Mama Dog Found Shot in the Face Used Last of Her Strength to Nurse Newborn Puppies

A mother dog found beside a rural Ohio road had already endured more suffering than rescuers could see at first glance. Weak, painfully thin, and struggling for every breath, she had somehow survived long enough to give birth to five puppies and nurse them while trapped in a desperate situation. When rescuers reached her in Winchester, the newborns were cold, wet, and still covered in afterbirth. Their exhausted mother had tried to care for them despite wounds so severe that simply staying alive had become a fight. Credit: Facebook The Brown County Humane Society Dog Shelter received the call on a Friday night. When rescuers arrived, they found the mother and her five newborn puppies near a crate along the roadside. Flies swarmed around the small family. The mother’s face and mouth were badly swollen, and infected wounds had already formed around the injured areas. She was emaciated, extremely weak, and having difficulty breathing. Yet she had continued nursing her puppies. The babies were believed to be only hours old. They were hungry and chilled, and their mother appeared too exhausted to clean them after their birth. Even in her condition, she had reportedly managed to struggle...