A lonely shelter dog in Alabama has broken hearts all over the internet after a viral video revealed he tries to hold hands with any person who happens to walk past his kennel.
Speck, the sweet and unbelievably friendly pup in question, always makes sure to greet people with an outstretched paw and his face squished between the metal bars of his kennel at Bullock County Humane Society.
In the heartbreaking clip posted to her Facebook page, Desirary showed just how kind the pup truly is as the pair spent some time "holding hands" together.
"His really hard to pass by while cleaning," she wrote in the video's caption. "He literally just wants you to hold his hand. He is going to make a wonderful pet to someone."
“All he wants is people love,” Desiray told The Dodo. “He will reach his little hand out and he just wants you to touch him and hold his hand."
"And he’s so sad when you walk off to finish cleaning or whatever you have to do.”
“You could put anything else around him — another giant dog, a cat, but he is just so fixated on getting love from people that he doesn’t care about anything else,” she explained.
In fact, all he wants is human connection: “He just wants you to touch him. If you sit down, he’s laying on you, if you hold his hand, he’ll hold your hand, if you scratch his belly, he’ll roll over.”
And thanks to all the attention it received, particularly from Allie's Hope For Paws Dog Rescue, Desiray is happy to report that on June 10, Speck was finally adopted.
“He will be running on a 26-acre farm with Mike, his family and two fur brothers!” she wrote in an update on Facebook. “We are so excited. Not only did Speck get adopted due to this video of his cuteness but he also helped a few other fur babies get rescued and he got us some food donations!”
