A mother dog and her puppies were rescued after being buried alive under a landslide in Turkey.

Footage shows the female pooch covered in rocks and soil up to her neck as rescuers rushed to take her out in Kayseri on August 8.

However, upon being freed, the mother dog wouldn't leave the area and sniffed the soil like she was searching for something.

That hinted the rescuers to search further and found the scared little puppies from another site.

Vet Soner Buyumez said: ‘There had been a landslide. I saw a dog trapped in the ground. Only her head remained.

‘I heard the cry of puppies. They were under the ground.'

After the rescue, all the dogs were safe and healthy. The vet adopted the dog's family.

Soner added: ‘Their general condition is very good. The mother and her puppies are protected. I will care for them as my own.'