Three puppies dumped on Indiana road saved from incoming flood and storm by passing driver who gave them a loving furever home, rescuer says: ‘ I hate to think what would have happened to them if I hadn’t come along when I did.’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Mar 4, 2026 2:00 PM EST

While in most parts of the world it is uncommon to come across an area known for animal abandonment, in this story the truth is quite the opposite. And by the good grace of good luck this pawrent happened to be driving past at just the right moment to save the lives of three abandoned puppies.

Serendipity, fate, intervention of the universe, it does not matter what you call it, they all mean the same thing. Which is that you will be in the place you are meant to be at the moment that you are meant to be there and there is no way of telling where, when and what that is, all you need to know is that when your time comes, it'll be obvious to you. Just as it was to the pawrent in this story who stopped everything she was doing to save the lives of three canine souls in need of help, and to make sure that there were no more puppers in peril.

Her story is one that inspires hope and comfort in the knowledge that there are people out there, in the most random of places, who are ready, willing and able to make massive differences to the lives of those who cannot speak for themselves. 
 

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    "His tail started wagging like crazy & he jumped into my lap."
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    The thankfulness of a rescue animal is the purest form of happiness I have ever encountered. Just a little
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    something heartwarming to start your day. This was May 29. I was driving down a gravel road in the middle of nowhere
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    Indiana. It's unfortunately common around here that people dump their unwanted puppies & kittens on country roads. I saw a little
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    IN MEMORY Adrian & Ann Coonce Monroe City, IN
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  • This is still a concept that we cannot get our heads around. Like, it is so obvious that acts like this happen through intense feelings of shame. But when there are so many alternatives available, including not having to face any kind of animal shelter by using marketplace or Craigslist, it is hard to understand how a person can still just dump dogs by a desolate roadside. Thank goodness this kind hearted hooman was on hand to help on this day or the outcome for these puppies would have been much wetter and worse than it was. 

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    puppy & a half- grown dog standing in the road with the confused expressions abandoned dogs have - where they are hopefully
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    looking at passing cars like maybe it's their owner returning. I pulled over & they both came right up
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    to me. I knew I couldn't leave them there. Not only were they very skinny & about a mile away from any houses, but a thunderstorm
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    was coming in & they were in an area that always floods out. After I got the first two loaded up, I saw another tiny face (the pup with
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    the all white face) peeking out of the tall weeds at the side of the road. I called to him, & he ran away, falling down into a ditch.
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    I was able to coax him out of there, & when he got close, he cowered down, so fearful of me. I gently reached out to him & as soon as
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    my hand touched him, his tail started wagging like crazy & he jumped into my lap. And he's been there ever since! I kept him (his name is now
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  • Wow, that is such an emotional Disney moment. We cannot imagine how heartwarming it must have been, especially when this person must have already somewhat assumed that their rescuing operation was already over considering the other two puppies that were in the car already. Life just has a beautiful way of surprising us like that, when we least expect it. We cannot believe how lucky both this hooman and these puppies were that they happened to meet along this usually empty country road. Life truly has a way of working itself out sometimes eh.

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    Huckleberry) & I found good homes for his brother & sister, where I get lots of updates about how they're doing.
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    I have been struggling with my ar... ty & dep.. _n a lot this year, & this little pup has been the best help I could have ever asked for. He
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    cuddles with me most of the day every day, gives me a reason to go outside even when I feel bad, & is all around the best boy. I did the doggy DNA
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    test on him & he is a Pitbull, Staffy, Husky, Lab mix (with a few other breeds thrown in at small percentages, including 1% Chihuahua LOL). I
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    have never had a by breed before, but he has made a believer out of me. He is the most loving dog I've ever had. He is currently curled up in the
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    crook of my knees as I type this, snoring away Just wanted to share the video of when I first got them
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    ELSLEY
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    loaded into my car. They had every reason to be afraid of me, and instead, they were showering me with kisses.
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    Oh & I drove back through that area several more times that night checking for more pups in case I missed any. Within a couple of
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    AQ
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    hours, the whole area was flooded from the thunderstorm. I hate to think what would have happened to them if I hadn't
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    come along when I did. The whole reason I was even on that road is an insane story in itself. But maybe that's a story for a different day unless some of you want to know it
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