Friendly Stray Follows a Dog Owner Home on Their Nightly Walk, Survives a Hurricane and Stays Loyal to His Future Furrever Family

Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor

Oct 2, 2024 4:00 AM EDT

Dogs choose the owner.

Although canine lovers will adamantly insist that they're in control of how many dogs will eventually live in their home, sometimes, it's the doggos that decide on our behalf–Like this friendly stray in our next viral story.

Meet Nelson, the friendliest furball this side of the Mississippi. When these dog lovers were walking their ginormous great dane on their nightly walk around the neighborhood, they were followed by a chipper, un-collared dog with a smile on his face and a pep in his step. He seemed to know something that they didn't know yet…

After he followed them around the block and all the way back home, they were uncertain what to do with the bubbling dog outside. Mild-mannered and instantly friends with their own dog, they decided to bring in the stray just long enough until they could find him a furrever home. But the eminent hurricane brought them all together in a way they never imagined, knitting together this 2-dog family and solidifying Nelson's place as their new furbaby.

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