Defeated mama dog is reunited with her puppies

It was just a really heartbreaking situation. She was just so defeated. Her puppies were picked up by animal control unknowingly. Mama was still out there, may have been off looking for food. And when she came back to the spot that her and her puppies were in, puppies were gone. We saw a post of somebody saying she looks like she recently had puppies and she's frantic. We put two and two together and we're like, this has to be the same family. But when we went to go look for Stella, she was not there. We couldn't find her for hours. We had a team of four people going to look for her. And after about eight hours of searching, somebody spotted her. Hi, you're such a good girl. She went into the crate just like a good girl. It's okay. And she let us take her to the house that her babies were at, the foster home. The moment she saw one of her babies, her whole world lit up. That's your baby, huh? Look at all of them. And then we started bringing them out one by one and the whole body was just wiggling. Oh, those are your babies. Oh, my goodness. Those are your babies. It was amazing to watch her just transform in a matter of seconds by seeing her babies. It's just the bond of a mother is so strong. It transcends species and it was just so beautiful. And ever since that moment, she was a happy dog, nursed her babies every single day, made them healthy and strong. And by eight weeks old, they all started to find families. And Stella was really happy with every family who came. She was jumping on them and happy. So it felt good that her babies were going to someone that she also were approving of. And all of her babies actually found homes before Stella did. We were looking for months to find a perfect home for Stella. We did not find one for a long time, but we did find her a foster home. And the foster home that she was in, they were not planning to adopt at first, but they loved her so much and she got along with their dog so well. They said, we cannot have her be adopted out. We need her for ourselves. And she's been a happy, loving, thriving dog ever since.