Touring band discovered 2 abandoned dogs on empty highway, and got incredibly lucky when the first local farmer they met said he was just looking for 2 pups to play with his lonely senior doggo, making this the best ‘wrong turn’ the band could have taken

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Sep 24, 2026 11:30 AM EDT

The lives of touring musicians tend to be relatively secretive. Well not secretive so much as you never quite know what they are doing because they are always on the move living in their tiny world on the tour bus. But thanks to a horrible hooman who dumped a young and an old doggo by the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. We have been granted a backstage pass to a few pawticularly special hours of this band's tour.

Ok, obviously this is not about the band, it is about the doggos, but it was an incredible move by whatever forces of fate you enjoy believing in to cause this band to take a wrong turn into the middle of nowhere and come upon these two pups. Had they not made their mistake these doggos could have very well made their departure from life amongst the barren shadeless and scorching setting. But that was only the beginning of their journey. There were far more fateful events to come later on.

Having loaded the doggos into their car the band continued down the road hoping to come upon a farmer who might be missing the dogs. But what they first found was a local farmer who told them the dogs were most likely dumped. A fortuitous meeting in itself as it quickly changed the way this band were thinking about these doggos. These weren't working doggos, but pets. The final fateful meeting we will leave for you to find out for yourself below, and boy is it a doozy. So go forth and enjoy. 
 

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    God bless this farmer for opening his heart and home We said our goodbyes and headed back on the road. HAR
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    You never know where you will go if you stop listening to the GPS…

    Pris While on tour, we took a wrong turn and happened upon 2 dogs abandoned on the highway. 417 Д 1001
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  • 03

    Well that sounds like a classic case of doggo dumping right there.

    Oft Procent to the mute It was an old male and a female puppy. 140 A EJJECT
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    How in the heck were they left in such a desolate place, their ex-hoomans really had no heart.

    F 140 ALAST They were extremely dehydrated and exhausted. No water or shade in sight.
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    Goodness, there is nothing sadder than seeing the hope in a doggo's eyes extinguish and reignite as cars pass it.

    COMM AOCM SA BOE TOO MOT MART BS WOR $85000-REA (13) After looking to every passing car for help, the sweet doggies were so excited that someone actually stopped. They knew we were friends.
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    They would have had to be seriously turned around if that is the case.

    At first we thought they were lost farm dogs
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    Yeah, that is not all too typical of a working dog.

    They were so hot and smelly, but had huge doggo smiles.
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    What wonderful eyes!

    He wasn't blind! He just had beautiful yellow eyes!
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    A solid plan, let's hope they don't make another wrong turn...

    We decided to take them to the nearest farm to look for help.
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    Oh look at that poor pup, she looks like she is overheating.

    We saw a car coming from the nearest farm
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    And there it is, the locals are very familiar with these kinds of spots.

    We flagged down the car and talked to 2 women who knew the area. They were certain the dogs had been dumped. 420
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    Uh oh, why do these things always end up happening on the weekend? It's like the people who dump animals specifically want them to suffer more.

    So, we called any animal shelter or rescue within 100 miles but everyone was closed because of the holiday weekend.
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    What other choice did this band have?

    So, we drove until we found the next farm...
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    This looks promising...

    We found a friendly older farmer in his fields
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    No way, this is next level. How in the heck did this happen in the literal middle of nowhere?!

    8814938 He didn't know the dogs, but by some miracle, said they were "just what he was looking for", and that his own old dog was "lonely".
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    Being carried into your furever home has to be good luck dosen't it?

    The old dog was too tired, so the guys carried him
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  • 17

    Fate is quite the incredible thing.

    The farmer just happened to have a fenced-in oasis
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    Aww, the fur family is already coming together!

    After water and some biscuits from the farmer, they greeted their new doggo friend with tail wags and settled in for some much needed rest.
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    How wonderful that everyone came out of this story a winner.

    The smiles on the sweet doggos' faces was like nothing else.
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    God bless this farmer for opening his heart and home
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    We said our goodbyes and headed back on the road. HARD
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    Sometimes the "wrong" road is actually right where you need to be.
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