Man unkonwningly adopts his soul dog after never wanting a pet and becomes the most devoted dog lover, he: ‘even started volunteering once a week at a rescue’ to help other dogs

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Dec 20, 2025 5:00 PM EST

Dog pawrenthood quite the undertaking. If your life is not suited to taking time out of your day to support a pawdorable pupper then you are better off not doing so. For doing so would likely only make life tougher for your doggo who ultimately deserves to live a happy life where they do not feel like they are adding extra weight to your plate in life. And that was exactly the careful and considerate thinking of the protagonist of this story.

This man knew that when his partner initially asked to have him bring home a darling doggo, that neither of them would have time for it, that it would be better off with someone else who had the time. But when the pressure of his partner became too much his logic caved, and soon the couple found themselves in the company of a cute canine. But what this man did not expect to happen is that the mere presence of the pupper is what caused him to make time for it. For this man simply fell in love with the doggo and finally understood that while life can be hectic and time constrained, when you have a doggo you find the time needed to dedicate to them.

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    "We're going to get a dog, and I need to deal with it."
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    So, I never had a dog until I was 30. I didn't hate dogs or something. I always liked the one my friends had, but never really felt like getting one. My
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    mom never wanted one, my dad never pushed for it despite loving dogs, and so that was that. Me and my girlfriend (now wife) moved
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    together when I was almost 27. We lived in one place for two years with her sometimes asking me about getting a dog, and I always said no because I
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    worked, she was in University and there was no one going to be taking care of him/her. We moved after those two years to
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  • Well, we have to say that this is one of the most responsible and reasonable reasons to not adopt a darling doggo. And come to think of it, we have never actually come across someone who cares so much about the well-being of a potential future pupper that they would think this far ahead.

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    an apartment my parents own, the apartment I grew up in actually. I just ask her to marry me, and I was able to hold the dog thing. We got married (July
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    and things were swell. Then at about January she came back stronger than ever, this time pretty much telling me we're going to get a
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    dog, and I need to deal with it. After being strong willed and stubborn for four years, I caved, and said yes. About a month later
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    we got a dog, adopted one from a shelter or rescue (I don't know how the definitions are in my country compared to what you guys use on this sub).
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    A pretty big, black, beautiful and confused mixed male who was named Elvis, but my only condition for bringing home was changing his name
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    to Gerrard (after the tragic Liverpool legend, Steven Gerrard). They told us he was only 8 months old, but we know they take off a few months to
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  • While we are not all too supportive of changing a doggos name just like that, without at least consulting the doggo. If that is what it took to get this pawticular pupper into the arms of a person who would actually do their best to give it the love and care it deserves, then it would be worth it.

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    increase the chances of adoption. We took him to the vet's a few days later and by the teeth they told us he's somewhere between one year and 18
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    months. Doesn't matter. By that time, wife finished school and was working full time. I was and still am working from
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    home. First week was rough. Suddenly something was waking me up every morning at 6 am. And he was constantly running around the house
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    and chewing little things up and trying to eat everything we were. He was fun, high energy and everything, but it was a big difference to our previous life.
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    My wife broke down after one week crying, saying she had no idea he'd be this difficult. She grew up with a dog, but she didn't know what it's like taking
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    care of one on her own. I told her to suck it up, we took him in and he's staying. Slowly, he got used to my hours of work,
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    and stopped nagging me all the time to go out. In essence, we got used to each other's rhythm. I found out about the wonderful invention called a
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    dog park, and it's been bliss ever since, although he probably prefers it if we go back to being just me, my wife and him. Suddenly. there's a baby.
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    stealing all the attention. Now, from being indifferent to dogs, I'm head over heels with them, especially big breeds, doesn't
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    matter what. I even started volunteering once a week at a rescue/shelter with dogs that were abandoned, ran away and are about to be up for
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    adoption, walking or running with them in the fields. What was the point of all this? That getting a dog is the best thing I ever did
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    (convinced to do more accurately) besides getting married and having a baby. It opened up a whole new world for me and I'm pretty sure I'm a
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    better person since then. Suddenly, I actually can't get enough of dog videos, memes and funny pictures!
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