Shelter Dog Can't Contain Excitement As Woman Says 'I Will Adopt Right Now'

A video of a dog living in an animal rescue shelter in Wooster, Ohio, being told that he's being adopted immediately has delighted audiences across the Internet.

The viral video, which has been viewed more than 700,000 since it was first shared to TikTok on September 9, captured the rescue dog reacting with excitement and joy while being taken from his designated crate to greet his new owner. Viewers were then treated to a clip of the elated dog leaving the Ohio shelter with his new family to embark on a brand new life.

"The video is of me telling a dog that his adopters decided to not wait and to adopt now," Joe Kay, a former adoption coordinator at the animal rescue shelter, told Newsweek.

Kay manages the TikTok account @AdoptingDogs which shares uplifting videos of him placing rescue animals with families to more than 4 million followers. He's recently left his role as an adoption coordinator but shared under another heartfelt post that he "misses" it greatly.

The social media post also highlights how many rescue animals are not as lucky as the one featured, and have to wait in shelters for indefinite periods of time to be placed with a suitable family or for their adoption agreements to be authorized.

The video had been captioned: "The best ones is when the adopters say I will ADOPT right now!"

Animal Rescues in the U.S.

Each year 6.3 million pets are surrendered to U.S. shelters, which is an average of 17,260 a day, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The number of dogs and cats taken in by pet shelters hit 46,807 during January 2023, an increase of 1,744 compared with January 2022, the 24Pet 'Shelter Watch Report' found.

Around 920,000 surrendered animals are euthanized every year. Shelters are striving to minimize euthanasia rates by promoting adoption campaigns, spaying and neutering programs, and behavior rehabilitation.

What Do the Comments Say?

Since it was shared on the social media platform on September 9 by @AdoptingDogs, the TikTok post has been liked by over 105,000 users and commented on more than 400 times.

Plenty of TikTok users have shared both their delight at the dog's swift placement with a caring owner and their despair at the fact that dozens of dogs have been left behind.

One user wrote: "So happy for the ones that get adopted but it's heartbreaking seeing the others watch them from their cages."

"The doggy in the back," another user added.

The TikTok post can be seen here.

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