Shelter pittie was so pregnant, her belly looked like a dozen eggs ❤️
Mama Stormi’s rescuer Lisa and her foster mom Karla rushed to the shelter to save her life before the 3pm deadline — and got her out with just 47 minutes to spare.
We talked to them about how they knew when Mama Stormi was about to give birth and the amazing family who ended up adopting her.
Mama Stormi’s rescuer Lisa and her foster mom Karla rushed to the shelter to save her life before the 3pm deadline — and got her out with just 47 minutes to spare.
We talked to them about how they knew when Mama Stormi was about to give birth and the amazing family who ended up adopting her.
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00:00She was very pregnant and they had her covered up to protect her from the rain
00:06and she couldn't walk fast because she was very pregnant.
00:10Thank you so much you guys. Hi mama.
00:14We got to the shelter with 47 minutes to spare.
00:19This particular shelter has a very short timeline when they get cleared for euthanasia
00:25and even though she's a pregnant mama dog, it happens.
00:28Our shelter system is in such crisis mode.
00:34The 3 p.m. deadline is the 3 p.m. deadline.
00:38So I frantically emailed and said we are on our way.
00:46She looked out the window and couldn't get out of there any faster.
00:53I sent her to my amazing friend Carla.
00:57I was grateful to have found a foster because I cannot save an animal without a foster.
01:04I have a full-time job. I already have a foster at my house.
01:09She walked into my house. I put her in her safe zone.
01:12All my dogs came over and sniffed her and she literally just sat there. She just let them.
01:20What do you think, Yana? Can you smell her?
01:26Thank you, Mia. Quiet.
01:31Her body language was just so easy and so, just wanted to come out and be loved. So I let her.
01:44Hi, are you so happy? Are you so excited, mama?
01:48And she sort of did little fat preggo mama happy jumps when we were outside.
01:52I'm like, okay, you need to stop doing that. You're gonna hurt yourself.
01:57I would record her because when she would lay down, you could see the puppies moving inside.
02:07I really enjoyed getting those videos from Carla. We were guessing how many babies were in there.
02:17This looks like a dozen eggs.
02:20Baby, where are the puppies? Are they gonna come out soon?
02:25She had milk already in, but you never kind of know. That doesn't mean that they're coming today.
02:49The day I knew she was going into labor, she was acting really weird.
02:52She just kept sitting still and I'm like, okay, stuff's coming.
02:58And literally within an hour, she had her first puppy.
03:14She did start becoming protective of her puppies, rightfully so, any mom would.
03:23Mama. I know.
03:26If any of the dogs got near her, she would kind of lunge.
03:30So she did have to move out to the puppy house.
03:37Hey, she can't see. I know you're being protective. It's all right.
03:42Hi. Can you see which foot to do?
03:46After that, she just rested. She just laid and cleaned them and fed them.
03:53Our puppy house has its own little yard, windows, everything, so she could come outside in the sun if she wanted.
04:00Taking a break, Mama?
04:03But she was very happy to have me out there and petting her and loving her and just being able to feel like she could rest.
04:09Are you the best Mama? Are you the prettiest Mama?
04:13Look at those rolls.
04:16You're so funny.
04:21I've had Mama dogs who literally do not want to go in there and feed their puppies and I have to make them, but this girl was all about it.
04:30She always wanted to be with them.
04:38When I went to visit Mama Stormy, she was so sweet and let me sit down with her babies.
04:43Girl.
04:45Okay, girl. No ear. You're missing the ear.
04:48Okay, let's see.
04:51Boy.
04:53Hey!
04:55Hey!
04:57Hey!
04:59Hey!
05:01Hey!
05:03Hey!
05:05Hey!
05:07Hey!
05:09Hey!
05:11Hey!
05:13Hey!
05:15Hey!
05:16Boy.
05:18Hey, where are you going?
05:20Mommy!
05:21You messed up.
05:24She's a baby herself. She's like a baby having babies.
05:34I have another beautiful pit bull there who's blind named Anna.
05:39As the babies get bigger and Mama wants to come out, she started to rejoin the pack again.
05:47She's just bonding with Anna and they're playing and it's almost like these Mama dogs who don't ask to be born, who don't ask to have babies, they're a puppy themselves.
05:57Mama Stormy has to be a year, maybe two.
06:02Stormy is just a baby herself.
06:05The first time I was doing something and I didn't know where she went, I found her and Anna playing in the backyard for the very first time, like really playing.
06:12It was just amazing to watch her just being a puppy herself. It was so cute.
06:18It really has been a special thing to watch this beautiful relationship bloom.
06:24Hi! What y'all doing? You ready to get some vaccines?
06:30Once the puppies got old enough, it was time to put everybody up for adoption.
06:35Incredibly, Mama Stormy was the first one out of everybody to find her forever home.
06:44I usually get more attached to the moms because everyone wants a puppy. Puppies are cute and playful and the moms, you know, most likely didn't have the best life up until now and so I kind of get attached to them more so.
06:57So watching Stormy go was a little harder, but I knew she was going to an amazing home.
07:05And she went to a house with two little kids.
07:12I love that she gets to have kids to grow up with. It's the cutest thing.
07:18She's a very, very good girl and she deserved to live.
07:21I grew up with pit bulls and my little childhood dream was to rescue pit bulls when I got older and now I'm fortunate enough to do that.
07:30But I have to always just kind of take the high road and keep my frequency high and think about the dogs that I have saved and will save because I wish I could do it for everybody.
07:42But it's very, very rewarding to be able to make a difference.