A woman in Colorado Springs, Colorado breastfed a puppy in order to save his life. She rescued a homeless litter of lab-mix puppies and when the runt of the litter would not eat, she resorted to breastfeeding.
According to KRDO the woman said, “I just felt like he just had an hour left. That’s how weak he was, he wasn’t moving and I just did it.”
The unidentified woman said that the puppy would not take anything from a bottle, and she could not stand to just let him die. She was able to breastfeed the puppy because she recently weaned feedings with her fifteen-month-old baby.
According to KDVR the woman chose to keep her identity a secret because she feared people would ridicule her for what she did. She herself believed it was crazy, but felt it was the only thing that would save him.
They named the puppy Tubbs, he is now almost a week old and eating from a bottle.