The little black and white Jack Russell crossbreed pups were found by Janine Jeffrey, 36, and her horse Cyrus when she was out riding on Thursday (23/7) evening. The landlady and a friend took the distressed pooches to the nearby sheltered yard she keeps her horse and made a makeshift home for them, complete with bedding, water and food. But when mum-to-three Janine returned to the barn in Walsall, West Mids., the next day she found a white stray Poodle crossbreed, dubbed the "ghost dog", had nursed the puppies. Janine said yesterday (Mon): "This stray dog had approached them and had protected them. She mothered them really.