For nearly six months, an animal shelter's "gentle giant" has waited for someone to adopt him, and with no luck, workers and volunteers are baffled that not one person would want to take home the sweetheart. Sirius the wire-haired lurcher is about 2 to 5 years old, according to his listing on the RSPCA West Norfolk website. Although the English shelter received no history about Sirius, the staff quickly learned that he is a .
He is quiet and calm and even walks well on the leash, all traits that would usually get a dog quickly adopted. However, during his six months living in the , Sirius did not receive one adoption application. Optimistic that the power of social media would help connect him to his forever home, the shelter recently shared a video about Sirius to its .
In the clip, Sirius calmly sits in his kennel. He looks at the camera with hopeful eyes, pulling on viewers' heartstrings. He took in every last pet he could get, although it looked as if he was accepting that this would be his life.
The caption called Sirius the shelter's "very own BFG," which refers to the title of a 1982 children's novel by Roald Dahl since his mannerisms for a large dog are nothing but gentle and sweet. our very own BFG🥹 Even after receiving over 450,000 views on TikTok, the animal shelter said in a follow-up clip it had received only two adoption applications for Sirius. Viewers of the video were flooding the comments section with positive words and hopefulness that his forever family would eventually come.
"Oh Sirius...
you are beautiful. Why the hell has he been overlooked?" asked one. Another wrote: "Sirius is beautiful.
I sincerely hope he gets his forever home ASAP." A third person said: "My heartstrings are being tugged again, I really wish I lived closer." The social media magic worked, as over 475,400 views, 45,800 likes and 1,328 comments poured in by Thursday, bringing the dog's new family forward.
If all goes according to plan, Sirius will be off living with the family come Monday, the shelter said in a video posted Wednesday. His new family commented on the updated clip: "We are so excited to bring him home. He's such a lovely, lovely boy.
His spot on the sofa is already reserved!! See you soon our beautiful boy." reached out to @westnorfolkrspca via TikTok for additional information. Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground.
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