(Sweet Home, OR)  --  A momma dog and her eight puppies are recovering after being abandoned in a forest in Southwest Washington.  The Knotty Creek Animal Rescue in Sweet Home was alerted to the abandoned dogs in Skamania County over the weekend.  A volunteer with the rescue traveled to the location and found the momma dog tied to a tree, with her eight pups nearby.  Officials say it appears the dogs had been left there for about a week before being discovered, with a nearby deer carcass serving as their only food.  The dogs are now safely recovering at the rescue.