The Adventures Of Mama Dog (Undercover Angel)

I first met Mama Dog two days before Christmas 2005. She showed up at my friend Brenda's house, cold, starving, badly beaten, and very very pregnant. Brenda immediately went and bought a bale of hay, and made a nice warm place for her in the garage. Brenda is very good with animals, and she was determined to nurse Mama Dog back to health.

I fell in love with Mama Dog the first time I met her. I patted her on the head and told her how pretty she was, and she looked at me with such gratitude and love, that it nearly broke my heart. I have never met a dog quite like her before. She shows her appreciation for any kindness or affection that you give to her. Her eyes shine with love and she actually smiles at you.

A few days after she arrived at Brenda's, she gave birth to nine beautiful puppies. She took wonderful care of them, and she loved to show them off. I could see a look of pride on her face as I told her what a good mom she was.

It didn't take Mama Dog long to gain weight and get her strength back. Brenda gave her all the food that she could eat. She started leaving for short periods of time, but always came back before her puppies even missed her. We found out later, that she was visiting all of the people in town. She only stayed long enough to say hello and then would return to nurse her puppies.

Brenda gave all of the puppies away after they were weened, because she already had a Doberman and a cat. She just couldn't take on nine puppies too. Mama Dog was broken hearted about it.

Several months later, she had nine more puppies. Two of which were part Doberman. When it came close to the time to ween them, Mama Dog took each of the puppies and hid them. We looked all over town, but had no luck finding them. Then one day Brenda decided to follow her, she found four of the puppies living under my neighbor's house. The opening under the house was too small to climb through, so my neighbor said that they could stay until they could come out on their own. We couldn't find the other five dogs.

When they came out from under the house a few weeks later, Brenda had already found good homes for three of them. She kept the one that was part Doberman, and named him Mack. He was strong, healthy and very sweet. A week later Mama Dog showed up with the other missing puppies. They were all healthy except the other Doberman. He was very small and weak. Brenda named him Little Bit. She gave all of them away except Little Bit and Mack.

It was heartbreaking to see how small and weak Little Bit was. She couldn't even stand up to eat. Brenda had to hold her and give her a little at a time. Gradually she began eating more, and the more she ate the stronger she got. I would go over and visit every few days, and I was always amazed at how fast she was growing. Little Bit is now bigger than Mack and Mama Dog.

Last week, I had to walk to the Grocery Store before it closed. It was dark outside and I was a little nervous. You never know what kind of wacko you might run into. When I went outside, Mama Dog came running up to me. I hugged her and pet her for a few minutes, then started walking to the store. Mama Dog walked with me the whole way. I went in the store and got what I needed. When I came out Mama Dog was waiting for me. She walked with me all the way home.

Iv'e never met a smarter or sweeter dog. I feel very blessed to have her as a friend.