Completely Broken

The second foster mom, Katie, told this about Daya to The Dodo, “(She) was very much expecting to be met with a litter of puppies and there were none. She was just really depressed. Her foster mom was watching that unfold and just said, “This dog needs help. She’s not gonna get over this.”‘ While this was Daya’s life there was a dog somewhere else, going through a worse phase.

Missing What She Never Was

Jennifer Werner explained, “She had a wonderful home to recover in, but her instinct had taken over with nowhere to direct her energy without her puppies. While everyone at [the rescue] was so happy that Daya had made it through surgery, we were heartbroken that she was missing her babies. She didn’t understand what had happened to them.” Somewhere there was another dog in need of help.

Hoping To Bring Them Together

Adoption agency put out a post, “Mama is having a hard time understanding that she is not actually a mom… We know she is struggling. An opportunity arose today to potentially make her a mama again. Is anyone willing to take them both for a few weeks?” It was Daya’s sheer luck that Raisin was a puppy needing motherly affection. But were they going to be receptive to each other?

Found A Home

Daya’s and Raisin’s foster mom, Katie Levans told The Dodo that as soon as she found out about these two dogs, “I came to Nick and woke him up in the middle of the night and said, “We’ve got to do something.” So they took both Daya and Raisin in. It was tough because Daya was emotionally broken and Raisin, physically. 

Mini-Me

Raisin was a recovering puppy when she met Raisin, her foster mother said, “I mean the photo was one thing but then seeing her was another. I didn’t even see Raisin because she was so tiny.” But this was going to change, Raisin found a receptive and loving foster home. What did Daya feel? It’s all very visible in the video. 

Motherly Instincts Rightly Directed

The foster mom said, “Daya was just immediately very receptive to the puppy. She just immediately started bathing her, licking her face and licking her ears. And when Raisin reciprocated that and started licking Daya’s face, we were done and we were like, “We know this is gonna work. This’ll be great.”‘ But this was not it, Daya was to leave… soon.