The mama dog was reunited with five of her babies (Video)

A gray pit bull was found alone in Waterbury and was eventually caught by local residents who had been feeding her and giving her water. The dog believed to have been bred and dumped in Connecticut had given birth and was without her babies — until a local rescue organization stepped in to find them. She came under the care of BARC Connecticut, a nonprofit advocacy group that rescues and fosters local dogs in the state, after she was lured out of the woods by the residents. “She was terrified and desperate to find her babies,” a volunteer said.

The mama dog was reunited with five of her babies, according to BARC CT, which had offered a cash reward to anyone who helped reunite the mother with her puppies so they could nurse properly. “There was no way to hold back the tears….It was one of the most emotional moments,” the organization wrote in a post that shared a video of the reunion. In the footage, the mama is seen walking up to a basket with five of her pups — three brown puppies and two black puppies. She first sniffs one of her chocolate-colored pups and then goes to sniff the other four. That’s when her tail starts wagging and the puppies get excited. All five pups tried to crawl out of the basket and to their mother, the video shows.

Touching rescue

“A community came together for this dog and her babies like we’ve never seen,” BARC CT wrote on a post. “It’s fitting as she’s the best Mama even with all that she’s been through. We love her so much,” the volunteer said. The mama dog was starving before she was rescued, and “the puppies were in horrible shape,” the volunteer added. The reunion came after a woman had turned the five puppies over to BARC CT, according to the volunteer. Now the mother and her puppies are in the care of a foster family, according to BARC CT.