A Maine-based dog daycare owner shared a video on TikTok showing how she spent her entire wedding budget to save a senior dog. The couple behind @littlepawsbnb shared the video on TikTok, featuring a white senior dog with kind eyes named Elvis. He started having medical emergencies, leaving his family with a choice that would tug at any pet owner’s heart. What followed was wholesome and heartwarming, proving their “little boy” would always come first.
Owner shares she spent her ‘wedding budget’ to treat senior dog in viral TikTok video
The TikTok video features the heartfelt story of a senior dog in need of medical care and his kind owners. In the video, the dog owners revealed they used their entire wedding budget to save their beloved senior dog’s life. The video shows the touching journey as the owners drive their 15-year-old dog to the veterinary clinic, taking the internet by storm.
Adding context, the on-screen caption reads, “When you spent your whole wedding budget saving your 15 year old dog.” Meanwhile, the video’s caption underlines the sentiment, reading, “Would give everything I have for this little boy.” The montage captures the affectionate bond between the couple and their pet, Elvis, highlighting their priorities to save their dog.
Following Elvis’s veterinary visit, the owners continued documenting his progress on social media. A TikTok and Instagram update provided insight into the challenges they faced and overcame. The owner wrote on TikTok, “he had to go back last night he was super out of it and wobbly and ended up having a seizure.” However, the caption continued, “I just picked him up and he’s running, eating and cuddling and I COULD NOT be more happy.”
The Instagram post provided further details of the ordeal. It recounted, “He had three episodes and then was very lethargic so I took him to @mainevetmedcenter and he spent the weekend there and then we brought him home Monday and that night he had another one so he spent the night there again.” Continuing, “We took him home Tuesday night and he has been pretty much fully back to himself since!! I feel a million pounds lighter,” the caption covered the whole story.
Though the senior dog’s journey was a roller coaster ride, the video updates show it has finally brought hope and relief to his family.