A North Carolina woman, Beth Isenhower, has always rescued stray cats and dogs through the years.
Driving home with her 10-year-old son, Mack, they spotted two small black puppies running along the road and took them home.
Later when her husband, Eric, came home, he and Mack went out to see if they could find any more of the puppies. They did find another puppy running along the road, followed by the mother, a Labrador Retriever mix.The puppies seemed to be around 7 weeks old.
The mother and three puppies were friendly, but very hungry. The family decided to foster the little family until they could find permanent homes.
The next morning as they went off to their work and school, they left the three puppies inside and put the adult dog in the fenced in back yard. But when Beth returned home from work she discovered that the dog had chewed through a bungee cord, opened the latch and escaped.
For the next hours they searched the neighborhood and surrounding woodland where they had found the dogs, but didn’t find her.
That evening around 8:30 there was a scratch on the door. When Beth opened the door, the mother dog rushed inside with three more puppies.
“This is the place, kids.”
Now that her family is all together, the mother dog has made no attempt to escape.
Now two weeks later, the dogs are fatter and full of energy. No one has stepped forward to claim them. The Isenhowers intend to keep one of the pups and are looking for safe, permanent homes for the rest. Source
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what a great story...makes me weepy
Posted by: jackie | November 25, 2010 at 07:07 PM
Thanks fur sharing that one!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
Posted by: Khyra | November 25, 2010 at 07:56 PM
What a sweet story about a mother's love :) Thanks for sharing this one.
Posted by: Karen Friesecke | November 25, 2010 at 09:16 PM
What a lovely story Jan. I can just imagine the look on her face when she opened the door lol
Posted by: Bernadette | November 25, 2010 at 11:16 PM
Holy cow, what an amazing story! What an incredible dog! Wow!
Posted by: threecollie | November 26, 2010 at 04:14 AM
You can't keep a good bitch down!
Posted by: YesBiscuit! | November 26, 2010 at 06:34 AM
That made me laugh and smile. Nothing like a Mom to make sure to get the job done - COMPLETELY! LOL Bless them for taking in that lost family.
Posted by: Sherry in MT | November 26, 2010 at 07:48 AM
... and that's the way we all became the Brador Bunch!
Posted by: Dennis the Vizsla | November 26, 2010 at 11:56 AM
Wow! What a great story! It has all the elements for a hit movie!
Posted by: Denny | November 26, 2010 at 11:57 AM
What I needed. A happy story. Thanks
Posted by: Anne Gibert | November 26, 2010 at 02:47 PM
such a good mother dog. we're so glad those people are taking care of them. thank goodness there are still some decent people in the world.
Posted by: the 4Bs | November 26, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Oh, thank you, Jan...I was so happy to read about this story this morning. And they're beautiful, aren't they...Labs have got to be my favourite. What a wonderful mother she is...so glad that wonderful family found her!
Posted by: Marion | November 27, 2010 at 08:32 AM
Thank you for sharing...this is such a wonderful story. I hope they found forever homes soon!
Posted by: Lori @ According to Gus | November 27, 2010 at 02:32 PM
Awww. This is such a touching story.
Posted by: Anne Lyken-Garner | November 27, 2010 at 02:34 PM
Ohh.. that's what I need to read after a crap week. Dogs are so smart!
Posted by: Kath Lockett | November 27, 2010 at 09:39 PM
Such a lovely story... nice way to start my day. :-) Bless the Isenhowers and their kind hearts.
Posted by: Coll | November 28, 2010 at 06:54 AM
This story made my day. Thanks for posting it :-)
Posted by: cube | November 30, 2010 at 06:49 AM