A pregnant dog’s determination to use the hole she spent weeks preparing for the arrival of her puppies left the owner frustrated, as she begged the canine to move.
A family first spotted Daisy, a Great Pyrenees, while driving. Daisy sprinted onto the road, forcing them to slam on their brakes. With patience and convincing, Daisy finally trusted the family, and they took her with them. A vet visit revealed she likely had been chained up her entire life. And with no microchip, the family decided to keep her.
About a month later, they learned Daisy was pregnant and started preparing for her puppies. They created a whelping area for Daisy.
Pregnant dogs seek quiet, often shaded areas to give birth, which will protect their puppies. Owners can help the process by giving them a whelping box. It gives dogs a clean, soft and warm environment to protect the puppies from other dogs or pets, drafts and crushing/smothering from the mother, according to a vet-approved article from Dogster.
Daisy’s family created a whelping area for her in the garage; however, she had other plans, which took the owner by surprise. Daisy spent weeks digging a hole in the yard to prepare herself for the puppies.
In the April 12 Instagram video posted to account @ourgirldaisyrae, the owner tried to convince Daisy that birthing her puppies would be better inside. Daisy did not care what her owner said. She refused to listen and placed her head back on the ground to get much-needed rest before the puppies arrived.
Newsweek reached out to @ourgirldaisyrae via Instagram for additional information.
A follow-up video explained that the owner ended up moving the whelping area she set up into a new location, after receiving recommendations from her vet and ChatGPT. The owner used a plastic kiddie pool and filled it with some dirt Daisy dug up, as it would make her feel she had done it herself.
Then, with lots of convincing and treats, Daisy finally moved into her new birthing spot.
The owner wrote in the comment section: “She wasn’t going to leave that hole without knowing she had a better option!”
The Instagram clip reached over 8.6 million views and 342,000 likes as of Wednesday.
“Daisy has her own holistic birth plan,” one user said.
A second person joked: “You’ll make them a five-star hotel, and they still pick the trenches.”
Others knew exactly the frustration this owner felt: “As a fellow owner of a GP, the side eye and ignoring you is just spot on.”
Someone else said: “Getting a Pyrenees to come inside when they don’t want to is already a challenge. I can’t imagine what it’s like getting a pregnant one to follow directions is like. I can’t wait to see those pups!!”
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