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It was 122 degrees outside …<\/h2>\n
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When Raf.kw, a rescue based in Kuwait, saw a video of a dog wandering in the desert all alone, they sprang into action. On the day they set out to look for her, it was 122 degrees Fahrenheit outside. That kind of heat can be deadly, and they knew they had to find her fast.<\/p>\n

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The Dodo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After searching for a bit, they eventually found the pup, later named Sandy, hiding under a water tank. She\u2019d dug a hole underneath it to keep herself cool and out of the sun \u2014 and to hide something very important to her.<\/p>\n

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The Dodo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sweet Sandy was guarding a small pile of puppies. She desperately wanted her little family to be safe, and at first, she wasn\u2019t sure if she could trust the rescuers with her babies.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was looking at us, and she was looking at her puppies, as if to say, \u2018Well, I\u2019ve got puppies with me. Are you going to hurt me?\u2019\u201d Danna with Raf.kw said in a video for The Dodo. \u201cShe was just a mommy protecting her babies. I don\u2019t even think she cared about the heat or being abandoned or anything that happened to her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Dodo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The team approached Sandy and her puppies slowly, working to gain her trust. They offered her food and talked to her in soothing voices. They wanted her to know that they were there to help her. After about 15 minutes, Sandy allowed the rescuers to reach into the hole and pull her puppies out to safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce she was in the crate, she just knew that she was safe,\u201d Danna said. \u201cIt was day and night. She\u2019d gone from this protective, terrified, abandoned mother to, honestly, just looking at us and saying, \u2018I know what you\u2019re doing. Thank you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Dodo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Danna\u2019s friend, Elika Mansouri, runs a shelter called I Care Kuwait, which helps find dogs in Kuwait homes in the U.S. and Canada. Sandy and her puppies were taken there to recover and fully learn to trust people, and that\u2019s where Sandy ended up meeting her forever mom, Brianna.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe would follow Brianna around everywhere,\u201d Danna said. \u201cShe was so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Dodo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sandy\u2019s puppies, Zeus, Zaydar and Zack, were adopted by a family in Canada and are now absolutely thriving. The entire family found their happy endings, all thanks to Sandy and how well she protected them until help arrived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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