The only thing is the kiddies are little puppies, and it’s not a human mother, but a doggie mom named Amanda.
Martha reports for Dog Heirs, August 10, 2012:
A heroic mother dog saved her 10-day-old puppies from a house fire in Santa Rosa de Temuco, Chile on Thursday. Sensing the danger to her babies, she picked the pups up in her mouth and moved them from the burning house to the safety of the nearby fire truck. She then gently placed the pups on the steps of the fire-truck as firefighters fought the blaze.
According to SoyChile, the German Shepherd mix named Amanda rescued her pups alongside of firemen when the blaze broke out in her family’s home. Amanda and her pups were taken to the veterinarian, but one puppy named Amparo, who had suffered severe burns, later died. The veterinarian said that Amanda’s four other puppies were doing really well, but that Amparo had died from her injuries.
The vet, Felipe Lara, said that Amanda had defended her puppies when they tried to take them away from her to care for them. Eventually she let them check over her pups but she wanted to stay with ailing Amparo and did not want to let her from her sight.
Seriously, how many human moms would do what super-brave and super-mom Amanda did — risking her own life again and again by going back into the burning house to bring each of her five puppies out?
H/t FOTM’s beloved moxielouise.
~Eowyn
She’s a heroine…what a great story…
Makes me cry.
Thank you Dr. Eowyn and moxielouise for this inspiring post. I just love animals! They are so wonderful! She is an example of devotion and love!
People forget what love is, they are more in love with them self than their family. People need to remember that the family is what makes life worth living. Its better to risk your self than to lose the family and realize your now living the rest of your days in a never ending grief. People need to know what love is. Many do not.