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Catty1
05-18-2013, 09:56 PM
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/good-news/man-takes-elderly-dog-final-cycling-trip-australia-184449386.html

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This man is cycling through Australia with his 15-year-old dog. imgur/ellrank photo from http://imgur.com/gall …


A man named Joseph is cycling through Australia with his 15-year-old dog, Zeus. The best friends are touring the country together as a final adventure for the elderly dog, now deaf and turning blind.

"I don't want Zeus to just die, he has cared for me more than I have cared for him," Joseph told Ellie, who posted photos (http://imgur.com/gallery/hwXJj) of their encounter on imgur.

Zeus sits in a small blanket-filled cart attached to the back of Joseph's bike. See a video of the traveling pair here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/novaktonkin/8726707775/in/photostream).
People "just love Zeus," Joseph said of the new friends they've met on their journey.

Imgur users were moved by Joseph and Zeus' story:

"My dog is very sick and will most likely be euthanized today. I wish I could have done something like this for her!" wrote SilentAndDeadly.

"That is quite possibly the sweetest thing I have ever seen. There is nothing like the love between a person and their dog," wrote xroxy182x.

Joseph posts photos of their trip and his abstract pen art, which he freely gives away to friendly faces along the way, on flickr. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/novaktonkin/)

SWHouston
05-19-2013, 02:02 AM
If we only could really pay them back, for what they do for us :love:

chocolatepuppy
05-19-2013, 07:16 AM
Awww:love: What we do for our furkids.:)

kaycountrygal
05-20-2013, 04:07 PM
Sad and sweet at the same time.