Early last year, Shane Godfrey found an abandoned puppy on his front porch. From that day forward, he and Willie became inseparable. However, recently the owner and his doggie had to separate for 5 weeks as Godfrey got hospitalized with a severe flu. His illness soon developed into double pneumonia followed by kidney failure, sepsis and encephalitis. “They weren’t sure if I would make it for a while,” he told The Dodo. The man was on the brink of death, and his sad dog who was staying with Godfrey’s sister had no idea what his human was going through…
Fortunately, after 5 weeks of fighting for his life, Godrey was healthy enough to return home and be reunited with Willie the dog. “I had lost 50 pounds in the hospital and am sure I looked different,” he said. “At first he was unsure and barked at me but once he got close enough to smell me he recognized me immediately and totally went wild with excitement.”
The emotional moment was captured on camera. “It still makes me tear up when I see the video… He won’t leave my side now that I’ve gotten back home.”
Shane Godfrey found an abandoned doggie on his front porch and they became inseparable
Recently the owner got hospitalized with severe flu complications and fought for life for 5 weeks
The man lost 50 pounds and at first his dog didn’t recognize him
But once he sniffed Godfrey the doggie realized it was his human dad and couldn’t be happier
Their emotional reunion was captured on camera
“It still makes me tear up when I see the video… He won’t leave my side now…”
Watch the video here:
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It's hard to know what is going through a dog's mind. My parent's dog stayed with me for two weeks. I am pretty sure she though they were dead. Instead of her usual joyful greeting when they returned, she seemed really confused... like, oh no, I shouldn't have sold your stuff on ebay.
As soon as the doggo caught a whiff of his beloved owner's scent, he went frickin bananas, so cute :o)
We had to go overseas for a few months and left our 1 yr old dog with friends. We got back and it was dark when we went to pick him up. I had a special call I used to get his attention so as soon as I did this call he just went crazy! It was great to know that after 4 months he still knew me.❤️
SO... CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5 weeks isn't that long. Dogs are often left behind when their owner is deployed but they recognise them instantly when they return. My dogs were the same when my husband came home from hospital after losing a lot of weight through illness. They realised a little quicker as we were indoors so the scent wasn't as lost as it would be outside.
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It's hard to know what is going through a dog's mind. My parent's dog stayed with me for two weeks. I am pretty sure she though they were dead. Instead of her usual joyful greeting when they returned, she seemed really confused... like, oh no, I shouldn't have sold your stuff on ebay.
As soon as the doggo caught a whiff of his beloved owner's scent, he went frickin bananas, so cute :o)
We had to go overseas for a few months and left our 1 yr old dog with friends. We got back and it was dark when we went to pick him up. I had a special call I used to get his attention so as soon as I did this call he just went crazy! It was great to know that after 4 months he still knew me.❤️
SO... CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5 weeks isn't that long. Dogs are often left behind when their owner is deployed but they recognise them instantly when they return. My dogs were the same when my husband came home from hospital after losing a lot of weight through illness. They realised a little quicker as we were indoors so the scent wasn't as lost as it would be outside.
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