Kind college student adopts 5 month old puppy after it was orphaned from a failed relationship, turning the ‘tough little guy’ into his pawrent’s ‘constant buddy through all his adventures’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Dec 25, 2025 2:00 PM EST

We do not like to say this, but not everyone should be pawrents to a pawdorable pupper. It is a massive undertaking and if you are not ready for it, or your relationship is not sturdy enough to withstand it, then bringing a doggo into it is simply not fair on anyone, especially the doggo. And that is exactly what happened to this poor puppy featured in this story, who was brought into a failing relationship only for the couple to break up and the dog to be neglected. But luck for the pit bull mix a devoted dog lover was about to move into their shared home and change things in this puppy's life forever more.

For after coming across the constantly crated canine, this college student simply could not bare to see a dog in such sad conditions and little by little ended up taking on the duties that they doggo desperately needed. Initially out of the kindness of their heart, this hooman gave time, energy and effort to expose the cute and cuddly canine that lay in wait within this pupper who eventually came out and became his new pawrent's best friend.

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    "I basically showed this dog the world outside his crate for the first time."
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    I had just graduated college. Top of my list was to get a border collie and name him Pronto (after a corndog stand in Grand Haven, MI
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    called Pronto Pups. Ever in the area don't miss out!) I ended up moving into a house with 3 other people... and this 5 month old
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    puppy named Corporal. Corporal was a growly, tough little guy who had already been rejected. He was an ill fated present in a relationship that imploded and neither
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    party wanted a little black pit bull puppy as a reminder. One of my new room-mates heard about this pup that needed a home and offered to take him in
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  • Well, this is straight up unfair. Could you imagine being brought into a relationship which was rotting from the inside only to find yourself unwanted and unloved in your first few months of life? It is an abhorrent way to start your life on this planet. What are you supposed to learn about life with hoomans? That you will not be treated nicely and that nobody loves anyone in our society? What a terrible example to be brought up with.

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    until a permanent home could be found. Fast forward a month and no home was found but bags of food from the previous owner were still being
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    periodically dropped off. Now, though my roommates had a heart of gold, they really had little clue on how to care for a puppy beyond his basic needs.
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    This, coupled with the fact that Corp was a 25 lb force of sheer destruction, meant that he spent most of his time in his crate.
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    Enter me. I grew up around lots of dogs and dogs tend to like me. This little furball just growls all cute and menacing and I just ignore him.
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    Eventually he comes over to check me out and I let him sniff. I was deemed acceptable. He would cry and cry and cry at night and by the third night I
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    broke down and took him out of his crate and set him up on my futon. Room-mates swore he would tear s t up. But all he did was sleep. I said it was just the
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  • The pawfect example of what happens when a darling doggo is treated with kindness and respect. When they have no reason to behave like a wild, untamed tiger, then they simply won’t. And why would they, doing so takes up a whole heap of energy and gets you very little in return other than punishment. Though if your life is lived in a crate then it is hardly punishing to be put back in the crate…

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    one night. Yeah right; he now sleeps in my room permanently. Then we realized that we all were feeding the greedy little guy, so I said
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    that I would always do his food since I got up first. Then I started walking him daily. This is when his behavior really began to improve
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    (shocking!). He now hangs out in my room constantly and follows me around like a... well, like a puppy. Room- mates become jealous.
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    I begin training him. He will do anything for anything that can possibly be considered food. I introduce him to fields and people. He is a surprisingly
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    nervous dog underneath that tough guy exterior. We train together daily, tricks and obedience inside and "life- lessons" outside. I basically showed this
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    dog the world outside his crate for the first time. I start to become nervous. What if the girl finds a home for him? The bags
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    of food have stopped arriving and I have begun to buy them myself, but what if? I can't lose the little guy now. He chose me. It would break his little heart.
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    So I have a powwow with the roommates.. They agree to let Corp stay especially since his couch chewing days seem to be past. We track down the original owner.
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    Apparently she had moved across the country and was like "what puppy?" And that is how a black pit-lab puppy made me his owner over the course
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    of 3 months. It has been 8 years and he has been my constant buddy through all my adventures and mishaps. I never did get my Pronto pup, but I got one
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    heck of a Corp dog. Wouldn't change a thing.
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