A mother dog and her two young puppies had nowhere to go as they wandered along a roadside near Lake Trask in Mason County, Washington.
Rain poured down around them, and the frightened little family trembled from the cold, desperately searching for shelter.
Soaked and exhausted, the mother tried to protect her pups as they huddled together, hoping someone kind would see them and come to their aid.
Rescuers Step In To Help
When Shelton Animal Control received word about the struggling dogs, they immediately reached out to Caryn, a volunteer with the Humane Society of Mason County in Belfair, Washington.
Caryn contacted her friend D.D. Ponder, an experienced dog trapper, and together they set out to rescue the frightened trio.
By the time they arrived, darkness had fallen. The rescu