This Loyal Dog Waits Patiently Besides His Owners Empty Bed!

Ajay | July 24, 2019 | Rescues

Not realizing what has happened this loyal dog waits patiently beside his owner’s empty hospital bed, waiting for his return.

Moose, a three-year-old Labrador mix didn’t know his owner had passed away due to cancer, so he continued to wait in vain for his return!

New Jersey-based animal rescue group Eleventh Hour Rescue place a photo of the loyal dog on Facebook. It was like many of the photo’s they post, but this one pulled on so many heartstrings it attracted a lot more attention than most of their photo’s do.

*Photo Courtesy of Eleventh Hour Rescue/Facebook*

It was a photo of Moose waiting patiently beside his owner’s empty bed in the hospital ward.

A caption underneath read:

“Poor Moose has now been returned to Eleventh Hour Rescue and he’s taking the loss of his dad pretty hard.”

According to a staff member at Eleventh Hour, Linda Barish, this one photo attracted inquiries from all over the globe. Even from as far away as Australia.

So high was the interest in adopting Moose he found his new forever home within 3 days. Eleventh Hour decided to place him with a local family in Philidelphia.

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Apparently, the successful family was one of the first to apply, they actually saw the post before it went viral, they wish to remain anonymous.

Although Moose’s story got a happy ending, he had a rough start to life. According to the viral Facebook post, Moose had been found tied to a railroad sign in front of an animal shelter in rural Georgia in August 2017. Nobody had shown interest in adopting him and so, to keep the dog from being euthanized due to overcrowding, Moose was moved to the larger Eleventh Hour Rescue shelter in New Jersey, where he continued to wait to be adopted.

Then, a year ago, Moose’s “dad” found him at the shelter, fell in love, and took him home. Unfortunately, tragedy soon cut Moose’s happy tale short when his new owner was diagnosed with cancer.

The shelter wrote that Moose adored kids and got along well with other dogs (though cats and birds were a different story). They also mentioned that the black pup loved people and would fit perfectly in a home where there would always be a human companion around. Fortunately for Moose, there were plenty of loving families eager to take him home.

Moose’s heart-wrenching photo no doubt helped fuel his search of a new home. Evidently, the image of an unsuspecting Moose patiently awaiting the return of his late owner touched many people. Dogs have a reputation for being loyal and loving animals, and Moose’s photo — next to a bed that would remain empty — embodied those best characteristics.