Surveillance Cameras Capture Shelter Dog Breaking Out Of Her Kennel To Comfort Crying Puppies

People often say that a mother’s love is like no other. But, as it turns out, this truth spans across species. An Australian shepherd cross named Maggie was staying at Barker’s Pet Motel and Grooming in Alberta, Canada, when she heard the cries of two rescue puppies one Friday night. The maternal dog knew the babies were scared to be alone during their first night at the pet motel.

After getting the puppies settled into their kennel that night, Sandi Aldred—the owner of Barker's—and her family headed out for the evening. While they were out for dinner, Sandi used her phone to check in on the pet motel. She pulled up the live feed from the facility's surveillance cameras and saw something odd. Maggie, who was carefully cooped up in her kennel when the family left, was sitting in the hallway outside of the pen where the new puppies were being kept. The dog would pace back and forth to neighboring pens but would always return to her post, seemingly attempting to get as close as possible to the pups. Sandi and her family watched the entire surveillance footage and found that Maggie had nudged aside the water dish built in her kennel's door. This allowed her to wiggle her way out through the opening. Describing what they saw, Sandi said: "We watched her on the surveillance cameras and she went straight around and she found their room. She paid them a lot of attention and you could see her little tail wagging. And she'd do the little bow down to them and poke them through the chainlink gate of their room. She just decided that was where she was going to stay until we came to get her."