This week, a rescued corgi mom “adopted” four orphaned Labrador puppies when their own mother died shortly after giving birth.
Angela, a 2-year-old corgi and recent mother herself, gave birth after being rescued from a puppy mill by Dog Ranch Rescue last October.
“We thought we were going to be bottle feeding around the clock,” she said.
However, the staff were shocked when, after being introduced to the orphaned puppies, Angela instantly adopted them as her own.
“Most of the time [dogs] kind of turn their back on that,” Eden said. “But she didn’t and it was pretty magical.”
Bored Panda reports that when Angela’s fosterer, Jen, returned the orphaned puppies to the incubator, Angela protested loudly. She ran over to the incubator and began barking, as if demanding to have the puppies returned to her.
Jen complied, giving the Labs back, and they’ve remained with their adoptive momma ever since.
Once the rescue staff saw that Angela had embraced the puppies, they decided to introduce the two litters to one another.
“It was absolutely fabulous,” Eden told ABC.
Now, between her own corgi litter and her adopted Labrador one, Angela has eight puppies. They all get along just like real siblings, and Angela has been nursing the adopted puppies since they were born on Dec. 1.
According to Eden, the rescue center has saved more than 1,600 dogs since opening in 2014.
