Foster dog was so malnourished that owners initially thought it was a coyote

The foster family who brought in the “extremely malnourished” dog gave him a nickname they thought was better suited to what he looked like when he was first rescued: coyote.

TikTok user @rileynm10 shared a video on Oct. 10 with a throwback video of her family’s adopted dog being welcomed home, which at first glance could be mistaken for a coyote. The receiver, a skinny multi-colored dog, looked around the yard with slight hesitation. He was probably nervous after being rescued from the street. The family adopted him through Final Victory Animal Rescue, based in Columbia, South Carolina.

“He was found on the highway over the summer, burned alive on the sidewalk, and he was all skin and bones,” said adoptive parent Riley. Newsweek by email. “He had a problem with his trachea and couldn’t eat because he was vomiting and he had a lot of skin problems.”

Riley jokingly wrote in the video that “a coyote jumped over our fence” and other family members. dogs didn’t notice. The dogs followed him, and soon they were all running and playing together in the yard. People were confused that she thought the dog was a coyote because most viewers were quick to point out that the dog looked like some kind of shepherd cross.

They quickly caught on to her sarcasm, however, as the caption reads, “Just kidding, he was just an extremely malnourished foster kid for us, but we named him Yodi because he looked a lot like a coyote.”

Luckily, the dog’s coyote-like appearance didn’t deter potential adopters. Riley said he is now in his forever home. In the comments section, she explained that he also made a full recovery, growing all his fur back. To her, he looks like a real German Shepherd, although he may have a mixture of other breeds in him.

People quickly watched the video, thinking they would see a coyote, and as of Friday it had received more than 3.8 million views, 557,900 likes and 924 comments. TikTok.

“The fact that I know what coyotes look like and I believed it for a second,” one user commented.

Another said: “I was going to say ‘Watch out he might try to lure your dogs into the woods with his pack’ but I just noticed the captions lol glad you saved that puppy!!”

Someone remarked: “He just wants to play, oh my God.”

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