'What about you? You want a puppy?': Alaska traveler decides he’ll only adopt a dog if life offers him one, then a gas station clerk presents a fluffy shepherd-husky puppy for him to bring home

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Jul 24, 2026 8:15 AM EDT

Have you ever wanted something so badly you manifested it right into your life?

I'm not really a spiritual person. I guess I believe in karma just because everything in our lives is cyclical. At a certain point, you'll get rewarded or punished for something you did because of the simple fact that every action has a consequence. All that is to say that I think a lot of things are coincidental, but then there are stories like Moose's that make me question if some things aren't truly meant to happen.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - adopting a dog is a huge responsibility. It's not something you should chase until you feel ready to change your life in a major way. So when Sam, the Alaskan traveler, decided he would only adopt a doggo if one was presented to him, we get it. He fostered a husky before and realized how much work it was, but in his heart, he knew he wanted one, but he wanted life to meet him in the middle.

So you have to imagine his surprise when, on a snack break at a gas station outside Anchorage, the gas station attendant offered him one of her dog's puppies. He went to pick up the black shepherd-husky puppy, named him Moose, and promptly adopted him. Now, Moose comes to work with him every day and the two are as thick as thieves.

Was it fate, or just some strange coincidence? What are the odds that he was shopping for snacks at the exact moment the gas station attendant was talking about her puppies she wanted to give away? I'm no mathematician, but it seems to me like the odds are pretty low. 

But in the end, it doesn't really matter whether it was predetermined or random because what's really important is that Moose and Sam are now a family, and both are growing from the experience. Any story that ends with a happy dog is a story that we want to hear.

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    8 months ago I came To Alaska to pick up A truck I bought at auction
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    samcoady13 ❤ Eight months ago I came to Alaska to pick up a truck that I bought at auction. I initially plan to drive it home and figured I'd either get a cheap truck or a good adventure. I had to stay in FAIRBANKS to wait out a brief storm in the meantime, I got offered day labor then by the end of the week I had a full-time job I started having experiences that I'd only seen him in
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    dreams. I figured I should stick around and see what that was all about. I got a cabin. I met a moose. I was giving a puppy at a gas station. My truck broke down. I borrowed a truck I bought a new truck. I've brought the dog to work with me every day the cold winter is finally over and I'm enjoying the summer in Alaska with my new friends and my puppy follow along for more summer adventures in Alaska peace.
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    BUPER QUITY I bought this truck with A plan to drive it home to the Lower 48. Best case get a Cheap truck. Worst case Get an adventure.
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    Made friends with my Neighbor.
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    Then. I was given a puppy.
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  • To be fair, if I were put in front of this puppy, I also wouldn't have been able to say no, whether I wanted a new dog or not. Pretty sure I always want another dog, but I'm not sure my husband would have been too on board. We're kind of at capacity as it is!

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    I was given this puppy at a gas station in Alaska...
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    I was given this puppy at a gas station in Alaska...
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    He was offered to me at a gas Station in trapper creek...
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    I had been praying for a dog.
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    He comes to work with Me every day...
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    We've been inseparable ever since.
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    I don't know what I did Without him...
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  • They grow up so fast, don't they? Especially puppies. If you blink too fast, they'll transform into adults before you know it.

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