A Boy and His Dog
August 6, 2014 11:31 AM   Subscribe

A young boy named Owen who has a very rare muscle condition called Schwartz Jampel Syndrome, as well as agoraphobia, had his life changed when his parents rescued a young Anatolian Shepherd named Haatchi who lost a leg after being deliberately tied to a railroad line in North London and hit by a train.
posted by gman (19 comments total) 21 users marked this as a favorite
 
Who cut all these onions up and just left them here!?
posted by slater at 11:50 AM on August 6, 2014 [4 favorites]


Same person who put a speck of dust in my eye!
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 11:57 AM on August 6, 2014


#cryingtoomuchtomakeallergyjoke
posted by scody at 11:57 AM on August 6, 2014


Dammit, it's a perfect set up for a Don Johnson joke, but... but... those damn onions.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 12:03 PM on August 6, 2014 [1 favorite]


what's this in my eye
posted by joannemerriam at 12:05 PM on August 6, 2014


The Cinnamon Challenge...for your eyes and your feels!
posted by ZaneJ. at 12:06 PM on August 6, 2014


OK, my doggy just got All The Treats. The whole bag!
posted by mochapickle at 12:10 PM on August 6, 2014 [1 favorite]


Dogs are great. I don't understand people who don't like dogs. I pet my dog. so that I don't strangle people.
posted by Pogo_Fuzzybutt at 12:30 PM on August 6, 2014 [5 favorites]


...and then THEY ATE HER.
posted by NedKoppel at 12:33 PM on August 6, 2014


So many tears.

Owen is so adorable.
posted by littlesq at 12:56 PM on August 6, 2014


Well, I cried. In fact, I'll cry again:

YYEEAAHHH!
posted by Smart Dalek at 1:50 PM on August 6, 2014


who lost a leg after being deliberately tied to a railroad line in North London and hit by a train.

Somebody needs to punch that guy in the eye.

Jeebus.
posted by notyou at 2:06 PM on August 6, 2014


And at the other end of the spectrum: Cats Knocking Shit Over.
posted by Atom Eyes at 2:23 PM on August 6, 2014


The first good news is that an Anatolian Shepherd is a dog, and not a shepherd from Anatolia. The second is that this is adorable.
posted by biffa at 2:25 PM on August 6, 2014 [1 favorite]


Haatchi is gorgeous beyond words, I am very pleased that these two have found one another!

Dogs are great. I don't understand people who don't like dogs.

Any person who doesn't like dogs isn't a full and proper person. Dogs are the best thing the human race has ever created, and saying you don't like dogs is like saying you don't like "art" or "cooking" or "chairs".
posted by turbid dahlia at 3:11 PM on August 6, 2014 [9 favorites]


Or "breathing".

I love Owen, and his parents, too. They seem like such affirming, down-to-earth people.
posted by mochapickle at 3:21 PM on August 6, 2014


What an awesome kid and an awesome dog.
posted by mixedmetaphors at 3:40 PM on August 6, 2014


Any person who doesn't like dogs isn't a full and proper person.

The dog who would bark like a lunatic and charge the fence when I tried to visit my local library was kind of a jerk.

But this dog is cool. #notalldogs
posted by squinty at 6:30 PM on August 6, 2014


The dog who would bark like a lunatic and charge the fence when I tried to visit my local library was kind of a jerk.

Maybe he just thought you had terrible taste in books, and was trying to encourage you away?
posted by turbid dahlia at 6:47 PM on August 6, 2014


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