But the viral photo has an even more adorable back story.
20-year-old Kayla Filoon, a college student in Philadelphia, was working as a volunteer and dog walker for municipal shelter Animal Care and Control Team Philly (ACCT Philly).
She came across Russ, a recently brought in stray pit bull, sitting in his kennel. He had a kennel cough, a bleeding tail and an eye infection, as well as being severely underweight.
Filoon told the Dodo:
Any dog had a chance of being put down, especially the ones who were sicker, and Russ was definitely one of them.
/The Independent/
This adopted pit bull can`t stop hugging his owner
12 February 2017
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You may have cooed over this picture of the pit bull cuddling his dog-mum while she does her homework.
