FINNEGAN, THE SQUIRREL, BONDS WITH PUPPIES

Stories of animals from different species peacefully coexisting with one another warms the heart especially at a time when there is so much fighting and killing going on in the world. This made the email circuit, so it might not be new, but still worth viewing a second time!

Debby Cantlon, who  plans to release Finnegan, the young squirrel, back into the wild, bottle-fed the infant squirrel after it was brought to her house. When Debby took in the tiny creature and began caring for him, she found  herself with an unlikely nurse's aide: her pregnant Papillon, Mademoiselle Giselle -- her dog.  
 
Finnegan was resting in a nest in a cage just days before Giselle was due to deliver her puppies. Debby and her husband watched as the dog dragged the squirrel's cage twice to her 
own bedside before she gave birth.  
 
Debby was concerned, yet ultimately decided to allow the squirrel out and  the inter-species bonding began. Finnegan rides a  puppy mosh pit of sorts, burrowing in for warmth after feeding, eventually working his way beneath his new litter mates. 
 
Two days after giving  birth, mama dog Giselle allowed Finnegan to nurse; family photos and a videotape show her encouraging him to suckle alongside her litter of five pups.
 
Now, Finnegan mostly uses a bottle, but still snuggles with his 'siblings' in  a mosh pit of puppies, rolling atop their bodies, and sinking in deeply for a nap. Finnegan and his new litter mates, five Papillon puppies, get along together as if they were meant to.  
 
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 MORAL OF THE STORY:  Keep loving everyone, even the squirrelly ones...