A police officer who saved a Mama dog and her babies when he found them outside the shelter was surprised to see kittens instead of puppies along with the little pup.

Officer Steven Johns was surprised at the little family he found outside of the Terrell, TX animal shelter on July 4th, when the facility was closed for the holiday.

A black Chihuahua mix dog was tied to a pole with a box left next to her.

“I looked and saw two little balls of fur with her and I thought it was a couple puppies,” said Officer Johns, who found the animals and took them inside to give them food and water.

“I went to move them into a cage and moved the mama dog out of the way; much to my surprise mama dog is nursing two kittens instead of two puppies,” he said.

Terrell Animal Adoption Center wrote at Facebook: “An officer called me this morning asking if we were open today. I advised him that we were closed but would come in to clean. Well, he had passed by the shelter and found a little dog tied to our gate that was nursing but she was not nursing a puppy, she was nursing two kittens! The officer took the three animals (mother dog and two kittens) into the shelter to safety since HWY 80 is NOT a good place for them to be and put them in a crate and gave them water. The dog was really thirsty. Both dogs and kittens seems to be doing good at this time…”

Foster petmom Deborah Franklin, who works with Paws Patrol Animal Rescue, is caring for the little family.

“She [Mama dog] didn’t care what species it was. All she knew, she was a mother and these were babies and they needed her,” said Franklin.

The kittens are only about three weeks old now, and will remain in foster care until they are ready to be adopted.

Officer Johns is credited with saving the animals’ lives. The shelter did not reopen again until the Monday following the holiday, four days later.

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