- Natalie Rice, 17, bought a blue heeler puppy after her beagle was hit by a car
- Her mother, Teresa, also bought a Labrador puppy to surprise the family
- Natalie captured the moment they surprised each other in a hilarious video
- Her father was mad at first but now is happy they have the two dogs
A mother and daughter both accidentally surprise each other with new puppies after their first dog died.
Natalie Rice from Jefferson City, Missouri, secretly bought a blue heeler puppy after her family’s beagle, Remington, was hit by a car.
But the 17-year-old’s mother, Teresa Rice, gave her daughter a surprise of her own when she also walked in with a Labrador puppy.
The moment was captured on video as both realized they would have to tell the father why the family now had two dogs.
Sleepy puppies: Paisley (pictured left) is a blue heeler and was bought by 17-year-old Natalie as a surprise for her family. Rocky (pictured) right is a black Labrador and was bought by the mom
In the video, both appeared shocked when they found each other holding a new puppy.
Natalie said ‘Happy early Valentines’ while holding a blue heeler dog and then realized her mother also had a surprise puppy of her own.
Her mother in the video said: ‘You better not have. We’re going to be in too much f***king trouble.’
Surprise! Both the mother and daughter thought they were surprising each other with a new dog. But they didn’t know the other person had also bought a puppy
Both the mother and daughter decided to surprise the family with a new puppy after their beagle, Remington, died from getting hit by a car
Natalie followed her mother out of the room with her puppy laughing and said ‘we’re dead’ before turning off the camera.
She told DailyMail.com her father was ‘angry at first’ when he found out about the two new puppies.
‘I had also brought home Remington without asking my parents, but he realized I did it for a surprise and now he loves them,’ She said. ‘We are happily keeping both without any second thoughts.’
The family named the black Labrador puppy Rocky and the blue heeler puppy Paisley.
Natalie first posted the video on Twitter and it has been shared more than 52,000 times as of Monday afternoon.
Shocked: Natalie couldn’t believe her mother had also bought a new puppy
Puppy love: Natalie told DailyMail.com her father was angry at first about the two new puppies but now the family is happy to have them. Pictured left is Rocky and right is Paisley