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demmiblue

(36,865 posts)
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 06:50 PM Apr 2016

Rescue Dogs Adopt Potato

Source: Bored Panda

Pikelet and Patty Cakes are two rescue dogs that haven’t forgotten what it means to be orphaned. That’s why they take such good care of other orphaned puppies (and sometimes even ducks!) that their humans foster on behalf of Wollongong Animal Rescue Network Inc.

Their newest “foster bro” is a puppy called Potato. He was one of seven 5-week-old puppies taken from their mum to be sold at a pet store. He and his siblings had wounds, worms, mange and fleas. They were also weak and dehydrated. But as you can see from these adorable pictures, Pikelet and Patty Cakes are determined to help him recover with some good old-fashioned fraternal love. Anybody who thinks that man is a dog’s best friend only needs to look at this wonderful trio to understand that a dog’s best friends are actually Pikelet and Patty Cakes!









More: http://www.boredpanda.com/rescue-dogs-new-puppy-best-friends-potato-life-of-pikelet/

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Rescue Dogs Adopt Potato (Original Post) demmiblue Apr 2016 OP
pitties!!! cui bono Apr 2016 #1
I want to squeeze them all etherealtruth Apr 2016 #2
I wub teh pibbles dorkzilla Apr 2016 #23
We wuvs teh pibbles at our house too ... brett_jv Apr 2016 #28
I've seen a couple of episodes dorkzilla Apr 2016 #33
Adorable! rusty fender Apr 2016 #3
Unconditional love sarge43 Apr 2016 #4
that puppeh pile photo is just priceless TorchTheWitch Apr 2016 #5
I love a good rescue story! Omaha Steve Apr 2016 #6
. demmiblue Apr 2016 #7
Off subject... ReRe Apr 2016 #8
Yes, but floods in the area now Omaha Steve Apr 2016 #9
Whew! ReRe Apr 2016 #13
what sweethearts! paleotn Apr 2016 #10
Sweetness overload! brer cat Apr 2016 #11
LOL Iwillnevergiveup Apr 2016 #12
so did I TorchTheWitch Apr 2016 #15
I was expecting a potato head toy herding cats Apr 2016 #14
That third pic must be Photoshopped... IDemo Apr 2016 #16
Then why does my dog want to sit on my lap? Rhiannon12866 Apr 2016 #17
Mine are a bit big for that, and my lap has disappeared IDemo Apr 2016 #18
Awwwww! What a cutie! I want to put my arms around him! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2016 #19
Nice! Looks like he's ready for the dog park IDemo Apr 2016 #20
Molly is so lucky to have found you! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2016 #21
Good puppies...keeping each other warm and happy. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #22
D'aaaaaaw! MynameisBlarney Apr 2016 #24
Sweet baby joeybee12 Apr 2016 #25
Precious pups! gademocrat7 Apr 2016 #26
Wait a moment! AlbertCat Apr 2016 #27
K&R...Thanks for posting red dog 1 Apr 2016 #29
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeee shenmue Apr 2016 #30
I wish dogs ran the world renate Apr 2016 #31
oh god how i needed this. thank you. :D roguevalley Apr 2016 #32

brett_jv

(1,245 posts)
28. We wuvs teh pibbles at our house too ...
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 02:49 PM
Apr 2016

We have a fawn that looks a lot like the one in the picks ... a rescue my wife got as a puppy, now 9yo ... sweetest and gentlest baby dog you'd ever wanna meet. So sensitive and smart. We've been nursing him back from an ACL tear, he's almost all bettah.

Ever watch Pitbulls & Parolees on Animal Planet? We Tia, et al.

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)
33. I've seen a couple of episodes
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 07:48 PM
Apr 2016

But when they first started. I got mine 2 hours before she was scheduled to be put down. Never had one before but I am in love with them now. My little girl is sweet, affectionate, cuddly and adorable...and comically terrified of my 3 cats.

TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
15. so did I
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 09:47 PM
Apr 2016

I was concerned about their devastation when someone was going to eventually have to take away a rotting potato they'd adopted as their buddy.

Rhiannon12866

(205,503 posts)
19. Awwwww! What a cutie! I want to put my arms around him!
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 11:52 PM
Apr 2016

This is my dog, a pretty good lap size. I always had cocker spaniels, but a Brussels Griffon found me. He turned me into a small dog person.

Jack

IDemo

(16,926 posts)
20. Nice! Looks like he's ready for the dog park
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 12:02 AM
Apr 2016

Molly is one of our three adoptees, and we're her 3rd or 4th owners. I don't know what happened with the first few, but she's in her forever home now.

Rhiannon12866

(205,503 posts)
21. Molly is so lucky to have found you!
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 12:18 AM
Apr 2016

Sounds like you're much like me. I have mostly adopted older dogs, and they seem to find me. I hope to give them a happy ending to some sad stories. They break my heart...

A vet tech who used to work for my vet was helping to foster him and she knew my other Griff (who I adopted at age 9, his person had died) so contacted me about Jack. He was a pet shop dog that couldn't be sold because he had a health problem - a hernia that was repaired when he was neutered. He was only five months and I wasn't used to a puppy, LOL, but he just turned 10, hard to believe... And he's a good traveler.

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