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When a shelter dog gets adopted, it might just be the most joyous thing in the world \u2014 and an adorable video from @yoloanimalshelter on Instagram encapsulates that feeling of joy. The video\u2019s on-screen caption explains, \u201cPOV: Putting on a brave face at the shelter even though you\u2019re scared and don\u2019t know if anyone will ever adopt you,\u201d and then pleads, \u201cAdopt our brave boy Cardinal.\u201d In the video, the dog puts on his best brave face as he walks on a leash.<\/p>\n
The video uses the repeating \u201cdon\u2019t cry, don\u2019t cry, don\u2019t cry\u2026\u201d audio that fans will recognize from a popular Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson quote from the hit movie \u201cJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,\u201d and it fits the mood of the post perfectly. Cardinal looks like he\u2019s trying hard to hold it together. In one moment, he walks calmly on a leash, staying close to a handler\u2019s legs \u2014 and in another, he sits inside a kennel area, looking up with wide eyes as if he wants to trust what is happening.<\/p>\n
This kind of shutdown can often happen in shelters<\/a>, where constant noise and new smells can overwhelm even a friendly dog.<\/p>\n The shelter\u2019s caption says, \u201cBrave boy Cardinal is so nervous and worried in the shelter environment,\u201d adding that he \u201cneeds out so that he can properly decompress and blossom.\u201d Staff also described him as \u201ceasy to handle for our beginner volunteers,\u201d noting his traits.<\/p>\n In the comments, viewers rallied. One person asked, \u201cDid he get adopted??\u201d while another wrote, \u201cHe seems like the sweetest boy. I pray someone chooses him!\u201d Volunteers and supporters pushed to get him noticed, with one comment reading, \u201cLet\u2019s get Cardinal seen and saved!\u201d Then came the celebratory update many waited for \u2014 the shelter added it in big, celebratory letters, \u201cA D O P T E D.\u201d<\/p>\n After weeks of strangers worrying over his face in the video, the shelter dog finally got adopted \u2014 and he is now out of the shelter and into his forever home.<\/p>\n The post Gentle but \u2018Scared\u2019 Shelter Dog Puts on a Brave Face & Gets Adopted<\/a> appeared first on DogTime<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When a shelter dog gets adopted, it might just be the most joyous thing in the world \u2014 and an adorable video from @yoloanimalshelter on Instagram encapsulates that feeling of joy. The video\u2019s on-screen caption explains, \u201cPOV: Putting on a brave face at the shelter even though you\u2019re scared and don\u2019t know if anyone will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1438,1404,10474,43,10476,3618,10465,10467,10469,69,10075,10472,1429,1246,10466,2162,3521,2295,792,10462,50,10470,345,67,66,10473,45,3400,10464,2288,10475,4448,10463,96,526,2369,41,10468,336,557,10471],"class_list":["post-7762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pets-news","tag-adopt","tag-adopted","tag-adoptedthe","tag-adorable","tag-audio","tag-brave","tag-brave-face","tag-cardinal","tag-celebratory","tag-dog","tag-dog-puts","tag-encapsulates","tag-explains","tag-face","tag-face-adopted","tag-fans","tag-feeling","tag-finally","tag-gentle","tag-gentle-scared","tag-instagram","tag-joyous","tag-leash","tag-pe-ts-fun","tag-pets-news","tag-pleads","tag-post","tag-puts","tag-puts-brave","tag-putting","tag-repeating","tag-scared","tag-scared-shelter","tag-screen","tag-shelter","tag-shelter-dog","tag-video","tag-volunteers","tag-walks","tag-world","tag-yoloanimalshelter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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