ONCE UPON A STRAY...

As my two younger boys and I were leaving to do some errands the other day, I noticed three stray dogs in the street. Two were white puppies and the other was a medium size dog. They caught my attention because they were so little, and it looked like they all belonged together.

Normally I would have just driven off and let them be (I know, how mean), but since we have a puppy, I have somewhat of a soft heart for animals now.

I told my boys to call my eldest daughter outside so she could take a look at them, and she was immediately smitten with one of the pups. We noticed the big male dog would not leave the female pups side, and was actually a little aggressive toward the all white male puppy if it got too close.

We kept them on our front yard, fed them and gave them water. We don't know where they came from or who they belonged to because they were not wearing any collars or name tags. We brought out our puppy for a little bit, but she wanted NOTHING to do with the bigger male dog. He kept trying to be near her, and smell her, but every time he did, she would sit down.

Later on, my husband came home and told us to call the animal shelter to have them picked up. My daughter was a little sad, but we noticed that their eyes did not look too good. They all looked a little sick and unhealthy. We don't know where they've been or what even happened to them.

One intense moment was when the big dog got too territorial over the female pup and was biting on the other pups ear/neck. It was so scary! My husband ran outside because he thought it was attacking one of the kids. He grabbed the dog by the back of it's neck and it was still clinging on to the puppy with it's teeth. Finally the dog let up on the bite and my husband literally flung him like two feet!! All this in a matter of 10 seconds! It was crazy! It was a trip because my kids were all just calm sitting there watching and didn't get scared. In fact, at first, my oldest daughter was trying to pry the dogs mouth off of the puppy.

Finally, animal shelter people came and got the "trio." I hope they take care of them and give them the help they need.

My oldest daughter is holding the female puppy. You can definitely see that there is something wrong with her eyes. The all white one isn't as bad, but still does not look good. Poor thing was shivering after getting attacked by the brown dog.

And here's "Cujo". I didn't realize how bad his eyes looked until I saw this picture. I hope they find a home!!