Woman Not Prepared for What Mama Dog Did With Her Puppies: 'Put Him Down'
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A mother dog repeatedly tried to bring her puppies to her owner so they could all be together, resulting in a hilarious montage.
Savanah Pierce, 27, lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is the proud owner of Australian Shepherd dog, Ginger.
On April 12, Pierce shared a throwback video from three years ago to her TikTok account, @savkaypierce, showing how Ginger acted after giving birth to her second litter of puppies—namely, trying to give her babies to her owner.
"With her first litter, she used to try to bring her puppies to me in bed all the time so the second time around I knew that this was just part of her personality," Pierce told Newsweek.
"She really feels like she's 'part of the pack' when it comes to me and my husband, so she really wanted the babies to be close to us and wanted to share them with us the entire time we had them."
In the video, viewed more than 1.4 million times, Pierce showed the multiple times Ginger tried to bring her puppies to her owner so they could all hang out together.
Ginger the Australian shepherd brings her owner her puppies.
Ginger the Australian shepherd brings her owner her puppies.
TikTok @savkaypierce
It begins with Pierce relaxing on the sofa when Ginger walks through the door, a tiny puppy in her mouth, and places it on the ground by Pierce's feet. She then picks a puppy up from their shared bed and hands it to Pierce, who is standing in the doorway.
It turns into a battle of wills, with the video montage continuing to show Ginger approaching Pierce with a puppy in her mouth, and Pierce telling her to "put it back."
"Remembering that Ginger used to love bringing us her puppies," Pierce wrote over the video. "All day every day."
She added in the caption: "And she created an army of snugglers."
TikTok users has a huge reaction to the video, one joking: "She said take these damn kids," another adding: "She's a herding dog. Can't herd em if they're not moving yet."
"She needs a babysitter for a mental health day," another agreed.
Other commenters were concerned something was wrong, and perhaps Ginger was trying to tell Pierce that one of the puppies was sick.
Speaking to Newsweek, Pierce confirmed the litter was "completely healthy," but "when she first started bringing us puppies, we had the same initial reaction."
"But we quickly realized [it] had way more to do with her wanting to be around us than anything to do with the puppies themselves!"
Ginger takes the puppy in her mouth and brings it to Savanah Pierce and her husband.
Ginger takes the puppy in her mouth and brings it to Savanah Pierce and her husband.
TikTok @savkaypierce
A dog bringing you their puppies is a form of affection, showing they are comfortable around you, according to a vet-reviewed report from Wag!. The mother dog may also be proudly showing off the puppies, or requesting a break from the litter.
Pierce and her husband ended up keeping a puppy from the litter, naming him Frank, and describing him as "the perfect addition to our family," adding "it's so fun for them to get to be together."
And while Ginger may have spent the early days trying to bring her puppies to Pierce, she and Frank now have a "really special relationship, because he's literally been with her since the day he was born."
Some of Frank's siblings were also taken in by Pierce's neighbor, parents-in-law and sister-in-law, Pierce added—"so she gets to see lots of her babies all the time."
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