Mama dog nurses orphaned baby squirrel

[emad]

SEATTLE - Animal lover that she is, Debby Cantlon didn’t hesitate when someone asked if she could take in an orphaned newborn squirrel and nurse it back to health.

Neither did Mademoiselle Giselle, her pregnant pooch.

The black and white Papillon with long-haired butterfly ears dragged the squirrel’s cage to her bedside — twice — before giving birth to pups last month.

Cantlon was concerned at first, but ultimately decided to let the squirrel out. Mademoiselle Giselle even encouraged the little rodent to join her litter.

Since then, cameras have captured images of the squirrel bonding alongside its canine brothers and sisters.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9685476/

Includes dog-nurses-squirrel-cam...

[philosophie_en_rose]

1. Awwww.....

Dogs are such wonderful creatures. Better people than most people. :)

[WillParkinson]

2. The video is cool!

Wonder how long it'll be before they realize that Spot is different...

[zanne]

3. I love these stories.

And beneath the picture of the dog and squirrel, the Slideshow. Really worth looking at.

[Wcross]

4. She is just waiting for it to get big enough to eat! n/t

[xchrom]

5. dogs are the best.

i love 'em big or small.
small in this case.