It’s always heartbreaking when people surrender their pets to shelters, but it’s especially sad when it’s a senior dog. These animals are suddenly upended from their familiar homes and often left to spend the rest of their lives in kennels.
That was the case for one 20-year-old dog surrendered by his owner — but his heartbreaking story has a happy ending.
Big Dog Ranch Rescue, a no-kill shelter in Florida, recently took in a senior Weimaraner named Dax who had been surrendered by his owner. A video shared by the shelter on TikTok shows how confused and heartbroken Dax was.
“It is unfathomable to think about a loving loyal 20 year old senior dog, at the end of his life span, given up and left confused and heartbroken,” the rescue wrote.