Officers reunite a mother dog with puppies found in a Madera basin
After weeks of searching for a pregnant dog, Madera County officers found her litter in a ponding basin and used hot dogs to bring her back to the puppies before the rain.
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Madera County officers closed a search that had already run for weeks, KMPH FOX26 reported. They had been looking for a pregnant dog that stayed out of reach. They found her puppies in a ponding basin as rain approached, then used hot dogs to lure the mother in so the family could be reunited and moved out.
The account is one litter and one basin, after a long stretch of near misses. It does not say every stray in the county has been found.
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In Madera County, California, officers spent weeks trying to find a pregnant dog who would not let people get close. They finally found her puppies in a ponding basin, a low place built to hold rainwater. Rain was coming, and a basin is a dangerous place for very young puppies. The officers used hot dogs to coax the mother back so she and the litter could be together and get out of the basin. The search took weeks because the dog kept her distance. The food was how they earned enough trust to bring her to the pups.
- Why might a stray dog avoid people even when she needs help?
- Why is a place that fills with rain unsafe for puppies?
- What would a rescued litter need in the first few days?
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