Dog Sneaking Out Of Her Kennel To Comfort Two Crying Puppies

Not all heroes wear capes. In fact, sometimes they can have four legs and a fur coat.

Maggie is an Australian shepherd mix dog from Alberta, Canada. After being dropped off for a short stay at Barkers Pet Motel and Grooming, this clever dog managed to break out of her kennel during the night.

She wanted to comfort two young puppies on their first night there. The 9-week-old puppies were fosters from the local rescue society who were staying at Barkers Pet Motel.

Maggie had just weaned her own litter of puppies a few weeks prior, so her maternal instincts went into full swing when she heard the puppies crying.

The employees at Barkers Pet Motel and Grooming have witnessed much adorableness over the years, but they say this definitely “takes the cake.”

While Barkers operates as a boarding facility, it often takes in foster dogs from local rescue societies when there aren’t enough foster homes available.

Aldred uses her phone as a way to check up on the facility through the surveillance cameras, so when she was out to dinner with her family, she decided to check on the puppies.

That is when she noticed something odd. Maggie had somehow managed to slip out of her own kennel and was outside of the puppies’ kennel. Maggie had gone to the puppies to sniff them, lick them through the gate, then lie down next to them.

“We watched her on the cameras and she went straight around and she found their room,” Sandi told. “She paid them a lot of attention and you could see her little tail wagging.”

Sandi returned to the kennel after dinner, and Maggie was there to greet her by the door. That is when Sandi decided to let Maggie into the puppies’ kennel.

“They were just all so happy to be together,” Sandi explained. “She was nuzzling them really gently and nudging them, and then she laid down and let them cuddle with her.”

Sandi allowed Maggie to stay with the puppies for the night. And in the morning when the staff returned, all three were still cuddled together. However, all dogs can have an innate instinct to care for the young.

Sandi recalled that she jokingly tried to convince Maggie’s owners to let her stay a bit longer in order to comfort the puppies.

Meanwhile, the puppies received a lot of love and attention from the staff. They have probably since gone on to find their happily-ever-afters themselves.