Russ C

[Crazy Moments @Crazymoments01]

"This was filmed three weeks ago at Cedarwood Animal Rescue in Richmond, Virginia.

The adult dog lying in the corner is Hazel. She's approximately three years old, a Beagle mix with a soft tricolor coat and quiet, gentle eyes.

Hazel came to Cedarwood six weeks ago a stray pickup, clearly a nursing mother, brought in without her puppies. Staff searched the area where she'd been found for three days. Nothing.

Hazel settled into the shelter the way a dog does when it doesn't have a choice. She ate. She accepted affection. But staff noted she was consistently subdued - not depressed in a clinical sense, just carrying something. She'd often lie with her nose pressed to the base of the kennel door.

Shelter director Fran said: "We see it sometimes with mothers who come in separated. There's a quality to how they hold themselves that's different from other surrenders. Hazel was looking for something constantly."

Two weeks after Hazel arrived, a family in the same neighborhood where she'd been found contacted Cedarwood. They'd discovered two small puppies in their garage clearly newborns, eyes still closed when found. The family had bottle-fed them for two weeks and brought them in once they were stable enough to be moved.

The vet examined all three. The DNA profile and the puppies' age were consistent. These were Hazel's.

Volunteer Theresa carried the puppies in a small transport crate into Hazel's kennel room on a Thursday morning. The footage shows Hazel lying in the corner, head down, the way she always rested.

Theresa set the crate on the floor and opened the door.

The two puppies - round and clumsy, about five weeks old tumbled out and wobbled toward the center of the room.

Hazel's head came up.

She was on her feet before the puppies had taken three steps. She crossed the kennel and pressed her nose to both of them, one then the other, then began licking them with the focused urgency of a mother accounting for every inch of her children. Her tail was going so fast it seemed to move her whole back end.

The puppies pushed back into her.

Hazel circled them, licking and pressing and circling again.

Theresa stood at the kennel door and cried.

Fran told us: "We've been doing this for eleven years. Reuniting a mother with her puppies after separation is one of the things that never gets routine. Hazel had been carrying that loss quietly for two weeks. The moment those puppies were on the ground, something in her just unlocked."

All three were placed together in a foster home the following week.

They'll be listed for adoption once the puppies are old enough - as a group, Fran said firmly. "They're not being separated again."

Some things that go missing find their way back. And when they do, the relief is written all over a body that was never fully at rest without them

[LadyValor @lady_valor_07]

Iryna Zarutska, remember her name.

Don't forget. 👇

[Mia Rose ❤️ @Kiran62r2]

Stop sharing her photo? No. Her memory isn’t harmful, your failed policies & soft-on-crime judges are & got her killed. We won’t forget Iryna. We won’t stop posting.🤍🕊️

[GoldenAge @GoldenAgeUnfold]

Raise your hand if you think Nick Shirley is a true patriot

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

The mayor of Charlotte, NC asks that we not post about this lady murdered on a Charlotte train by a repeat offender with 14 prior arrests!
I say in Iryna’s memory please share and make this go viral! A repeat offender with 14 prior arrests should not be roaming the streets of ANY city! They should be locked up!! Epic failure in the justice system!

[Max Papis @maxpapis]

Gone but never forgot #sherryPollex

[Awesome Ron @ItIsRon70]

@NASCARClassics @MartinsvilleSwy Cousin Carl shoulda locked his ass. Kenseth certainly had it coming!!!

[Russ C @RussellCarpani1]

@its_The_Dr Linda rhonstat

[Russ C @RussellCarpani1]

@MikeMasco That’s good News Mike

[Russ C @RussellCarpani1]

@pawprintsdaily3 He deserves life

[Russ C @RussellCarpani1]

@PBATour @TheCW Great match yesterday

[Russ C @RussellCarpani1]

@ChristIsComing5 Amen

[Russ C @RussellCarpani1]

@Crazymoments01 Tapeworm

[Russ C @RussellCarpani1]

@Eman5695 Rip

[Russ C @RussellCarpani1]

@Sabiha1278 Rip

[Russ C @RussellCarpani1]

@Sofia50020Sofia 58

[Russ C @RussellCarpani1]

@Sadie_NC I still own one

[Russ C @RussellCarpani1]

@SoveyX Good riddance

[Russ C @RussellCarpani1]

@us_connie Ridiculous