Grandfather’s passing leaves his deaf Boxer to be adopted out or cross the rainbow bridge, grandson rallies support from internet strangers and finds Max a furever home with a couple who had: ‘been looking for a deaf dog because the man is deaf as well.’

The bond that senior hoomans have with their dogs is truly a wonderful one that ought to be respected and celebrated long after the person has passed. But this story tells a slightly different tale in which a passed senior's dog's life is hanging in the balance, only held up by the hands of a young man who refuses to let the dog's servitude and support go unrecognized.

The dogs who are left behind when people pass pose quite the problem to the families they are put in the care of. For many the sight of the dog is a painful one, filled with memories of the person they lost. For others it is at best bittersweet. And so many of these dogs are mistreated, misunderstood and eventually discarded like trash.

And while the dog in this story was close to being met with the same fate as we have described here, he was luckily saved by a young man who saw so much more than a doggo who had begun struggling to climb stairs. He saw the soul who gently and tenderly supported his grandfather through his twilight years. Giving company when none was around, giving strength when none was to be found and giving hope when it had fallen on the ground. And so this young person set out to find this dog a deserving home, come heck or high water. This is his tale.

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Jheez what is this hallmark movie moment that has come about here. A grandfather passing, parents splitting up and a child who will simply not give up on the pure soul of a dog who has been subjected to the ignorant whim and wants of the hoomans around him. It is wholly heartwarming there is no denying that. Although it is equally heartwrenching. Such weight should not land on the shoulders of such a young person. But this youngling was ready to walk his path, and to walk it with pride and purpose no less.
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Ah shucks, talk about a tearjerker of a story. How can it be that this doggo would be so sweet, so caring, so aware of the reality of the life being lived around him? And then with all that love and care, to be thrust aside, turned into an insignificant side character to be offed in the second act. It is a truly fortuitous event that this child saw the light and value of this doggo’s life and did not let those who are supposed to be smarter and kinder than him lead the way.
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