Mama dog went hungry but kept her babies fed

They were just left on a street corner in a wire crate. Betty was incredibly scared. Animal control went to go pick her up. We found out through our rescue that they were looking for a place and took them in. Me and Billy were both just so shocked at how skinny she looked. Her back legs and her bone area was just very protruding because she didn't have much weight on her. What we also noticed was her babies were so plump and full. We knew right away she was probably a really good mom because even though she was starving, her babies were really well cared for. We set up a nice quiet area for Betty and her puppies in a bathroom, which was a really large bathroom. And we called it Betty's apartment. For the first 24 hours, we kind of just let her decompress and be on her own with her babies. And then slowly with time, we just would go in there. We were hand feeding her too, to try to build trust with her. And so we'd go in there and just sit with her and her kids and try to bond with her as time progressed. I felt like right around day 10 is where I saw her come out of her shell more. That was when at that point, we weren't needing to leash her up and make her go outside to go to the bathroom. she was comfortable enough to get off the porch and she just started to show more signs of feeling safe and secure moving about her apartment or coming over to us when we walked in the room instead of just cowering in the corner she would actually walk up to us and ask for affection and things of that nature she definitely liked to be held especially when she felt unsure about what was going on around her she would definitely come and seek out comfort in that way she was the best mother. She was so attentive to them and kept them close. She really, really never let them leave her side. Her puppies were very social from, from once they started. I think that that probably helped Betty to open up to us more because she realized that, oh, look, they're not getting hurt. They're getting pet really nicely and they get these treats and they get these toys and all this love and maybe it's not so bad here. This is foster dog, Jessie. She looks just like her mother, Betty. We have Andy and Jesse, Betty's puppies, left. One is a boy and one is a girl. Neither one of them are currently adopted, so they're both adoptable, but Betty was adopted by a wonderful woman, and ironically, she literally lives just around the corner from us, so luckily, we may be able to see Betty from time to time just on a walk and through the neighborhood so that'll be really nice we're both nurses and we have busy schedules and so as much as we love Betty we also knew what was best for her and we wanted her to have a happy life where she could be with her new mom all the time