When Linda Smith brought home a litter of abandoned kittens, she expected to be bottle-feeding them around the clock. Instead, when she attempted to give them bottles, her 9-year old Chihuahua-dachshund mix Pooka made it clear she intended to be mother to the little orphans.
Smith explained, “That’s when I knew I had to give them to her, because she wasn’t going to leave them alone.” Pooka hasn’t had a litter in four years, but instantly took to the role once again. “Once a mom, always a mom,” right Pooka? Read the full story here.
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