A mother’s instinct to protect her young runs deep. She shields them from danger, keeps them warm, feeds them, and offers the purest love.

For mama dogs, that instinct is even more powerful. They will guard their newborns with everything they have and rarely allow anyone near them, especially during the earliest days of nursing.

But when a mother dog is forced to raise her babies in unsafe and heartbreaking conditions, helping her becomes incredibly difficult. Her instinct to keep people away may be the very thing that puts her and her puppies at risk.

This story follows a determined rescue team in St. Louis whose persistence changed the future of a frightened mother and her tiny family.

Searching For A Mother In Need

The team at Stray Rescue of St. Louis began receiving reports abo

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