Rescue Dog Holds New Owner's Hand On The Way Home: 'He's Such A Sweet Boy'

When rescue dog Loki was adopted, he was excited about going to his forever home.

According to WPDE, Abigail Arellano found her new furry bestie at the Oconee Human Society in Seneca, South Carolina. During the car ride to his new home, Loki held Arellano's hand the entire time. She captured the sweet moment and shared it on TikTok, and of course, that heartfelt experience captured the hearts and views of more than 7 million people.

Not only did Loki hold Arellano's hand, but he also gave her some sweet glances. Seeing the look on this pup's face said it all. Hand-in-hand, Arellano drove home with her family's new best friend.

The viral TikTok video of the ride to Loki's forever home received more than 1 million likes and thousands and thousands of comments. The comment section could make anyone tear up from the beautiful sentiments and thoughts that followers left for the newly expanded family and the pup's sweet way of saying thank you.

"His little face: 'I don't know where we are going, but I feel like everything is going to be alright,'" wrote one follower. "This makes me so emotional, they must feel so many of their own emotions on a ride home like this," said another.

One follower said, "He'll love you for the rest of his life." And another sweetly added, "He's saying, 'I've waited my whole life for you.'"

Also in the comments was an update from Arellano on Loki and how he's settling into his new family and home.

"Update on Loki!! He's settling in great and happy to have a home. We repeated some bloodwork and are waiting on those results to make sure everything will be good. Let me know if anyone wants updates on him or the shelter pets."

Arellano gave a few video updates on how the pup is doing in his new home. In one video, she shared some clips of her son with Loki. In the video she wrote, "Everyone says Loki is my 'soul dog,' but really I know he's my son's." See the video HERE.

In another video, Arellano gave a little backstory on how the adoption came to be.

"I work at a clinic for the shelter. He came in, he was super sick," she said as she showed a photo of Loki in the hospital getting fluids. "He needed somewhere to go home because he couldn't stay at the clinic all the time, but he was too sick to go back to the adoption floor."

That's when her husband said the family could foster Loki with one condition - no one can get too attached to the adorable pup.

"But I did get attached and I did wanna keep him," she continued. "He got along great with the dog. He instantly loved our son. He was house trained. And so, I started begging for him."

Her husband kept saying 'no,' so she took him back to the shelter even though she was very upset, and so was Loki.

"And so I called my husband again, one final plea, and he was like, 'fine, bring him back home, but don't ask to foster any more animals,'" she explained. "I was like, 'I can't promise you that, but I'll try my best.'"

The viral video of Loki holding Arellano's hand on the way home happened as they were headed back to home from the shelter after she got the okay to keep him. And now, not only are the family's hearts full because of their new addition, but so are the hearts of all the followers watching Loki in his new home on social media.