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A stray dog who was picked up by a rescue organization after giving birth to puppies caused hysterics with how she took a well-deserved break from her new litter.
Misty was found as a stray in a remote fly-in community, where she was "loved" but had nobody able to care for her, and so was brought to Ontario's Northern Reach Network to help her start a new life.
President of the volunteer-led rescue, Amie, explained to Newsweek: "A 'fly in community' is exactly how it sounds, it is a community in which they must fly in, via helicopter or float plane, to access the community. There is no road access.
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"Due to this, food and supplies are also flown in, which makes the prices extremely outrageous to members living there. They do not have an unlimited access to everyday items that you or I do, and are unable to provide excess dog food to the stray dog population in the community."
When Misty had a litter of six puppies, the community contacted Northern Reach, and the dog family came to Amie's home, with Misty weighing between 25 to 40 pounds—far below the 90 pounds she should have weighed for her size, with Amie describing her as "deathly skinny."
In the United States, around 6.3 million animals enter shelters each year, including around 3.1 million dogs. Thanks to efforts by shelters, around 2 million dogs and 2.1 million cats are adopted each year.
"As soon as she arrived into safety, and saw that her babies had a safe contained area, [Misty] took a very well deserved nap," Amie said—with the video of Misty taking a break from her pups going viral.
Shared to Northern Reach's TikTok page @northernrechnetwork on March 11, where it has been viewed more than 570,000 times, the camera shows the six puppies jumping up for attention against their pen.
And as the camera pans, showing toys and food in the pen, it continues to the rest of the room where boxes are stacked on top of one another—and inside the very top box is Misty. There the mom hides out from her puppies, all the while keeping an eye on them.
They wrote over the video: "When mom is done with her babies!"
TikTok users loved the video, with one writing Huskies are "literally giant house cats, if you can't see them, look up!"
Another joked Misty was saying "I gotta put me first," as one shared that their dog is "weaning her babies as well, and have been dealing with hide and seek too."
Amie, who gave her first name only, told Newsweek: "Misty now has an area where she can easily hop over to feed her babies whenever she needs, but also has a space where her babies aren't constantly feeding off of her, letting her to recover with peace and 'quiet'.
"Misty is extremely attentive to her babies, she also loves lounging in the sun, one-on-one snuggles and having her coat brushed. After everything she has been through Misty is an amazing, resilient girl."
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She explained Northern Reach, located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, is a fully volunteer-run rescue, with no shelter location, meaning all their rescues are fostered in volunteers' homes.
"Once a dog or cat has safely arrived into our care, we then coordinate a 'receiving rescue' in our network, able to provide veterinary care as well as facilitate their adoption to a forever family.
Explaining fly-in communities are "very common" in their part of Canada, Amie said "while a large portion of what we do as Northern Reach is help relocate animals, we also offer 'Spay/Neuter Return' for community members that have the means to care for their beloved animal, as well as sending dog or cat food to communities in need."
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