Yorkie serves as foster mom for Golden Retriever pups This article is from the Winston-Salem Journal. It's such a sweet story - I wanted to share. Yorkie quickly steps into role of mom for orphans Journal Photo by Lauren Carroll http://www2.journalnow.com/exposure/...87_twinkle.jpg A Yorkie named Twinkle checks on Kahlua, one of the puppies she has been caring for after her own litter was stillborn. Journal Photo by Lauren Carroll http://www2.journalnow.com/exposure/...88_puppies.jpg After their mother died, Kahlua (left) and Brandi got a new mom in Twinkle. The puppies, a golden-retriever mix, are 41/2 weeks old. Journal Photo by Lauren Carroll http://www2.journalnow.com/exposure/...winkle-pup.jpg A Yorkie named Twinkle, right, looks around the room at AARF with Brandi, a four and a half week old Golden Retriever mix, lying beside her. Twinkle has been caring for the puppies after her own litter was stillborn and the puppies' mother was killed. < > JOURNAL STAFF REPORT Published: August 20, 2010 Recently, a stray Yorkshire terrier was dropped off at the Forsyth County Animal Shelter. She was dirty, matted, scared -- and pregnant. She delivered her puppies. All were stillborn. The Yorkie was dubbed "Twinkle" by the shelter's staff members, who contacted the Animal Adoption and Rescue Foundation, or AARF, in Winston-Salem to see if one of its volunteers could take her in as a foster dog, which they did. In the meantime, AARF got a call about a golden retriever who had been killed in a car accident. Her eight puppies were less than a week old. Usually, puppies that age would be bottle-fed. But someone remembered Twinkle, and wondered whether she might step into the role of mother for the puppies. And she did. Because of her small size, she was given just two of the puppies, named Brandi and Kahlua. Twinkle accepted the pups as her own and began nursing them. "She's happy, the babies are receiving the love of a surrogate mother, and all is well," Janice Freeman, the chairwoman of AARF's board, said in an e-mail. The two other puppies are being bottle-fed. They're now about 4½ weeks old. "All of the dogs are healthy and being monitored by a veterinarian," said Erin Turner, who works with dogs at AARF. "The puppies will be ready for adoption in four weeks." For more information, call AARF at 768-7387. |
Aw so sweet :) |
This is cute. did i miss something the golden mix had 8 puppies twinkle has 2, 2 are being bottle-fed, wear are the other 4? |
What a sweet story!!!! |
:2hearts2: awwww, I read the headline & was already touched. Saw the pics & even more. But then read the article to find out she was a stray and pregnant.:( Her puppies were stillborn.:( A golden retriever killed in car accident, leaving behind less than a wk old puppies.:( & the rest of the story is just a BLESSING!!:angelyork Thank you for sharing this heartworming story. |
Awwww! What a sweet story!!! I love happy stuff like this! |
How sweet...poor thing to be out there on the street and pregnant...I'm glad she has little goldies to love now. |
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The puppies will be ready for adoption, what about Twinkle????:confused: |
Awwww a happy ending. Would be curious to see the pups and "mom" in a few weeks...when they tower over her. :) |
Thank you for sharing that. My two favorite breeds:heart to:heart to |
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What a great story. |
Awww that is so sweet. |
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