A bunch of 10 newborn puppies were rescued and reunited with their mother after a person allegedly dumped the three-week-old pups into bushes near the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center.
The puppies — which shelter staff have since named after desserts — were abandoned on a road resulting in the middle at 28095 Hillcreston around 2:30 a.m. on July 24, the shelter said in a post on Facebook. The road is situated near a wilderness area, leaving the puppies vulnerable to coyotes that roam the realm.
Just a few hours after being abandoned, Chip, Caramel, Mint, Maple, Chocolate, Cookie Dough, Butterscotch, Cookies n Cream, Ripple and Coffee were discovered in a vinyl puppy pool by a volunteer dog owner when the dog alerted him to the puppies' location by dragging him toward a bush.
The puppies were immediately taken to the animal shelter, where they were nursed back to health and placed in foster homes, the shelter said in its August 7 post.
It was not clear why he threw the puppies away.
Their mother, Holly, was found and reunited along with her 10 newborns, believed to be Australian Shepherd-Labrador mixes, said Kyle Werner, the shelter's field services director. He praised the middle's nonprofit organization, DAWG, which has paid for the dogs' veterinary visits and can cover the associated fee of their spaying and neutering.
All puppies are healthy and available for adoption in the long run.
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