Texas dog rescue provides safe haven for pregnant pups

A maternity suite successful Texas doesn't dainty the patients you'd expect. 

Three Little Pitties, a Houston-area canine rescue, is simply a harmless haven for large stray dogs to springiness birth. The enactment is redeeming hundreds of carnal lives, and creating a safe, welcoming situation for canine moms and their newborn pups. One of those occurrence stories is Matilda, who precocious delivered a steadfast litter. 

"Matilda would person had a wholly antithetic aboriginal if she were not present successful these nurseries," said Alayna Matranga Goodson, the organization's laminitis and enforcement director. "She whitethorn person fixed commencement astatine an overcrowded shelter, and her puppies whitethorn not person made it due to the fact that of each of the germs that travel on with that." 

Houston has 1 of the worst stray carnal problems successful the country. Dogs connected the streets look predators, parasites and malnutrition. In the carnal structure system, euthanasia levels are higher than she's ever seen them, Goodson said. 

Dogs astatine Three Little Pitties successful Texas. CBS Saturday Morning

"Having a harmless spot wherever you tin instrumentality attraction of your young and not person to worry, I mean, that's priceless. So I'm gladsome that we tin connection that," Goodson said. 

The parent dogs are besides spayed aft they springiness birth. This helps power the favored colonisation and prevents unwanted pregnancies. Matilda underwent the insignificant process aft she welcomed her litter. 

"There are excessively galore puppies and not capable homes," Goodson said. "It's beauteous to see, but we're excited for it to beryllium her past litter and she volition ne'er person to bash this again." 

Once the pups person been safely calved and their mothers spayed, Three Little Pitties helps them find their everlastingly homes. Goodson said that since opening six months ago, the enactment has adopted retired 150 dogs.

Goodson became choked up portion talking astir the organization's impact. 

"It is affectional due to the fact that I inactive person to spot suffering connected the streets due to the fact that I unrecorded here," Goodson said. "I inactive person to walk by situations that I cannot help, but astatine slightest I'm capable to beryllium a portion of helping 3 families astatine a time."

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