Stray puppy picks dog-loving family as its furever home by hiding under their car, adding four smol paws to their pack of canines: ‘Guess we’re up to five now’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Feb 8, 2025 3:00 PM EST

All too often the stories we hear about puppies being found tend to revolve around a sad box, dumped in the middle of no where and a hooman luckily coming upon it just in the nick of time. However, today we get to enjoy a story of strength, resilience and determination on the pupper's part. For this pupper did not take his search for a forever home lying down in the cold. He took to the streets, going house to house to decide which family would best suit his needs and preferences, until he found just the right home for his heart to rest in.

And find his furever home he did, with two pawrents and four canine siblings just waiting for him to come and join their precious pack. Such pawfect choices are hardly ever available, let alone made by such tiny creatures, but it is safe to assume that the doggo distribution system had a hand to play in guiding this plucky pupper to the place he was meant to be, just at the moment he was meant to be there.

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    'Found puppy, he made himself at home'
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    When my partner pulled into our driveway on March 2nd a puppy ran right under his car as he parked. We got ahold of him and I thought he belonged to a neighbor... I was wrong lol.
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    He had an old, frayed collar on him with no tags and also was not microchipped. We've had him posted all over Facebook, NextDoor, PetFinder, etc. Along with fliers out to no avail. Our
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    shelter is on an emergency intake only at the moment (only highly aggressive or extremely ill animals) so we had him posted on the shelters site as "found" and held onto him for his "stray hold."
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    No one ever came forward, and he has fully taken up with our other 4 dogs. It looks like we're up to 5 now! He's an
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    absolute baby, and has come so far in training in just a couple weeks! Technically our other dogs are mine, as I had them prior to my partner and I living together, and
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    I cover 100% of their food/vet bills. My partner has decided the new guy (now named Hamilton) will be his! He's also the first dog that my partner has ever been able to call his own.
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    "The new guy: Hamilton"

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    Anyway, Hamilton has settled in wonderfully with my others, he knows "sit," "stay," and "down" so far and hasn't had an accident in the house since the first few days he came! He's had his shots
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    and been checked for parasites and seems to be a mostly healthy, happy pup aside from a minor skin condition that's mostly cleared already.
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    "Hammy was meant to be"

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    He'll be a big guy though, when we found him he was already over 20lbs (and slightly underweight) at 12-13 weeks old and I swear he grows every day. His favorite game is
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    tug and he believes himself to be a lap dog even though he is quickly outgrowing that space
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  • With all the tough stories out there of hoomans finding puppies abandoned in awful places and situations, it is truly heartwarming to come across a story where a puppy simply bucked up and chose a family for himself. He did not wait to be found, or cower behind rubbish bins for scraps of food. This plucky pupper decided it would find its furever family come heck or high water. And what a brilliant choice he made.

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    "I can only ever get 2 dogs in 1 clear picture at once lol"

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    "Rusty"

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    "Nadia"

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    "Pal pics"

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  • Wow, what an incredible bit of luck it was that this pupper chose the most wholesome canine family for at least 100 miles. Much like an outside hire, it is rare that an outsider can mesh so well with the pack already present in a home, but Hamilton with his sweet heart and plucky courage did not let any of that stand in his way. 

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    "Druid"

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    "Otis"

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    "The twins (not related, golden mix and chihuahua mix, but he copies her)"

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