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Wed Oct 12, 7:01 PM ET

DOG WELCOMES SQUIRREL INTO LITTER OF PUPS:

SEATTLE - Animal lover that she is, Debby Cantlon didn't think twice when someone asked if she could take in an orphaned newborn squirrel and nurse it back to health.
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It also was apparently a no-brainer for Mademoiselle Giselle, her pregnant Papillon.

The black and white pooch with long-haired butterfly ears dragged the squirrel's cage to her bedside — twice — before she gave birth to her pups on Sept. 9.

Cantlon was concerned at first, but ultimately decided to allow the squirrel out, then Giselle actively encouraged the little rodent to join her litter.

Since then, cameras have captured images of the squirrel nursing right alongside his canine brothers and sisters.

His name: Finnegan. "As in, 'Finnegan, begin again,'" Cantlon said.