A litter of puppies left in a California field was found with another dog, and what the team from the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control discovered about this older canine melted people's hearts.

An Instagram video posted by the Lancaster Animal Care Center on November 3 shows five young pups snuggling alongside an older dog after being rescued and brought to the animal shelter . Then, with a burst of energy, the puppies ran around the adult canine, Tia, while she looked up at the person filming with hopeful eyes.

The way Tia, who is thought to be about a year old, interacted with the pups makes it seem like she's their mother, but the team at Lancaster Animal Care Center believes she only stepped in to help save them after finding them all alone.

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