Tears at Reason Behind Rescue Dog’s Dramatic Reaction To Being Left Outside

A rescue dog had the most dramatic of reactions to being momentarily left out in the backyard by his human companion.

Cindy Bellanger, from Wisconsin, didn’t think anything of letting her rescue pup, Eddie, outside with her other dog to “use the bathroom.”

“They were out there doing their thing so I walked over to the sink to get myself a glass of water,” Bellanger told Newsweek. “He came up to the door and could see my husband sitting on the stool at the counter, but he couldn’t get in.”

Eddie is especially attached to Bellanger’s husband. “He is my husband’s dog, follows him everywhere,” she said. “When he saw my husband sitting there, he started to whine, and my husband started talking to him like a baby, asking him if I locked him out.”

Bellanger’s husband proceeded to let Eddie in. The rescue pup was not impressed with mom and let his feelings be known. “He’s just in general a nervous dog, so when I asked him why he was out there crying, he was just shaking away, being dramatic,” Bellanger said.

Eddie’s response was captured by Bellanger in a video posted to TikTok under the handle @cbells23. Though it is undoubtedly an overreaction, anxiety of any kind isn’t uncommon among dogs.

A study, published in the scientific journal Nature, examining the behavior of 13,700 different dogs, found 72.5 percent exhibited some form of anxiety-related behavior.

Eddie has more reasons than most for being anxious. Bellanger adopted him from a rescue called Canine Cupids in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “Eddie was found in another state in someone’s garage. He had been attacked by something as he had wounds,” she said.

Bellanger said that, from the day they brought him home, “it was fairly obvious that he had been abused”; they just were not sure how. “He was very timid, and would cower or even scream sometimes when we reached for him,” Bellanger added. “He would also hide under the table if there were raised voices.”

That was when Eddie first arrived. Thankfully, he has made a lot of progress since then. It’s a sign that he feels comfortable and, most importantly, safe. “He has a lot of personality and is really super-spoiled now and such a lover,” Bellanger said. “I think rescue dogs are just so much more appreciative of the life they have once they realize they’re safe.”

Even so, moments like that day at the back door remind Bellanger that her pup is still fragile from what came before. “I feel like, with Eddie, if I could see in his head, I think he’s worried at times that he’s going to lose what he now has,” she said. “Often, when he’s outside, he will stop what he’s doing and look over to make sure that we’re still there. It gives him reassurance when he sees us watching him.”

Bellanger will never know the life Eddie lived before, but what she does know is that he’s safe now, and will never be mistreated or go without food or a warm bed ever again.