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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    "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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    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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    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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    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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    9:25 wisdompanel.com Highlights Ancestry Relatives ← Guard 39% American Pit Bull Terrier 18% American Staffordshire Terrier 5% Boxer Sporting 21% Labrador Retriever Asian and Oceanian 11% Siberian Husky 2% Alaskan Malamute Herding 3% German Shepherd Dog Terrier 1% Chihuahua

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