'Walkies' is probably the most exciting word in a dog's day. But this golden retriever probably never expected what was to come. His owner pretended to take him for a walk only to completely abandon him in the middle of a park.
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The incident was captured by two onlookers Brandon Price and Alyssa Ott and shows the woman and her companion getting out of a shiny black Tesla. She then takes off the dog's collar and throws it in the back and tries to get back in the car and drive away. But, somehow the woman couldn't bring herself to do it and instead sets off with her canine down the track. The footage then shows the woman walking a short distance with her dog before bolting back to her car and driving away, leaving the pooch as confused as ever.
Thankfully, the 13-year-old dog was promptly rescued and handed over to the I Paw'd It Forward foundation. The shelter posted the clip to their Facebook page to get others to think twice about giving up heir pets let alone abandoning them in a park. They wrote: 'I would like to take a moment to use this entire ordeal as a learning experience and hopefully, in sharing this video, give others pause before contemplating abandoning your animal.'
THIS. This is what a dog that has just been abandoned looks like. They are still here. They are still waiting. They are still searching for you to return. They are confused. They do not understand why the humans they devoted their lives to, have disappeared.
Most of the time, we don't catch them right after they are left. Most of them never make it home. We do our best to recover as many as we can, but we know we are just a small blip on the grand scheme of it. There is no reason to do this. None. There are a bunch of excuses, but no reasons. There are a whole slew of options available if you decide your dog is not for you, or your life has changed, or whatever you have convinced yourself is what you need.
The heartfelt message concluded with a statement claiming that an investigation will be underway in an attempt to hunt down the woman that abandoned the dog. Since then, they have managed to find the perpetrator and she will soon appear in court on the grounds of animal cruelty.
The dog, named Henry has been handed over to the Humane Society where he will soon be placed in a foster home. Brandon Price, one of the people who watched the event take place wrote on Facebook:
He is such a sweet dog. It was sad because every car that drove by, he would get excited thinking it was her.
You can watch the heartbreaking moment Henry was abandoned in the video above.
