Let me warn you; you might burst into tears at this precious story. Because sometimes (and only sometimes) the Internet is a good and kind place, and it gives me faith in humanity again.
About a month ago, Kelli Brown tweeted out that her beautiful senior dog Jaxon was soon to lose his favourite toy ever, and their local pet store had stopped stocking them. His favourite toy! Discontinued! He refused to play with anything else, so Kelli was worried he’d never be truly happy again.
@PetSmart PLZ HELP! This Top Paw toy has been discontinued but it’s the only toy 12 y/o Jaxon will play with. Got any laying around? We’ll buy them all up if you’ll let us! Our internet search brought us no luck. Very sad boy here!! 😢 pic.twitter.com/TplOosErsn
— Kelli Brown (@kelnkass) January 14, 2018
Not wanting a sweet old man dog to live out his days alone with no toys, WeRateDogs writer Matt Nelson shared Kelli’s tweet, asking if anyone had spotted remaining stock of the now-rare toy for sweet Jaxon.
Although the Internet can be a roaring bin-fire filled with steaming hot trash, sometimes – just sometimes – it is really, really good.
The toy call-out was spotted by a PetSmart employee who then shared it to a work Facebook group and lo and behold, someone found enough of Jaxon’s favourite toy and sent them over to the old angel pup so he had backups for when he loves his current one to pieces.
@matt___nelson @dog_rates @kkennynicole Remember posting Baby J’s plea for a retired PetSmart toy (Greenie) awhile back? Happy to say the power of the internet came through BIG TIME. He is so happy right now… thank you all!!! ❤️🐶 pic.twitter.com/fq6OHIuXwU
— Kelli Brown (@kelnkass) February 22, 2018
Oh my HEART I cannot even bloody take this. It’s too much. Too pure. Too perfect.
I’m so glad that Jaxon not only has one new Greenie toy to play with, but like TEN of them.
Happiest boy in the world! pic.twitter.com/bk0cKjvVmI
— Kelli Brown (@kelnkass) February 22, 2018
Look he’s SO HAPPY.
God I love the Internet sometimes.
