Most Respawsible: Stray Dog Braves Snow To Take Care Of 5 Abandoned Kittens & Keep Them Warm

Its a myth that cats and dogs do not get along, you will find hundreds of videos online that prove otherwise. The gesture of one particular dog, proves it too. In Canada, a stray dog was found keeping a litter of kittens warm on the side of a road on a cold night.

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The two-year-old female mongrel has been named Serenity by animal rescue officials. She was discovered in a ditch on the side of a rural road near Chatham, Ontario a few days ago. The dog was covered in a blanket of snow; it was -3 degrees Celsius.

A passerby noticed the dog and stopped to help it, only to find five tiny black kittens "snuggling with her," Myriam Armstrong, a spokeswoman for the Pet and Wildlife Rescue, told AFP.

The dog and the five kittens were brought to the agency and the story of the cross-breed love and the pictures of the six, are going viral on the social media.

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Messages have been flooding from across the country to requesting to adopt them.

"The kittens wouldn't have survived the cold Canadian winter without this dog's help," Armstrong reportedly said.

However it is not known what brought the dog and the kittens together in the first place. But Serenity doted on kittens even in the shelter, Armstrong said.

Some believe that all six of them should be found a home together, if possible. However, Armstrong informed that they would all be ready to be adopted several weeks apart.

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I have been getting A LOT of attention on social media, but let me fill you in just in case you don't know my name and my story! My name is Serenity and I was found last week on the side of the road keeping 5 kittens warm. A good citizen called the shelter, a kind Animal Control Officer picked the 6 of us up and we've been living our best lives ever since! The kittens that I kept safe have been kindly taken in by a foster family and will be put up for adoption once they're old enough to be on their own. Let me tell you a little bit about myself so that the shelter can find the most suitable home for me. I'm obviously great with cats and would have no problem going to a home that has cats in it?. I'm estimated to be about 2 years old so I'm still young and have the energy of a toddler. I love zooming around outside and will run circles around any person or object that is out in the yard with me. The shelter staff has been working on it, but I can be quite jumpy and need to be taught some manners. At this time in my life I would do best in a home without small children that I can knock over. I've gotten along with a couple of dogs at the shelter so far - both were extremely submissive or uninterested in interacting with me. Along with my dominance I am HUGE on playing and have a tendency to get right in other dog's faces. I didn't get along with the dominant or even slightly reactive shelter dogs.I do need help with my house training as it is not perfect. The shelter staff is concerned about getting backlash for not adopting me out with the kittens that I was found with, but the kittens are not old enough to be on their own yet. If they waited for the kittens to be ready that would mean that I wouldn't have my forever family for a couple of months. It is always the staff's goal to get dogs out of the shelter environment and into their forever homes as soon as possible. At the end of the day I am just happy that the kittens were found with me and are now resting peacefully in a warm foster home instead of outside in the cold. Once I'm spayed on December 3rd I'll be ready to go! Apply to adopt me today: https://pawr.org/adoption-process-fees/ XOXO, Serenity

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Serenity will be ready next week after being spayed, but the kittens will be kept at the shelter for a few more weeks, to give them time to fatten up and finish treatments for fleas and parasites.

Well, dogs are good just not to their own kind or humans, their love spreads to other species too!