A dog in Arkansas is helping to raise an orphaned baby squirrel.

The Maltese mother named Pitty Pat has taken in an orphaned baby squirrel as her own.

It started two weeks ago, when the Wootton family found the squirrel. For the first few days, the Woottons fed the squirrel by bottle. Until one occasion, Kathy Wootton couldn’t believe what she saw!

“When I went to get it, it was nursing with the mother dog,” she said.

Wootton said the squirrel has settled in, just like one of Pitty Pat’s puppies.

She said there’s even some sibling rivalry.

The family said they’re thinking about what to name the little squirrel, and hope to one day release it back into the wild.