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Liberal_in_LA

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Thu Oct 27, 2016, 04:42 PM Oct 2016

Bachelor Party groomsmen cooking bacon in cabin... dog shows up at the door [View all]

'We were cooking bacon with the door open. The next thing you know, there’s this dog sitting right at the front door.
'She wouldn’t come inside but she sat right there.
'After we gave her a bunch of food and water she started producing milk again. So we figured if she’s making milk, her pups can’t be that old,' he said.



The group of eight men followed her into the woodland to a patch in the ground she was closely guarding, he said.
There, they found her seven puppies in a hole.
The group washed the dogs of fleas and dirt and took them back to the cabin to look after them.
Their beer fund was put towards dog food by the end of the trip, Craddock added.
Now all of the dogs live with the men in a five-mile radius.


She led them to her litter in the woods and the men took them in, caring for them in their cabin and dedicating their beer fund to dog food


Doug Craddock, the groom's father, adopted the mother and named her Annie


The eight men divided the puppies and their mother up between them to take back to Michigan. One of them, Trevor Jennings, is seen holding his new pet, right. Jake Rowe with his dog, Knox

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3879342/Groomsmen-adopt-malnourished-dog-puppies-finding-cowering-hole-woods-Bachelor-party.html#ixzz4OJudKFDB
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D'aawww!! The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #1
I love reading stories like this. Who says there's never any good news in the papers? Tanuki Oct 2016 #2
lesson. don't cook bacon in the woods Liberal_in_LA Oct 2016 #3
Or do cook bacon in the woods if you want to rescue dogs! nt csziggy Oct 2016 #9
Or bears. Grown up bears. Big grown up bears. Shrike47 Oct 2016 #32
True - I forgot about the bears! csziggy Oct 2016 #33
Sure LiberalLovinLug Oct 2016 #47
CANADA!!! robbob Oct 2016 #68
Glad the did not choose Las Vegas. gordianot Oct 2016 #4
Taking care of our own. Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #5
Awww. Best bachelor trip for any of them, I bet. Hortensis Oct 2016 #6
This just warms my heart. There are good things in this world:) PunksMom Oct 2016 #7
someone threw that dog away. barbtries Oct 2016 #8
Yep--I bet the original owner ditched her when she became pregnant. She was too trusting of the men tblue37 Oct 2016 #30
What a beautiful story! DesertRat Oct 2016 #10
What a beautiful heartwarming story! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2016 #11
more pictures here OKNancy Oct 2016 #12
thank you for that--the pics are adorable. niyad Oct 2016 #66
How beautiful is this? malaise Oct 2016 #13
What a wonderful Worried senior Oct 2016 #14
These are my kind of men. Ilsa Oct 2016 #15
Awesome group of men Moral Compass Oct 2016 #16
That momma dog is so beautiful...looks like Thelma Lou.... Tikki Oct 2016 #17
She is beautiful, and she has the sweetest expression on her face. Hekate Oct 2016 #55
as a lover of beer awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #18
YAY! A HERETIC I AM Oct 2016 #19
awww !!! allan01 Oct 2016 #20
Thank you so much for sharing this with us. It is great to get a postive & good ending story in all EV_Ares Oct 2016 #21
wow Skittles Oct 2016 #22
Especially really, really small... 3catwoman3 Oct 2016 #35
I never got more attention from women than when I was carrying my little baby daughter around. NBachers Oct 2016 #49
that will do it too Skittles Oct 2016 #52
You had me at "bacon" FailureToCommunicate Oct 2016 #23
Alex, I'll take "what is not found at Free Republic"for a $1000 aeroman Oct 2016 #24
See....Bacon and bachelor parties can lead to good things... davidn3600 Oct 2016 #25
Wonderful. eom saltpoint Oct 2016 #26
Awesome! Hayduke Bomgarte Oct 2016 #27
The line in the article about how all the puppies had big fat bellies so mama literally gave Neema Oct 2016 #28
How sweet. nt tblue37 Oct 2016 #29
Gee, most guys just get a key ring or money clip or something. nolabear Oct 2016 #31
But did they share their bacon? milestogo Oct 2016 #34
Awww! What a great bunch of guys! smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #36
oh boy oh boy oh boy do I love this story! renate Oct 2016 #37
Yay shenmue Oct 2016 #39
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2016 #40
Notice the standard cadre of authoritarian dog haters don't show up for the "feel good" dog threads? baldguy Oct 2016 #41
we have dog haters? mdbl Oct 2016 #44
Sad but true. baldguy Oct 2016 #45
Awwww... roamer65 Oct 2016 #42
All involved cutie patooties! lonestarnot Oct 2016 #46
Doug and Annie look like they were made to be together. NBachers Oct 2016 #48
WUNNNNNNderful! calimary Oct 2016 #50
Great story! Lifelong Protester Oct 2016 #51
Wonderful post!!! ailsagirl Oct 2016 #53
Best bachelor party ever. nt Granny M Oct 2016 #54
Oh for crying out loud Sophiegirl Oct 2016 #56
what a great story. knr joeybee12 Oct 2016 #58
Awww we need more people like these guys blueseas Oct 2016 #59
What nice guys and what a good mom. The pictures from the dailymail show how very OregonBlue Oct 2016 #60
Form an orderly queue Denzil_DC Oct 2016 #61
This is totally ripped off from Game of Thrones! robbob Oct 2016 #69
TY for your compassion Equinox Moon Oct 2016 #62
Puppies! CrispyQ Oct 2016 #63
K & R geardaddy Oct 2016 #64
Heroes appear in many ways. colorado_ufo Oct 2016 #65
thank you so much for posting this. we need all the good news/feel good stories we can get!! niyad Oct 2016 #67
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