A shelter dog has gone viral after his love for giving hugs, kisses, and high fives to strangers was caught on camera.
As Desiray Miracle-Wilder of the Bullock County Humane Society shelter told The Dodo, Speck the pup has always craved the attention of people who passed by his cage.
“All he wants is people love. He will reach his little hand out and he just wants you to touch him and hold his hand. And he’s so sad when you walk off to finish cleaning or whatever you have to do,” Wilder said in an interview with The Dodo.
The animal lover has also shared a video of Speck jumping on the metal fence and sticking his paws through the gap to reach her when she approached his kennel.
According to the Alabama shelter director, Speck had been with them for well over one year while waiting for a loving family to take him home with them.
“You could put anything else around him — another giant dog, a cat, but he is just so fixated on getting love from people that he doesn’t care about anything else,” Desiray added.
“He just wants you to touch him. If you sit down, he’s laying on you, if you hold his hand, he’ll hold your hand, if you scratch his belly, he’ll roll over.”
Fortunately, the director’s video turned out to be very fruitful as it was viewed over 240,000 times on Facebook with plenty of people suggesting they would love to adopt Speck.
Soon enough, Wilder also confirmed that Speck has found a new home where he’ll be able to enjoy farm life with his owners and their other dogs.
“We are so excited. Not only did Speck get adopted due to this video of his cuteness but he also helped a few other fur babies get rescued and he got us some food donations!” Wilder expressed in a Facebook post.
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