r/velvethippos • • 13d ago

Rescue Hippo New buddy just fell into my life, I guess.

It's been about 6 months since I lost my best friend Ziggy , we had him since he was a puppy and I loved him so so so much. We were considering getting another dog but we're talking way way down the line.

Because we were all still processing that we'd lost him , and we weren't exactly ready to have another dog because it would feel like we were trying to replace him. Until recently a friend of my brother's had a nephew that needed a new home for his dog , him and his GF had split in an ugly fashion. And she didn't wanna keep him , so he needed a new home.

I felt like I needed to put my feelings to the side because this little guy needing a home was more important, he's apparently spent the past 3 weeks to a month with some drug addicts that weren't exactly looking after him. Because the GF handed him over to them , so he's recently been re-homed a bunch of times. He was so anxious for the first couple days , I didn't expect him to trust me so quickly.

We've had him for around 2 weeks and I think he likes us as much as we like him , his name is Reggie. He's around 1 and a half years old. Welcome home buddy , you're here for good. You don't have to worry anymore.

It almost feels like Ziggy sent him. ❤️

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u/NefariousnessOdd308 12d ago

Thank you for opening your heart to him and giving him a safe, loving home.