Two travellers miss train to save neglected puppy caked in filth, using their last supplies to clean it and find furever home with generous gas station employee: ‘I hope no one ever hurts or starves you ever again’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Jan 7, 2026 3:00 PM EST

The kindness of strangers can be quite the overwhelming thing. Largely due to the fact that experiencing kindness from people you know can be a big ask at times, such that someone you do not know helping you out is rather overwhelming. But in a society where we often base our decisions on what we are owed or owe someone. Which is what makes this rescue, clean up and search for a family all the more heartwarming. For the travellers in this story were already on the move, living light with only that which they could carry, there was no obligation to stop and give up on their mode of transport and their supplies for a puppy who had nothing to do with them.

But being the compassionate kind of people they could not help themselves. They could not leave a lost soul behind and had to make sure that this puppy was at least given a chance at a decent life. And that is all that you can really hope for in this list, to be given a chance, to be offered an opportunity. And the person who is kind enough to take that risk and initiative to do so on your behalf, well they are truly kind. 

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    "Don't abandon puppies please."
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    My roaddawg and I were seconds from hopping out, when suddenly as we were walking to the train, a starving tiny puppy covered in human f g s. t ran up to us. Just the thing ya need when you're tryna get out of town, y'know?
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    Train is stopped, sun is rising, random tiny puppy is trying to jump all over us and our gear while reeking of st but then flinching and screaming anytime we move towards it back... Good times (not).
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    So I used our train water and my soap to wash crusted f g human st off the puppy for an hour so it would stop getting it on us, and I gave him the rest of Bambi's food and water. Then I sat down and took this
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    pic, realizing I was probably gonna have to try to re- home this baby over Facebook marketplace or something. I took him back to near the hop out while my roaddawg
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  • Honestly, we are in tears right now. How generous, how kind do you have to be to use the last of your already limited supplies to help a creature who has no connection to you, in a place that you are not from. At that, in a place you are about to leave. It is not like this person would have to see this poor dog every day on their way to work, they were literally about to disappear from that town for good. Thank goodness for the kindness of good souls out there. 

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    grabbed more water ―then I wrapped him up and took another breather to accept how horrifying this situation is (I have severe OCD that's centered specifically around feces contamination). Also
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    had an asthma attack. Suddenly realized in the midst of it all, I lost my f g only power bank, my Brisk tea, my coffee, and probably other si t I haven't realized yet. Then
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    suddenly, the older brother of the gas station employee that's been cool with us walked past our spot to go through the yard as a shortcut or something. We exchange "hello"s, and my roaddawg
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    shot the shot: "Hey dude, do you want a puppy?", which was met with an immediate "no". I followed over there and tried "Well do know anyone who wants a puppy?", explaining the situation. I explained
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    that he was malnourished, eating slot and covered, alone, responding like he gets beat regularly, and we can't feed another mouth or train another dirty kid dog but we'll be stuck with him otherwise—most of
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    us on the road know what it's like to be abandoned, and therefore can't do it to another. "How long are y'all gonna be here?", he asked, to which we said: "We were literally just trying to
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  • And there it is folks the key to compassion, understanding. When you understand what it is like to be in someone else’s position, or at least take the time to try to, you can become compassionate towards their situation. And these travellers simply could not do what had been done to them to such a helpless creature. At least in their life stories they were able to get back on their feet themselves. But if you are a puppy tied to a fence, you really have not got all too many options to hand. 

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    leave man... But I guess until this puppy's gone". There was a pause... and then: "I'll be back for him at 2. I just gotta go to work-let's exchange numbers".
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    I swear I almost cried. We exchanged numbers, he left, we realized the st we lost including our sanity, and then about 20 minutes later... He returned― six hours early- taking the puppy.
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    Holy f k. Roaddawg is passed out now, my lungs feel like they're full of battery acid, I feel disgusting and want a shower and laundry so f g badly, I'm exhausted, have no power bank, sweet drink, water,
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    or dog food for Bambi suddenly, and I'm still in this DON CITY after missing the perfect ride. I hope I don't stay here much longer though, it's already been too long.
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    But that puppy's got a loving human and a yard now, so I guess everything happens for a reason. Damn sht covered puppy... You Sk. And I hope no one ever hurts or starves you ever again, you sweet and innocent
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    naaaasty reature. To the original owner: sorry man. Not cool. I got food poisoning a few days ago and got lucky to be hotel'd up with perfect timing by a stranger for the first time in a long time.
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    Now I kinda wish it was now instead ngl... Cause ugh, yuck. I'm probably gonna pass the f k out now and hopefully deal with all of this when I wake up. Sorry for any typos. Good morning. Don't
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    abandon puppies please.
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