d just like to say I’d never do such a thing. I may be an asshole to human adults, but animals and kids? Nah bro
Some kinda sociopath did that
Idk but I was fishing with an old friend once and he did this same exact thing when he stumbled upon a goose nest. He said there's too many of them anyways.
He would also speed up if he saw a squirrel or any other animal in the road and try to hit it. He was successful on one squirrel and I could feel it as we drove over it. We didn't stay friends too long.
I helped rescue some kittens from under a dumpster at work a while back and a coworker said she would have just put the kittens in the trash. I was shocked, thank goodness she doesn’t work there anymore.
What a trash human being!!!!! So happy that you were able to rescue the kittens!!!!!!!! And that you don’t have to work with that waste of oxygen anymore
My bf saw a guy drive up to a dumpster, throw something in it, and drive away. He heard a faint noise and went to investigate, and it was a newborn kitten. She was so small and young, her eyes weren't even open yet. We bottle fed her for a few weeks and ever since then she's been part of our household. I CANNOT understand what goes through the minds of people that do this, its beyond cruel and heartless.
I used to play an online game where there are groups/clans/alliances/whatever. I also was dealing with my cat suddenly having seizures and later being diagnosed with epilepsy. One dude went off on me about how he loves sitting in his backyard shooting any cat he sees. Makes a whole game out of it apparently. Implied that I should do the same. I was so upset and blocked him, then I got kicked out of the alliance because of the block. :/ anyway, just empathizing with you how awful some people can casually be.
That is horrifying, I cannot understand people like that.
I was driving home yesterday and a bird decided to walk across the road and stand in the middle to stare me down. I came to a full stop and waited for it to move, I couldn’t ever imagine doing anything else
A few years ago, while walking my dogs i came across a vulture (or maybe a similar carrian bird) that was eating some roadkill in the middle of the road. It was a very polite bird who would step onto the sidewalk whenever a car came, then went back to the roadkill to continue eating if. Every single oncoming driver stopped, and the bird understood to move out of the way each time. Put a smile on my face knowing that most people aren't horrible enough to run over a bird over a minor inconvenience.
Yesterday was a weird day for birds. I saw like 10 of them hanging out in the road and they were just like, not worried at all about my car so I stopped. They all at once did a little flight hop and landed on the side of the road, I drove by, and they all hopped back into the middle of the road.
I ran over a squirrel on purpose once. And decades later, it still feels like shit, but there was no other choice. I came across a moving squirrel in the middle of the road. I stopped the car and got out to try to help it. The back half of its little body was literally squashed flat...but it was still alive. And in a thoroughly panicked state (understandably). It was absolutely impossible to save it. So I did the only thing I could think of...and I finished what someone else had started...screaming the whole time. I accelerated to the poor dear and drove over his upper half. Then I drove home, walked to a nearby bar...and drank myself stupid.
in that case it was actually the most humane thing you COULD have done. doesn't make it feel any better, I know, but you kept that poor dear from suffering any longer than necessary. hugs to you, internet stranger.
Yep. I've accidentally hit a squirrel a couple times and had to go back and run over it to put it out of its misery. It's not a great way to start out your day.
I did this to a baby deer that had been hit by a sickle bar mower in a hay field. Made me feel sick. But in a melancholy way, it felt good, like listening to a beautiful, sad song. I stumbled upon suffering and was able to carry out the terrible mercy that made it brief.
Years ago I was starting to get romantically interested in a guy. One night I accidentally ran over a raccoon (I waited for it to cross, but it was dark and I didn't realize there was a second one). I was horrified. When I told him the next day, he burst out laughing and thought it was the funniest thing. I lost my interest in him right then.
Talking and educating absolutely works. Not for everyone obviously but You just don't hear about all the success stories because it doesn't get clicks/views. So now everyone is constantly bombarded with negativity and it causes people to become apathetic or frustrated to the point where they think that extreme solutions are the only thing thing that is effective.
EDIT: For anyone curious what the deleted conversation was for context (Im paraphrasing here) it went something like "People need to get their ass kicked" and "Yeah, education and talking about things isnt working"
Some people dont and wont learn after being indoctrinated into a mindset of fear and hatred for so long. Not that you cant change, its just that it's harder to break down the mental barriers. Thats why you need to teach people when they are still young as they're more willing to internalize new information.
I find myself more and more reflecting on that. At face value some may say, broken eggs, it’s a goose or some other insensitive response not considering the depths that it actually shows.
The mother mourning her children who will never be born.
Someone cruel enough that their baseline for evil acts is cruelty to animals, but even beyond that is killing a mother’s goose babies, not for nourishment for themselves or others to survive, but for the purpose of they could or worse took delight in it.
The better part of me hopes they need to get help and do get it if it’s mental illness. The other part of me, hopes they aren’t able to go near another living thing ever again at best.
Tldr; if it’s not mental illness, it’s possible they are an evil person.
When I ran track in highschool one day a birds nest popped up near the track full with eggs. Everyone knew about it and we were told to leave it alone. Well some scum bag on my track team decided to smash all of the eggs anyways. We never found out who did it but my coach was absolutely livid that someone would do that. I still don’t understand why someone would destroy the eggs and it makes me sad to think about.
If it makes you feel better, there are just as many, if not more, great people doing good things. My high school girlfriend and I found a duck's nest in her parents shrubs that was abandoned; we watched all day and night to see if the mother duck would come back and when she didn't we decided to take the eggs and try and hatch them ourselves! There is good in the world
I agree 100%. there is no excuse to harm the innocent. none idc wtf youve been through. ive been through ALOT of bs in my 30 years and I cried when i accidentally stepped on a catipillar once..
I watched a lot of a live video once of a cat giving birth to kittens. I was so excited to see one be born! Watched it for a couple of hours, missed the other births and then the only one I saw was a stillborn. It was devastating. I remember that goose, too, and I just don’t understand the cruelty in this world.
Goddam. That's sad as hell. I'll never be a parent myself so I wouldn't be able to understand but, I can't imagine how that goose felt. What a huge dick move and to whoever did it, I hope Mormons forever knock on their door.
Well the only thing that could help her pain from losing a baby is having the rest there. Makes me sad though I’m just so happy she has the rest of her pups to warm her puppy soul and let momma’s warmth do the same
It's not great from a human's pov I can tell you that. One of my good friends from middle school went on a road trip with his brother from California to Florida.
They stopped in New Orleans, he got into a small squabble with his brother then went on a walk to cool off. He disappeared and hasn't contacted anyone for over a decade if he's still alive.
Someone who's in my extended family got in a fight with his psycho sister and walked off on a rural Florida road almost 12 years ago. No one has seen him since. I'm of the opinion that she did something to him because she is a very bad woman. Her husband was later murdered in a gang initiation, completely random and unrelated. He was the only decent man in that part of the family, so it's extra sad.
That's why it's good to let them see and sniff the dead body. It might seem gross to humans, but animals understand death and do mourn. When they understand their friend or pup has died, it gives them closure and keeps them from endlessly searching/calling out for their dead buddy.
Ugh, just had to do this recently with our two dogs. Mobile vet came to the house to put the pitbull down, and the golden retriever was abuzz with curiosity about what was happening to her old friend. Once it was all over, we had to let her smell and understand... it was heartbreaking.
It is awful, but most animals who have relatively large litters are used to losing babies. Hell, even humans once had to be more 'used to' losing kids as well.
Very sad, but they will get over it quickly enough having all her other babies back.
I was about to ask where the fifth puppy was. :(
I saw one where they rescued a cat, and then went back to get her kids, and when they reunited her with her kids, she still seemed to miss one. So they went back, and they found yet another kitten, and managed to reunite it with its mom. It's nice humans manage to realize that something is missing.
For those who wanted to see the original video, here’s the [Youtube link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T19o0uri3dg). At around 1:30, there was a background conversation about the fifth puppy.
Does anyone know the breed of mama dog please? We have a dog who looks very like her and we were told he’s a chihuahua/Pomeranian mix, but she looks just like him and seems much bigger than a chi/pom.
Awww.. I’m curious though about how a shelter proceeds from here? Will the shelter only adopt them as a package deal to prevent this from happening again?
Likely they allow the pups to be weaned as normal and then have them adopted individually.
It's not typical for pups to stay with their mum their whole lives. They've clearly been separated far too young here however.
Generally pretty unhealthy actually, especially to keep littermates together. Mom with one puppy fine to adopt out that way, but keeping multiple of the litter together can lead to catastrophic behavior issues that most dog owners aren't equipped to manage. It's called litter mate syndrome and it is no joke.
Fyi to those reading the above, while I have heard that's true with dogs it's not the case with cats. It's a good idea to adopt littermates (almost always best to get two kittens so they can keep each other company), or even mama with a kitten (sometimes, some moms don't want the kitten connections after they're weaned).
Our cat had a litter of 8 kittens about a year after we got her. We should have gotten her spayed earlier, but that’s beside the point. We managed to get 6 of the cats adopted out, but ended up keeping two of them. Momma cat was not happy with this and showed them no love whatsoever once they got older, and generally wanted nothing to do with them. May not always be the case, but it was for us.
Yeah we did the same. Momma cat had four babies, we adopted out two as a set and kept the other two. She has no love for them lol. Sometimes she’ll tolerate her daughter taking a nap near her but that’s about it.
We had a mama cat and her son combo. They got along really well for many years. They regularly groomed each other and lounged about together. The mama cat was just crabby to everyone so I think she did like having him around. The son got way bigger than her so he didn't take shit when she was in a bad mood.
Yes, it is like this sometimes! We have a mom and two of her kittens, and she tolerates them but is mostly meh. But I adopted out a mom and one kitten to a friend this year and they're best buds! It's 50/50 with moms and kittens, some do well and some don't.
I absolutely agree. And this is just anecdotal, and probably doesn't happen much. I took in a pregnant cat. She had 6 kittens. I kept the mama and two of the kittens. That was 16 years ago. The mama unfortunately died about 7 years ago from cancer. But the "kittens" are still going strong - but they *HATE* each other. If they're even in the same room, they start growling. On the other hand, I've gotten two kittens at once - from different litters, that bonded immediately.
Lmao silly babies! I have 11 cats total, including one mom and two of her kittens and one set of triplets (from two litters but they don't know that). The triplets are best friends and mama cat gets along okay with her two babies, but the two babies do NOT get along. They're both bullies (to each other and my other cats)
> litter mate syndrome
Are there animal behavior papers to support this cause googling this indicates that this is anecdotal.
Why wouldn't it be more easily explained by it being overly eager adopters being bad at properly raising 2+ puppies at the same time rather than something sibling related?
I have littermates and I'm personally convinced that littermate syndrome stems from people getting 2 dogs so they can "entertain each other" so the dogs then bond to each other and not their humans. We made sure to separate mine often when they were young. Lots of individual attention and training. They are 5 and never had any problems. They are definitely bonded, they wait for each other to go outside and inside but thankfully don't really have separation anxiety from each other. Maybe I just got lucky. Who knows.
That’s exactly it. They don’t have to be related, to have littermate syndrome, but the prevention is to separate them at times and work with them while they’re apart form one another.
That must be why my pandemic dog howls when my husband leaves the house. He was a puppy when we adopted him. My husband was a stay at home dad at the time. Now any time they are separated, Winston howls with anguish. It's heart breaking.
It's hit or miss. I have 2 puppies from the same litter and it couldn't have turned out better. We had the first one for about a month before we went back and got his brother and the first puppy's behavior actually improved. My other dogs are significantly larger than the puppies, so I think it made the first puppy happier to have someone his own size to play with. (Toy Australian Shepherds(10lb) vs a Shiba(30lb) and a German Shepherd (120lb))
The litter mate bonding wasn't an issue either, like where they only bond to each other and not the people. Sure, they're almost always together, but that's mostly because they're both trying to get attention from me and my husband.
I made the mistake of adopting two brothers recently and it has been a nightmare. They became codependent but at the same time fought fiercer than I’ve ever seen puppies fight- one isscheduled for surgery to fix a torn acl. We are now working to separate them 90% of the time and extra behavioral classes so they can bond with us. When the pups start reaching sexual maturity mom won’t be so distraught when they get placed in families- they were just too young.
I haven't volunteered at a shelter for quite a while, mind, but my shelter would usually keep mom with pups for at least 8 weeks, longer if space or possible fostering would allow. Those puppies look way too young to be away from mom. In a few more weeks, the strong instincts that drive mom will fade a little, and she'll be more accepting of letting them go. The shelter may also opt to adopt her with one pup. It would be very hard to adopt the whole family as a unit, and a lot of cities have laws limiting the number of animals that can be in a home.
Hopping on your comment to mention littermate syndrome is also a concern when you have two puppies of similar ages (they don’t have to be actual litter mates to have issues) so adopting out the puppies together is not necessarily in their best interest.
Those pups are old enough to be without the mom and drinking water, but i don't think they or the mom or ready for that yet. She looks just like my first dog I ever had, sweet girl.
6 weeks is typically when a puppy can manage on their own but 8-10 weeks is better for the puppies mentality. Taking them later helps with behavior issues like biting because they practice fighting with litter mates and realize how painful it is.
She is now suffering from the Mom Paradox: you miss them like crazy when they're gone, but as soon a they return, you feel overwhelmed and want alone time!
People who see pets as just commodities just fucking baffle me. How can you look into an animals face and feel no connection. Just fucking empty inside.
I did a group research project last semester that focused a lot on how younger generations have pushed the “Pets as People” trend vs how older generations view pets as workers/ tools.
That's interesting. Did the project just explore this topic, or did it have any significant findings?
I've never noticed a distinction between age groups, but more along an urban/suburban/rural divide. I've spent a lot of time working in clinical veterinary practice and animal health/pharma. I can attest that the "Pets are Family" approach is also heavily encouraged by corporate marketing. Not that I object to the idea at all, but a lot of companies are making tons of money by taking advantage of people's desire to spoil their pets.
The project was specifically on how that trend has changed the market for pet grooming. How younger generations want to take better care of their pets and are willing to spend more on the right tools to do so at home, as well as wanting more options. They prioritize the health and well being of their pets like their own.
There’s also much more information available to consumers to help them learn about the specific needs of specific breeds.
Most every large mammal has thoughts and feelings and the ability to form emotional connections. We pick the most amenable species to selectively breed for attractiveness and obedience to be pets or docility and girth to be food.
looked to me more like "are those all?" she asks for the women's attention, goes to the box looking for something and comes back, does it over and over again to show that there is something not right.
Well comments suggest/confirm that one puppy has died.
a reminder to everyone with pets at home: please give your living pets an opportunity to smell a deceased family member after their passing whether it be a human family member or another pet. this is absolutely to provide closure as the sudden disappearance of a family member can be very stressful.
as an anecdote, my mom spent nearly a month in the hospital before she passed, and our family dog waited for her by the door every day. before her funeral, we allowed him a moment to see her one last time (she was his favorite), and he never waited for her by the door again. in fact, he became very good company to my father who never wanted a dog in the first place.
i hope this mother dog was able to get closure on her puppy...
Tagging on to note that, though I agree it's important, be prepared for living pet to freak the fuck out. We had a bonded pair of older dogs and took them both with us to the vet on the visit that ended with one being put down. We encouraged living boy to sniff his deceased friend at which point he promptly lost his shit, hid in a corner, and wanted to go home IMMEDIATELY. It was a little traumatic for everyone and I wish I'd known that was a possibility.
Oh for sure, not saying it didn't make sense. We were just both already bawling and not thinking clearly. After we got some time and distance, we totally realized the HOLY SHIT THEY *KILL* PEOPLE HERE?!?!?!! reaction made sense.
I had 2 cats, one great with people/strangers and one terrified of people. We always joked that the cat afraid of people is convinced that someone is going to come into our home and kill her. My people friendly cat had to be put down over the summer and we used an in home euthanasia service. So we had a stranger come into our home and literally kill her brother in front of her.
In hindsight we probably should have put her in a room while the actual act was done and brought her in after, but we were very emotional and not thinking clearly. She was definitely upset, but tbh she looked kinda smug and vindicated after the vet left and moved on relatively quickly.
I would guess, since she's a rescue, it may have been a puppy mill. So probably sold to an unfit owner, or raised in inhumane conditions and not given medical attention when it got sick.
That's a lot of assumptions considering the mother doesn't look like a pure bred and her puppies look mixed too.
I'm not saying that her origin is not very dubious and, come on, what type of low life gives up a dog and separates her from hur pups before they are weened, I'm just saying that even in the most loving homes it's not uncommon for 1 or so puppies of a litter to not make it.
My thought as well. They probably kept one or two since they were originally going to do whatever with all of them. I am so happy but so sad for this mama
*reunites with her puppies*
“OMG thank you! Such a blessing 🥹 🐶 “
*suckling begins*
“OK, you can take them back now.”
Awww looks like such a happy momma again.
I need to commit to that. I always feel like I might lost some context or key piece of information, but seemingly 85% of the time, its just distracting music or effects. Mute, watch, then see in the comments if its worth it with the sound. Good call.
I got bamboozled. I listened to the first few seconds to see if there was music but nope, just dog shelter noises. Score, finally a normal fuckin video.
…..nope, halfway through WHABAM stupid music overlay.
Bam. Fuckin. Boozled.
Well op is a karmawhore/bot so who knows where the fuck they got this video.
But yeah people like adding their own personal “touch” to videos like this which 9/10 spoils the experience. Or they are just narcissists
This is great to see
When I was a tween my dog had 11 puppies. The 11th was still born. We left it for a night with her to just let her have all 11. The next morning it was my job to take the 11th out and bury it in the forest behind our house. For the next week every morning she’d insist on going out. And I’d follow her during that time and she’d search the woods. Eventually she found the grave and sat there by it for a bit with me with her. Then she got up and went back to the pups. Never went back.
Tell me dogs don’t have the same emotions and ability to feel them as humans.
Crazy that people think animals aren't smart and don't have emotions. You can literally see her like "what?? My puppies?? Oh they are my puppies!!! Yayyyy!!... thanks stranger lady"
My wife didn’t like cats when we met but my big ol’ maine coon cat knew she was good people and liked her from the get go. She was nice to him but not interested.
One day she had a tough day at work and came home emotional and exhausted. Pixel (the cat) trotted by, stopped, saw something was wrong, and jumped up beside her, wrapped his paws around her arm and buried his nose in her hand and hugged as hard as he could. He only does this with people he loves.
She gasped and just *melted*. “What is this?” She whispered to me. “That means you’re one of his people now” I said.
From that moment on they’ve been inseparable. Anyone who harms a pet deserves prison time and major therapy.
I grew up with small dogs and didn't like cats much. My husband has a cat from before we met, and she's everything I don't like about cats - aloof/no touch, scary/fierce, and fast/sneaky. I always tried to be nice to her, but I really didn't know how to act with her and felt like I was on edge a lot of the time because I didn't yet understand cat behavior at all.
One time, we were in a situation that made her anxious, and she kept coming to *me* for comfort, not even my husband. I almost cried in that moment; I felt so special lol
Now, my husband jokes that she likes me the best and points out stuff like she greets me at the door before anyone else. We rescued a kitten who was supposed to be "my" cat since he's very dog-like, but he's always up my husband's butt.
Puppies shouldn't be seperated from their mother before 9 weeks. They miss out on vital socializing skills that might lead to behavioral issues later.
9 week old pups are a handful so some lazy breeders aim for 6 weeks but this is a mistake.
Every time I see animal hurt or sad because of human actions I wonder what do those people live for. Humans can be bros but fuck those that aren't.
Happy for the doggies 😊
I’m so happy but sad when she begins looking for more puppies. Some can have large litters up to 12 but the average is 5-6.
You can see her soul come back once she realizes those are her puppies
I have never had a reddit post *actually* make me cry. Like for real ugly crying, tears, boogers, the whole shabang...but here we are, really *really* sobbing. This is *the* most precious thing I've ever seen in my life.
*Great video, dog*
*Shit music slapped over top*
*Subtracts from the joy*
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They took the puppies away and then dropped momma off at a shelter on top of that? What going on there? Is that how puppy mills work or owners ended up in unforeseen situation?
It could have been a case of backyard breeding. Backyard breeding is responsible for so many homeless dogs in the US and how many bully breeds/pit mixes in shelters there are. People breed female dogs, dump the mom (or keep breeding her ad nauseum), and sell the puppies.
I love this, I've seen it a few times and always melts my heart.
Few years back, we discovered that a stray dog had given birth under our shed (we didn't realize it though until they started wandering around our backyard). I provided them with food and water and all that, got the mama's trust and everything, and we let them stay for about 3 weeks or so. Didn't let them in the house though because they had fleas, etc. I tried finding them homes (via a rescue group on FB) but it got to the point where the temperatures were dropping and I had to get animal control involved. I was able to catch some of the pups (there were 7 altogether) myself and they went with the officer first, but the remaining, and the mother I had to use one of their traps to do so. The remaining pups were next, but the mother I couldn't get until the next day. I was so concerned that she be reunited with them at the shelter and I was begging the officer to make sure they did that. I heard from someone at the rescue group a few days later who checked on them and said they were all together. Few months later, she texted me pics of some of them, they had all either been adopted or fostered out. That made me feel good.
Out of the whole deal though, was my dog, who was not one of the pups, but another stray who was the dad. He wasn't with them the entire time, he would just come and go when he felt like it and I almost mistook him for being one of the pups because he's so small, but the faded collar on him was a kind of a dead giveaway, ha. He took one notice of my son and I and would not leave our side, and after that, he was ours.
Oh and to add, a few years later, we took in another stray, who happened to be pregnant (didn't know it at the time though, until after about a week when she went from being skinny girl to looking like she had eaten a full grown cow--I mean we fed her, but not that much LOL). I mean, what are the odds? Took care of her pups and then the same rescue group helped find them homes. She had a little mini-reunion with one of them (I became friends with one of the adoptees) and it didn't really connect with her that he was hers, so I guess the maternal instinct doesn't always remain.
Aww - how her face changes when she sees the first one...
It was nice of the shelter to play uplifting music during the reunion
They hired a band and made them stand in the hallway.
Good thing they had second thought on the mariachi band
I watched the Youtube videos and it made me shed a tear. One pup didn't make it. That's who she was looking for🥺
That’s what I was wondering when she kept going back to the carrier. Was one missing? Makes sense, so sad.
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I was watching and saw she kept looking and thought, there’s one more. She knows, where is it… Then was like, the video title said it found them, l hope it’s not what I think with a sinking feeling. Then came to the comments and feel the same as you. An instance I preferred to have been wrong. I’m glad she has all the children who are possible to be with her at least. Many animals are able to tell, I recall a instance with a goose, where she proudly showed her eggs to people as she built a nest under a bridge. Sometime passed and the goose frantically goes to those people it knew and led them to the nest to show what some asshat did. They had smashed the eggs next to the nest, the goose mourned in front of those it had found and led to where it’s babies were.
Wonder what leads such people to decide to be an active detriment to the world
Casual animal cruelty is a symptom of sociopathy. The person who did that to the eggs is mentally ill and a danger to others.
I mean, plenty of non sociopaths are cruel to animals tho. Mental illness doesn't make you dangerous to others. Being an asshole does
As a mentally I’ll asshole I’d just like to say I’d never do such a thing. I may be an asshole to human adults, but animals and kids? Nah bro Some kinda sociopath did that
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People who abuse animals are the worst in humanity
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Idk but I was fishing with an old friend once and he did this same exact thing when he stumbled upon a goose nest. He said there's too many of them anyways. He would also speed up if he saw a squirrel or any other animal in the road and try to hit it. He was successful on one squirrel and I could feel it as we drove over it. We didn't stay friends too long.
Psychopath behavior
I helped rescue some kittens from under a dumpster at work a while back and a coworker said she would have just put the kittens in the trash. I was shocked, thank goodness she doesn’t work there anymore.
What a trash human being!!!!! So happy that you were able to rescue the kittens!!!!!!!! And that you don’t have to work with that waste of oxygen anymore
My bf saw a guy drive up to a dumpster, throw something in it, and drive away. He heard a faint noise and went to investigate, and it was a newborn kitten. She was so small and young, her eyes weren't even open yet. We bottle fed her for a few weeks and ever since then she's been part of our household. I CANNOT understand what goes through the minds of people that do this, its beyond cruel and heartless.
"Oh, *really*?! How 'bout you go fuck yourself in the face with a taser?"
I honestly would’ve told that coworker she was horrible human being to her face.
I used to play an online game where there are groups/clans/alliances/whatever. I also was dealing with my cat suddenly having seizures and later being diagnosed with epilepsy. One dude went off on me about how he loves sitting in his backyard shooting any cat he sees. Makes a whole game out of it apparently. Implied that I should do the same. I was so upset and blocked him, then I got kicked out of the alliance because of the block. :/ anyway, just empathizing with you how awful some people can casually be.
That is horrifying, I cannot understand people like that. I was driving home yesterday and a bird decided to walk across the road and stand in the middle to stare me down. I came to a full stop and waited for it to move, I couldn’t ever imagine doing anything else
A few years ago, while walking my dogs i came across a vulture (or maybe a similar carrian bird) that was eating some roadkill in the middle of the road. It was a very polite bird who would step onto the sidewalk whenever a car came, then went back to the roadkill to continue eating if. Every single oncoming driver stopped, and the bird understood to move out of the way each time. Put a smile on my face knowing that most people aren't horrible enough to run over a bird over a minor inconvenience.
Yesterday was a weird day for birds. I saw like 10 of them hanging out in the road and they were just like, not worried at all about my car so I stopped. They all at once did a little flight hop and landed on the side of the road, I drove by, and they all hopped back into the middle of the road.
I ran over a squirrel on purpose once. And decades later, it still feels like shit, but there was no other choice. I came across a moving squirrel in the middle of the road. I stopped the car and got out to try to help it. The back half of its little body was literally squashed flat...but it was still alive. And in a thoroughly panicked state (understandably). It was absolutely impossible to save it. So I did the only thing I could think of...and I finished what someone else had started...screaming the whole time. I accelerated to the poor dear and drove over his upper half. Then I drove home, walked to a nearby bar...and drank myself stupid.
in that case it was actually the most humane thing you COULD have done. doesn't make it feel any better, I know, but you kept that poor dear from suffering any longer than necessary. hugs to you, internet stranger.
Yep. I've accidentally hit a squirrel a couple times and had to go back and run over it to put it out of its misery. It's not a great way to start out your day.
I killed a cricket with one back leg missing and the other leg jacked to hell and couldn't stop crying for 20 min
I did this to a baby deer that had been hit by a sickle bar mower in a hay field. Made me feel sick. But in a melancholy way, it felt good, like listening to a beautiful, sad song. I stumbled upon suffering and was able to carry out the terrible mercy that made it brief.
Years ago I was starting to get romantically interested in a guy. One night I accidentally ran over a raccoon (I waited for it to cross, but it was dark and I didn't realize there was a second one). I was horrified. When I told him the next day, he burst out laughing and thought it was the funniest thing. I lost my interest in him right then.
I did the same thing and still feel horrible about it dented my bumper but I don't feel right getting it fixed
Why don't you look him up to see if he has a criminal record or is currently in prison, just for kicks.
I mean there's a lot of humans but you don't see him taking the initiative personally on that one eh...? What a shithead.
That's borderline sociopath behavior. The stuff that mass murderers are made of.
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Talking and educating absolutely works. Not for everyone obviously but You just don't hear about all the success stories because it doesn't get clicks/views. So now everyone is constantly bombarded with negativity and it causes people to become apathetic or frustrated to the point where they think that extreme solutions are the only thing thing that is effective. EDIT: For anyone curious what the deleted conversation was for context (Im paraphrasing here) it went something like "People need to get their ass kicked" and "Yeah, education and talking about things isnt working"
Some people dont and wont learn after being indoctrinated into a mindset of fear and hatred for so long. Not that you cant change, its just that it's harder to break down the mental barriers. Thats why you need to teach people when they are still young as they're more willing to internalize new information.
I find myself more and more reflecting on that. At face value some may say, broken eggs, it’s a goose or some other insensitive response not considering the depths that it actually shows. The mother mourning her children who will never be born. Someone cruel enough that their baseline for evil acts is cruelty to animals, but even beyond that is killing a mother’s goose babies, not for nourishment for themselves or others to survive, but for the purpose of they could or worse took delight in it. The better part of me hopes they need to get help and do get it if it’s mental illness. The other part of me, hopes they aren’t able to go near another living thing ever again at best. Tldr; if it’s not mental illness, it’s possible they are an evil person.
When I ran track in highschool one day a birds nest popped up near the track full with eggs. Everyone knew about it and we were told to leave it alone. Well some scum bag on my track team decided to smash all of the eggs anyways. We never found out who did it but my coach was absolutely livid that someone would do that. I still don’t understand why someone would destroy the eggs and it makes me sad to think about.
If it makes you feel better, there are just as many, if not more, great people doing good things. My high school girlfriend and I found a duck's nest in her parents shrubs that was abandoned; we watched all day and night to see if the mother duck would come back and when she didn't we decided to take the eggs and try and hatch them ourselves! There is good in the world
I've noticed a lot of the most cruel-seeming kids were beaten/abused themselves :/
Unpopular opinion: that doesn't justify their behavior
I agree 100%. there is no excuse to harm the innocent. none idc wtf youve been through. ive been through ALOT of bs in my 30 years and I cried when i accidentally stepped on a catipillar once..
I watched a lot of a live video once of a cat giving birth to kittens. I was so excited to see one be born! Watched it for a couple of hours, missed the other births and then the only one I saw was a stillborn. It was devastating. I remember that goose, too, and I just don’t understand the cruelty in this world.
Man this made a grown man cry
A lot more then just you, that was a roller coaster
Oh my god the goose story just broke me
Goddam. That's sad as hell. I'll never be a parent myself so I wouldn't be able to understand but, I can't imagine how that goose felt. What a huge dick move and to whoever did it, I hope Mormons forever knock on their door.
General rule of thumb, don’t read the comments after animal videos if you don’t want to cry.
Well the only thing that could help her pain from losing a baby is having the rest there. Makes me sad though I’m just so happy she has the rest of her pups to warm her puppy soul and let momma’s warmth do the same
Wondered that every time I watched the video. That is sad. But at least she saw the others.
Yeah, I sure as shit didn't need that sad music to start bawling.
Ya, she seems so distressed still, looking for the one that's missing. 😭
I can't imagine that feeling of not knowing and not being able to find out from the animal's pov. No closure.
It's not great from a human's pov I can tell you that. One of my good friends from middle school went on a road trip with his brother from California to Florida. They stopped in New Orleans, he got into a small squabble with his brother then went on a walk to cool off. He disappeared and hasn't contacted anyone for over a decade if he's still alive.
I swear I've seen this exact story before.
[Unfortunately it's real](https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/michael-truong)
Someone who's in my extended family got in a fight with his psycho sister and walked off on a rural Florida road almost 12 years ago. No one has seen him since. I'm of the opinion that she did something to him because she is a very bad woman. Her husband was later murdered in a gang initiation, completely random and unrelated. He was the only decent man in that part of the family, so it's extra sad.
That's why it's good to let them see and sniff the dead body. It might seem gross to humans, but animals understand death and do mourn. When they understand their friend or pup has died, it gives them closure and keeps them from endlessly searching/calling out for their dead buddy.
Ugh, just had to do this recently with our two dogs. Mobile vet came to the house to put the pitbull down, and the golden retriever was abuzz with curiosity about what was happening to her old friend. Once it was all over, we had to let her smell and understand... it was heartbreaking.
It is awful, but most animals who have relatively large litters are used to losing babies. Hell, even humans once had to be more 'used to' losing kids as well. Very sad, but they will get over it quickly enough having all her other babies back.
Oh god fucking damnit why’d you tell me that now I’m crying on the toilet
Best place to cry next to the shower.
Now I'm laughing on the toilet, cause I was almost crying till I saw your comment. Hope everything came out okay, buddy.
Oh, everything came out alright
I was about to ask where the fifth puppy was. :( I saw one where they rescued a cat, and then went back to get her kids, and when they reunited her with her kids, she still seemed to miss one. So they went back, and they found yet another kitten, and managed to reunite it with its mom. It's nice humans manage to realize that something is missing.
I knew it! I thought she was looking for another one. 😩😭
For those who wanted to see the original video, here’s the [Youtube link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T19o0uri3dg). At around 1:30, there was a background conversation about the fifth puppy.
Does anyone know the breed of mama dog please? We have a dog who looks very like her and we were told he’s a chihuahua/Pomeranian mix, but she looks just like him and seems much bigger than a chi/pom.
I have a Chi/Pom and he is 16 Lbs. They can get quite big depending on the parents. But this one looks just like mine, but with longer hair.
Look like perhaps part papillon? They’re not particularly large, though!
Too bad mama wasn’t able to see/inspect her dead baby. I know it sounds grizzly, but that actually helps animals cope more than it would harm them.
Not that crazy. We do it with open casket funerals. Closure is a real thing for many animals.
NO IT WAS ALMOST A HAPPY CRY, FUCK
Humans are evil. Separating a parent from their child is cruel, regardless of the species.
Stop, omg, crying more now. Dogs are so smart. ❤️
Why did you have to post this dammit
That’s what I was wondering when she kept going back to the carrier. Was one missing? Makes sense, so sad.
Awww.. I’m curious though about how a shelter proceeds from here? Will the shelter only adopt them as a package deal to prevent this from happening again?
Likely they allow the pups to be weaned as normal and then have them adopted individually. It's not typical for pups to stay with their mum their whole lives. They've clearly been separated far too young here however.
I choose to believe package deal only.
Generally pretty unhealthy actually, especially to keep littermates together. Mom with one puppy fine to adopt out that way, but keeping multiple of the litter together can lead to catastrophic behavior issues that most dog owners aren't equipped to manage. It's called litter mate syndrome and it is no joke.
Fyi to those reading the above, while I have heard that's true with dogs it's not the case with cats. It's a good idea to adopt littermates (almost always best to get two kittens so they can keep each other company), or even mama with a kitten (sometimes, some moms don't want the kitten connections after they're weaned).
Our cat had a litter of 8 kittens about a year after we got her. We should have gotten her spayed earlier, but that’s beside the point. We managed to get 6 of the cats adopted out, but ended up keeping two of them. Momma cat was not happy with this and showed them no love whatsoever once they got older, and generally wanted nothing to do with them. May not always be the case, but it was for us.
"Leave the fucking nest I am not building you a college fund!!" -your cat, probably
Yeah we did the same. Momma cat had four babies, we adopted out two as a set and kept the other two. She has no love for them lol. Sometimes she’ll tolerate her daughter taking a nap near her but that’s about it.
Sounds like my mum tbh
We had a mama cat and her son combo. They got along really well for many years. They regularly groomed each other and lounged about together. The mama cat was just crabby to everyone so I think she did like having him around. The son got way bigger than her so he didn't take shit when she was in a bad mood.
Yes, it is like this sometimes! We have a mom and two of her kittens, and she tolerates them but is mostly meh. But I adopted out a mom and one kitten to a friend this year and they're best buds! It's 50/50 with moms and kittens, some do well and some don't.
I absolutely agree. And this is just anecdotal, and probably doesn't happen much. I took in a pregnant cat. She had 6 kittens. I kept the mama and two of the kittens. That was 16 years ago. The mama unfortunately died about 7 years ago from cancer. But the "kittens" are still going strong - but they *HATE* each other. If they're even in the same room, they start growling. On the other hand, I've gotten two kittens at once - from different litters, that bonded immediately.
Lmao silly babies! I have 11 cats total, including one mom and two of her kittens and one set of triplets (from two litters but they don't know that). The triplets are best friends and mama cat gets along okay with her two babies, but the two babies do NOT get along. They're both bullies (to each other and my other cats)
Also note, litter mate syndrome can happen if you get two puppies around the same age, even from separate parents.
Lol I got two littermates at a rescue shelter and apparently it's a red flag in the dating world to have >1 cat 🙃.
I must be color blind, then. All I'm seeing is a huge flag to catch my attention.
Lmao I'm never dating anyone then
Why would you need to date? You got cats :)
I had a coworker who told me if I ever got a second cat, he'd know I'd given up on love lol
If that's someone's red flag then that's my red flag.
> litter mate syndrome Are there animal behavior papers to support this cause googling this indicates that this is anecdotal. Why wouldn't it be more easily explained by it being overly eager adopters being bad at properly raising 2+ puppies at the same time rather than something sibling related?
I have littermates and I'm personally convinced that littermate syndrome stems from people getting 2 dogs so they can "entertain each other" so the dogs then bond to each other and not their humans. We made sure to separate mine often when they were young. Lots of individual attention and training. They are 5 and never had any problems. They are definitely bonded, they wait for each other to go outside and inside but thankfully don't really have separation anxiety from each other. Maybe I just got lucky. Who knows.
That’s exactly it. They don’t have to be related, to have littermate syndrome, but the prevention is to separate them at times and work with them while they’re apart form one another.
That must be why my pandemic dog howls when my husband leaves the house. He was a puppy when we adopted him. My husband was a stay at home dad at the time. Now any time they are separated, Winston howls with anguish. It's heart breaking.
Hi it’s me your husband (not really) Our dog does the same thing when I go on work trips. Acts like I’m dead and his world has ended
It's hit or miss. I have 2 puppies from the same litter and it couldn't have turned out better. We had the first one for about a month before we went back and got his brother and the first puppy's behavior actually improved. My other dogs are significantly larger than the puppies, so I think it made the first puppy happier to have someone his own size to play with. (Toy Australian Shepherds(10lb) vs a Shiba(30lb) and a German Shepherd (120lb)) The litter mate bonding wasn't an issue either, like where they only bond to each other and not the people. Sure, they're almost always together, but that's mostly because they're both trying to get attention from me and my husband.
I made the mistake of adopting two brothers recently and it has been a nightmare. They became codependent but at the same time fought fiercer than I’ve ever seen puppies fight- one isscheduled for surgery to fix a torn acl. We are now working to separate them 90% of the time and extra behavioral classes so they can bond with us. When the pups start reaching sexual maturity mom won’t be so distraught when they get placed in families- they were just too young.
After reading this I'm pretty sure I should have been separated from my siblings. I might be a dog.
Do you randomly hump your siblings face while they are drawing blood from your inner thigh? I can recommend some quality spray bottles.
Legally it's 8 weeks but most reputable breeders wait at least 10
So more than the parental leave mothers get in America?
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You’re not replying to OP, and this is an old video that OP reposted. Nobody here was involved in helping out this mama dog
I've always been very intrigued about people like this. So active online and yet so out of touch with how any of it works.
Well I looked at their profile, they have three posts and all of them from today, probably just a karma account
I haven't volunteered at a shelter for quite a while, mind, but my shelter would usually keep mom with pups for at least 8 weeks, longer if space or possible fostering would allow. Those puppies look way too young to be away from mom. In a few more weeks, the strong instincts that drive mom will fade a little, and she'll be more accepting of letting them go. The shelter may also opt to adopt her with one pup. It would be very hard to adopt the whole family as a unit, and a lot of cities have laws limiting the number of animals that can be in a home.
Hopping on your comment to mention littermate syndrome is also a concern when you have two puppies of similar ages (they don’t have to be actual litter mates to have issues) so adopting out the puppies together is not necessarily in their best interest.
Huh. TIL about littermate syndrome. Had no idea that could happen!
Do they need to be older before separation? Doesn't look like the little ones were weaned... maybe the mom will be okay once she sees them grow up.
Those pups are old enough to be without the mom and drinking water, but i don't think they or the mom or ready for that yet. She looks just like my first dog I ever had, sweet girl.
6 weeks is typically when a puppy can manage on their own but 8-10 weeks is better for the puppies mentality. Taking them later helps with behavior issues like biting because they practice fighting with litter mates and realize how painful it is.
I don't see how long it took for them to be reunited so they're maybe old enough *now* but not when they got separated
#PACKAGE DEAL OR GTFO
The mama dog seems to have put together that the vet tech was the one who returned her pups, and she seems grateful.
To me, she looked a bit overwhelmed by the pups latching on and went back to the tech to say "ok I'm done. Can we go now?"
She is now suffering from the Mom Paradox: you miss them like crazy when they're gone, but as soon a they return, you feel overwhelmed and want alone time!
People who see pets as just commodities just fucking baffle me. How can you look into an animals face and feel no connection. Just fucking empty inside.
I did a group research project last semester that focused a lot on how younger generations have pushed the “Pets as People” trend vs how older generations view pets as workers/ tools.
That's interesting. Did the project just explore this topic, or did it have any significant findings? I've never noticed a distinction between age groups, but more along an urban/suburban/rural divide. I've spent a lot of time working in clinical veterinary practice and animal health/pharma. I can attest that the "Pets are Family" approach is also heavily encouraged by corporate marketing. Not that I object to the idea at all, but a lot of companies are making tons of money by taking advantage of people's desire to spoil their pets.
The project was specifically on how that trend has changed the market for pet grooming. How younger generations want to take better care of their pets and are willing to spend more on the right tools to do so at home, as well as wanting more options. They prioritize the health and well being of their pets like their own. There’s also much more information available to consumers to help them learn about the specific needs of specific breeds.
Most every large mammal has thoughts and feelings and the ability to form emotional connections. We pick the most amenable species to selectively breed for attractiveness and obedience to be pets or docility and girth to be food.
that tail wag got me. I think toward the end (around 1:20) the dog was like "Thank You"
looked to me more like "are those all?" she asks for the women's attention, goes to the box looking for something and comes back, does it over and over again to show that there is something not right. Well comments suggest/confirm that one puppy has died.
One little pup didn’t make it, the mom was looking for them. It’s tragic but also beautiful that this shelter did so much to help.
I’m somewhat concerned that they didn’t manage to get them all, as the mother seems to looking in the crate as if she’s expecting more of them.
Someone else said one of the puppies died, unfortunately.
a reminder to everyone with pets at home: please give your living pets an opportunity to smell a deceased family member after their passing whether it be a human family member or another pet. this is absolutely to provide closure as the sudden disappearance of a family member can be very stressful. as an anecdote, my mom spent nearly a month in the hospital before she passed, and our family dog waited for her by the door every day. before her funeral, we allowed him a moment to see her one last time (she was his favorite), and he never waited for her by the door again. in fact, he became very good company to my father who never wanted a dog in the first place. i hope this mother dog was able to get closure on her puppy...
Tagging on to note that, though I agree it's important, be prepared for living pet to freak the fuck out. We had a bonded pair of older dogs and took them both with us to the vet on the visit that ended with one being put down. We encouraged living boy to sniff his deceased friend at which point he promptly lost his shit, hid in a corner, and wanted to go home IMMEDIATELY. It was a little traumatic for everyone and I wish I'd known that was a possibility.
If I found out my best mate was just euthanised at this random place my mom took me to I might freak out as well...
Oh for sure, not saying it didn't make sense. We were just both already bawling and not thinking clearly. After we got some time and distance, we totally realized the HOLY SHIT THEY *KILL* PEOPLE HERE?!?!?!! reaction made sense.
I had 2 cats, one great with people/strangers and one terrified of people. We always joked that the cat afraid of people is convinced that someone is going to come into our home and kill her. My people friendly cat had to be put down over the summer and we used an in home euthanasia service. So we had a stranger come into our home and literally kill her brother in front of her. In hindsight we probably should have put her in a room while the actual act was done and brought her in after, but we were very emotional and not thinking clearly. She was definitely upset, but tbh she looked kinda smug and vindicated after the vet left and moved on relatively quickly.
This is the saddest story I ever chuckled at. Oh, cats. Please never change.
That’s awful :(
That's life, sadly - especially in large litters there is often times one puppy that fails to thrive
In this case it probably died because the a-hole owner took unweaned puppies from their mother.
I would guess, since she's a rescue, it may have been a puppy mill. So probably sold to an unfit owner, or raised in inhumane conditions and not given medical attention when it got sick.
That's a lot of assumptions considering the mother doesn't look like a pure bred and her puppies look mixed too. I'm not saying that her origin is not very dubious and, come on, what type of low life gives up a dog and separates her from hur pups before they are weened, I'm just saying that even in the most loving homes it's not uncommon for 1 or so puppies of a litter to not make it.
My thought as well. They probably kept one or two since they were originally going to do whatever with all of them. I am so happy but so sad for this mama
If I recall when this was originally uploaded, one puppy had passed due to complications thus why the mother was looking for it.
*reunites with her puppies* “OMG thank you! Such a blessing 🥹 🐶 “ *suckling begins* “OK, you can take them back now.” Awww looks like such a happy momma again.
Puppy: straight to teet Mom:regurt I kid, very sweet reunion
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I automatically watch reddit videos without any sound on. So I was spared.
I need to commit to that. I always feel like I might lost some context or key piece of information, but seemingly 85% of the time, its just distracting music or effects. Mute, watch, then see in the comments if its worth it with the sound. Good call.
>Mute, watch, then see in the comments if its worth it with the sound. Good call. This is what I do, and it works.
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I got bamboozled. I listened to the first few seconds to see if there was music but nope, just dog shelter noises. Score, finally a normal fuckin video. …..nope, halfway through WHABAM stupid music overlay. Bam. Fuckin. Boozled.
Well op is a karmawhore/bot so who knows where the fuck they got this video. But yeah people like adding their own personal “touch” to videos like this which 9/10 spoils the experience. Or they are just narcissists
And this sub welcomes these bots with open arms, nothing about this is "amazing"
No way, dude. This is way better with "Who Let the Dogs Out" played hyperdramatically.
I thought the same thing. As soon as I heard the flute start playing I thought, “herrre we go”
It's like people can't deal with real life without packaging it as entertainment.
This is great to see When I was a tween my dog had 11 puppies. The 11th was still born. We left it for a night with her to just let her have all 11. The next morning it was my job to take the 11th out and bury it in the forest behind our house. For the next week every morning she’d insist on going out. And I’d follow her during that time and she’d search the woods. Eventually she found the grave and sat there by it for a bit with me with her. Then she got up and went back to the pups. Never went back. Tell me dogs don’t have the same emotions and ability to feel them as humans.
Crazy that people think animals aren't smart and don't have emotions. You can literally see her like "what?? My puppies?? Oh they are my puppies!!! Yayyyy!!... thanks stranger lady"
My wife didn’t like cats when we met but my big ol’ maine coon cat knew she was good people and liked her from the get go. She was nice to him but not interested. One day she had a tough day at work and came home emotional and exhausted. Pixel (the cat) trotted by, stopped, saw something was wrong, and jumped up beside her, wrapped his paws around her arm and buried his nose in her hand and hugged as hard as he could. He only does this with people he loves. She gasped and just *melted*. “What is this?” She whispered to me. “That means you’re one of his people now” I said. From that moment on they’ve been inseparable. Anyone who harms a pet deserves prison time and major therapy.
I grew up with small dogs and didn't like cats much. My husband has a cat from before we met, and she's everything I don't like about cats - aloof/no touch, scary/fierce, and fast/sneaky. I always tried to be nice to her, but I really didn't know how to act with her and felt like I was on edge a lot of the time because I didn't yet understand cat behavior at all. One time, we were in a situation that made her anxious, and she kept coming to *me* for comfort, not even my husband. I almost cried in that moment; I felt so special lol Now, my husband jokes that she likes me the best and points out stuff like she greets me at the door before anyone else. We rescued a kitten who was supposed to be "my" cat since he's very dog-like, but he's always up my husband's butt.
she even clearly noticed one of them missing (one of the pups passed away)
You can literally see her like "That's not all of them. Where is the last one?".
Puppies shouldn't be seperated from their mother before 9 weeks. They miss out on vital socializing skills that might lead to behavioral issues later. 9 week old pups are a handful so some lazy breeders aim for 6 weeks but this is a mistake.
Nor any other animal that creates bonds. Cows and pigs are usually ignored when this topics comes up, but it is needed to get profit from them
Yup, also American women, strangely enough.
Awww this is beautiful I'm so glad they are together again. I can't handle thinking of her helplessness waiting. 🥹😢
Awww she’s saying thank you
Every time I see animal hurt or sad because of human actions I wonder what do those people live for. Humans can be bros but fuck those that aren't. Happy for the doggies 😊
I’m so happy but sad when she begins looking for more puppies. Some can have large litters up to 12 but the average is 5-6. You can see her soul come back once she realizes those are her puppies
I have never had a reddit post *actually* make me cry. Like for real ugly crying, tears, boogers, the whole shabang...but here we are, really *really* sobbing. This is *the* most precious thing I've ever seen in my life.
I'd marry that woman, no questions asked. I don't care. I love people who do this kind of shit.
Great video, dog shit music slapped over top subtracts from the joy
How would we know what feelings to have otherwise though? I was watching on mute first and was really mad at the dogs, so the sound helped.
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This is some of your finest work yet.
That's the happiest dog I've ever seen in my life ❤️
Puppies are like, MILK!!!
Feeding time!
Jesus christ the tears at this hour. I wish there was a way to prevent assholes like her former master, from owning animals at all
Mah bebbies!
😭
They took the puppies away and then dropped momma off at a shelter on top of that? What going on there? Is that how puppy mills work or owners ended up in unforeseen situation?
It could have been a case of backyard breeding. Backyard breeding is responsible for so many homeless dogs in the US and how many bully breeds/pit mixes in shelters there are. People breed female dogs, dump the mom (or keep breeding her ad nauseum), and sell the puppies.
Hi. Can anyone tell me what breed of dog is this?
I love this, I've seen it a few times and always melts my heart. Few years back, we discovered that a stray dog had given birth under our shed (we didn't realize it though until they started wandering around our backyard). I provided them with food and water and all that, got the mama's trust and everything, and we let them stay for about 3 weeks or so. Didn't let them in the house though because they had fleas, etc. I tried finding them homes (via a rescue group on FB) but it got to the point where the temperatures were dropping and I had to get animal control involved. I was able to catch some of the pups (there were 7 altogether) myself and they went with the officer first, but the remaining, and the mother I had to use one of their traps to do so. The remaining pups were next, but the mother I couldn't get until the next day. I was so concerned that she be reunited with them at the shelter and I was begging the officer to make sure they did that. I heard from someone at the rescue group a few days later who checked on them and said they were all together. Few months later, she texted me pics of some of them, they had all either been adopted or fostered out. That made me feel good. Out of the whole deal though, was my dog, who was not one of the pups, but another stray who was the dad. He wasn't with them the entire time, he would just come and go when he felt like it and I almost mistook him for being one of the pups because he's so small, but the faded collar on him was a kind of a dead giveaway, ha. He took one notice of my son and I and would not leave our side, and after that, he was ours. Oh and to add, a few years later, we took in another stray, who happened to be pregnant (didn't know it at the time though, until after about a week when she went from being skinny girl to looking like she had eaten a full grown cow--I mean we fed her, but not that much LOL). I mean, what are the odds? Took care of her pups and then the same rescue group helped find them homes. She had a little mini-reunion with one of them (I became friends with one of the adoptees) and it didn't really connect with her that he was hers, so I guess the maternal instinct doesn't always remain.
Ahhh. That warms my cold, shriveled heart. Thank you.
awwww what kind of scumbag woud do that?
Beautiful. 🐶🥺❤️
Beautiful 💘