Late Night AWWW...Aussie Shepherd adopts orphaned kittens (w/video)

[flvegan]

SNOHOMISH, Wash. - Four kittens were only three weeks old when their mom got hit by a car last week.

When the family brought the abandoned kittens into the house, their 6-year-old Australian shepherd "Lakota Lou" immediately claimed them as her own.

"We've been doing some hand-feeding with them but then as soon as we're done she takes them," said Lakota's owner, Robert Nesseth.

Every night when the kittens climb into a box to sleep, Lakota Lou stands guard and watches over them.

"Just motherly instinct," said Nesseth. "She had a litter of puppies about four or five years ago and ever since then she's just loved to be a mother."

And this isn't the first time the dog has played foster mom. She's cared for at least one other newborn kitten in need of a home.

http://www.king5.com/animals/news/stories/NW_051009ANB-dog-adopts-kittens-SW.116823b4.html

[GOPisEvil]

1. Awwww!

:thumbsup:

[SeattleGirl]

2. Good doggie!

[gblady]

3. What a sweet girl......

awwwww!

[applegrove]

4. Sweet story.

[Beaverhausen]

5. that is adorable. Notice how wet they get when she "cleans" them

that is a great story. Thanks for posting it.

[ThomCat]

6. That is wonderful.

:loveya:

That is a sweet dog. I'm glad the kittens are being well cared for. :)