# Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629 "2011-08-22T06:58:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/1 "2011-08-22T06:58:29Z")
I know there are more important stories going in the world right now, I also know that things are pretty bad for an awful lot of people in this country and worst still for people elsewhere, but it’s this story that made me tear up and cry like the sap I am. From The Daily What: > [@](#): > > A Kirkland, Washington, man says he found a mysterious Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in his driveway carrying an even more mysterious note. > > “Please take care of Mr. B. He is a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel,” reads a letter Paul Wu found inside a bone-shaped case attached to the six-year-old dog’s collar. “My parents got divorced and Mr. B was supposed to go to the pound. I think he has a better chance with you.” > > Some “birthday money” was included with the note, but no identifying information. [Link to the Daily What with video](http://thedailywh.at/2011/08/21/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day-22/) ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/2 "2011-08-22T09:00:57Z")
I join you in your sappery. _\>birthday money…\_ ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/3 "2011-08-22T09:12:34Z")
I think I’ve got something in my eye! ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/4 "2011-08-22T17:13:39Z")
I saw this on “It Made My [Day.com](http://Day.com)”. The comments below were pretty much all of the nature about how heartless and cruel the parents were to force the kid to give up his/her dog during such a traumatic time. Like WTF, as if the poor kid isn’t going through enough right now. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/5 "2011-08-22T17:37:15Z")
Poor kid! And poor little dog. Cavvies are such great dogs, anyway. Glad this had a happy ending. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/6 "2011-08-23T18:49:39Z")
Wow- that made me start to cry- that poor broken-hearted kid… We once adopted a Newfoundland who was not wanted by either party in a divorce :mad:. Foggy? Is that you, old friend? From FFF? My username was EJsGirl. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/7 "2011-08-23T23:05:04Z")
I saw this earlier and it made me all choked up. I came home and hugged my dog. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/8 "2011-08-23T23:23:46Z")
Giving all the kitties extra scriches in honor of Mr. B. and that poor child. What awful parents. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/9 "2011-08-24T01:02:28Z")
Can’t decide if this is a happy or sad story. Did the boy leave Mr. B in the man’s driveway, or did the dog wander there by himself? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/10 "2011-08-24T03:50:20Z")
I wouldn’t jump to blame the parents without more information. Perhaps the divorce entailed selling the house and each parent moving to housing where pets aren’t allowed. Or some other plausible scenario. Still sucks for that poor kid. I hope he/she at least knows Mr. B is safe now. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/11 "2011-08-24T03:51:20Z")
Kinda presumptuous of the kid. If it is a kid. Sounds like some grown person trying to pull out all the stops of a guilt trip to get rid of an unwanted animal. Most kids wouldn’t think to do this. Most kids would try a more upfront approach. Don’t people in the country complain about people dumping unwanted pets on them? Same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/12 "2011-08-25T05:42:13Z")
> [@Moirai](#): > > Foggy? Is that you, old friend? From FFF? My username was EJsGirl. 🙂 Yup, this is me.🙂 How are you doing? ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/15 "2011-08-25T22:57:59Z")
Spam reported. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/16 "2011-08-30T23:24:16Z")
I am great- how are you? I hope things are better than the last time we “spoke.” I’m here sporadically and over on UnaBoard as well. Please take care! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/17 "2011-08-31T00:16:42Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Kinda presumptuous of the kid. If it is a kid. Sounds like some grown person trying to pull out all the stops of a guilt trip to get rid of an unwanted animal. Most kids wouldn’t think to do this. Most kids would try a more upfront approach. > > Don’t people in the country complain about people dumping unwanted pets on them? Same thing. [Kirkland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkland,_Washington) isn’t the country. It’s a city. Kids aren’t as clueless as you might think. ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/18 "2011-08-31T00:20:56Z")
_bawls_ That poor kid! What horrible parents! (BTW, Mr. Rat doesn’t believe this is real ☹ He’s not the sap I am!) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/19 "2011-08-31T00:42:22Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Kids aren’t as clueless as you might think. I didn’t say kids are clueless. I just think a kid is more likely to stand with the animal, going door to door, or stand out at a shopping mall, asking people to help save his or her dog. That’s the approach I would’ve taken when I was young. ---
**Author:** ![JoThrive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@JoThrive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoThrive)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/20 "2011-08-31T01:42:45Z")
Well, it was better than just turning the poor animal loose. Hopefully there was a happy ending for the doggie. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-tearjerker-of-the-day/593629/21 "2011-08-31T07:02:51Z")
Same thing happened to me. When I got divorced [del]bitchface[/del] the kids’ mom decided to get rid of the cat that she thought liked me better than her. The other two cats were the kids’ cats so they got to stay. This was several years ago. The kids told me just this weekend they’re worried their mom is thinking about getting rid of the cats to ‘get them new ones’. She’s batshit enough to actually do it and think it’s a good idea. I told them if that happens I will take their kitties in no problem.