Toys are important for puppies, and if they are a rescue, you cannot put a price on their precious toys. Instagram user @world_of_wylie shared a heartwarming video of one such rescue puppy, for whom his toys are everything. The owner explains how she adopted Wylie, the rescue pup, from a foster home where another dog guarded all the toys, leaving Wylie with none of his own.
Rescue puppy has his reasons for worrying about his toys
In the video, the rescue puppy cannot seem to let his toys go once he grabs them between his teeth. The on-screen caption explained the reason: “When I adopted Wylie he hadn’t had his own toys before.” Moreover, “Wylie is non confrontational,” so he did not snatch toys from another dog in the foster home. Instead, Wylie “mostly played with rocks.”
The video shows the rescue puppy clutching two toys: one soft and one hard. He grabs them in his mouth, whining as he tries to keep hold of both at once, with the on-screen text explaining, “He was afraid of toys at first, but once he started to enjoy them, he was scared to let them go in case someone took them.” His owner gently laughs and urges him to play with them one at a time.
However, Wylie whimpers, unwilling to drop either toy. His expression says the situation scared and confused him, but he knew he could trust his owner. The video’s caption reads, “He’ll still sleep on top of his toys from time to time, but he’s not nearly as worried about them as he used to be.”
As the video ends, Wylie finds comfort next to his owner, who softly tells him, “We’ll keep them safe right here.” Meanwhile, the on-screen text says, “It made me so happy that the safest place for him and his toys was next to me.”
Viewers fell in love with the rescue puppy and his obsession with toys, with one noting, “Adorable but also heartbreaking.” Another viewer aptly put it: “Wylie deserves the world.”
