Shihtzu Brothers Harold & Luigi

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Today Maryland via @larryhogan became the second state in 🇺🇸to ban the sale of #puppymill 🐶in pet shops. California was first. 🌟 🌟 #adoptdontshop matters, but we have always had a proclivity for also advocating for the support of #legislativechange bc in the 🇺🇸 #government was created to support the views of the people, and the ability to #amendlaws was something our #foundingfathers recognized in 1787 #forthepeoplebythepeople 🌟 🌟 Thank you @sengianaris for proposing similiar legislation for #newyorkcity we are watching you #albany and @kirstengillibrand @chuckschumer and @cynthiaenixon as you campaign, remember the voters who have 🐶bc NEW YORKER LOVE DOGS let's make 🍎🚖🍎 NEXT. 🌟 🌟 Those who cannot speak deserve our LOUDEST voices. In the dark abyss of our country's embarrassing lack of laws protecting dogs, there are glimmers of hope and the #milestones deserve celebration. Thank you to groups like @bailing_out_benji who advocate tirelessly and never give up hope...and most importantly, recognize that #informationispower and #changeispossible ❤️ . . . #puppymill #ilovedogs #usda #americanlaw #maryland #daniellecitron #dogs #hope #america #victory (at Maryland)

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En route to meet Vincenzo's #foreverhome family, we had an 💡how #fostercare changes you. It is this song. This verse. (Sound UP) . . . . . #fosterdog #puppymill #fosterchild #beautifulboy #nycdogs #nyclife #shihtzu #bestdogever #iloveyou #puppymillrescue #epiphany (at Flatiron District, NYC)

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🙏A prayer for our first foster brother, Vincenzo "Vinny" Esposito 🙏 Vincenzo in #latin means "Conqueror," and Esposito is a common surname in Italy for those who are abandoned. But he is abandoned no more. . . . We learned about Vincenzo from @msleonathelion Vincenzo and his crew arrived today in Brooklyn, and we asked @samsonthedood if he would drive us and help bring him home. He said "Of course."❤️ . . . Vincenzo is thought to be around 8 years old. He comes from one of the worst #puppymills in Missouri. He needs a ton of dental work, and we will be neutering him. Giuseppe and I adore him and we even like when he humps us, because we are weird like that. One of his back legs seems lame, but it may be from atrophy, and maybe our love and exercise and care will heal it. He LOVED his first homecooked dinner tonight, but he cowered in fear if approached when eating, so we let him eat alone. . . . We wonder what happened to him to fear kindness so much. We wonder how any dog could go eight years with lack of sunshine, affection, exercise, toys, adventures...all the things we get every day. We 🙏we can make him believe that from this day onward his life will only be a champagne supernova in the sky, full of everything we can think of giving him every moment he is with us. We are so grateful for you, Vincenzo. We love you so much. Goodnight. . . . . #fosterdog #myfirstfoster #fostershihtzu #foreveryoung #prayerformyson (at New York, New York)

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😳Our foster brother 🐶Vincenzo got us in 🚨trouble🚨 because Mommy says he smiles EVERY time she do something nice and we need to start looking more "grateful" 🙄and wipe dem "what's next" expressions off our "smug mugs." 😡Clearly da ONLY conclusion is 👺Mommy 👹HATES us and ONLY ❤️'s loves Vinny. So, Giuseppe and I might run away, fyi. If you want to foster us, please apply here. Ok, bye. . . . Vincenzo Update: 1) Back legs are not lame; it WAS atrophy from being caged for eight years. He is curiously athletic, and can jump on and off bed and couch at will. . 2) His eyeballs nearly exploded w/ wonder when he experienced cheese for the first time🧀🧀🧀 . 3) We were nervous about giving him the first 🛁bath🛁 he has ever experienced in his LIFETIME, but....to our shock, he was pleased as punch and loved the disco ducks. . 4) He has made SHEEP his girlfriend🐑🐑 . 5) Finally slept last night on his new orthopedic mattress, and when we woke up, he was still there, but snuggling a 🐥which means at some point during night, he got up, found chicken, and brought back to bed to snuggle.💙 . 6) Loves all pharmacy Easter toys 🐇that sing and move when you touch their paws. Entranced. . 7) Closer to me (bc I am da Baby Jesus) 😇but plays more with Giuseppe. . 8) Supposedly 8 years old, but acts like he is between 2-3 years old. . 9) Still cowers when humans approach as if he expects them to hit him, 😥but this morning Mommy walked by him a few times and he was smiling and did not flinch. . 10) Enjoys making unnerving eye-contact, and very expressive. HUGE smile when given anything . . #fostercare #puppymill #shihtzus #fosterdog #shihtzunation #rescuedog #shihtzulovers #adoptdontshop #fosterbrother #cutedogs (at New York, New York)

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✨Vincenzo's debut✨ "It's a New York song. About going there for the first time..." -Bono, U2 @u2 . Vincenzo, and no other dog in the United States would ever suffer this abuse if the @usdagov didn't continue to allow it. #basta . . Rescued from #puppymill groomed by @nydognanny bandana by @shop_ariandm @caninestylesnyc leash ❤️ #fosterdog #shihtzu #heartbreaker #nycstreetstyle #americandream (at Manhattan, New York)

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🙏Resurrection🙏 At 4:22 a.m Easter weekend, Vincenzo came back to life. . . . . #resurrection #easterweekend #faith #puppymillsurvivor #conqueror #babyboy #blessing #life (at New York, New York)

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❄️🌧💦We are super pissed our paws🐾 are wet. But Vincenzo thinks everything is the best thing ever. EVERY new experience is the best thing ever for him... . . . . #shihtzu #shihtzunation #puppymillrescue #fostercare #fosterbrother #shihtzulove #firstwalk #rescuedog #nycstreetstyle (at Flatiron District, NYC)

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🚨Account Takeover By Luigi & Giuseppe's Mom @anishanyc 🚨 . . I decided to foster Vincenzo only two weeks ago. I was born in #india , but raised in 🤘New Jersey, so this is the music I choose to express myself best when my heart has been touched to its deepest core. It has. ❤️ ❤️ I have read I am supposed to write brief captions on instagram. I am a writer. I don't do brief. ❤️ ❤️ I have heard people prefer to scroll and don't have time to read and watch videos. That we live in an #add nation. Not our people. You read and write and take the time and it has restored my faith in the kindness of strangers and the ability to form bonds across the globe. ❤️ ❤️ I am a teacher who has been schooled by a tiny little guy from a Missouri #puppymill to learn what true love really is....a writer who still struggles to capture in words how special he is...what an unlikely source for such a lesson. What an amazing surprise. And gift. ❤️ ❤️ Those who comment I was kind to foster Vincenzo...when I consider what he has given to my life, and to the lives of Luigi & Giuseppe, what I have done in fostering him is a drop in the bucket. It pales in comparison to what he has, and continues each day, to give to us. I can only hope to continue to earn his love and trust. ❤️ ❤️ Take a moment and see Vincenzo, with some repeat snaps and some new ones, through my eyes. When you foster, they end up saving you. ❤️ ❤️ And now I return this account to its rightful owner, Luigi Maestro. . . . . #puppymillsurvivor #fostercare #shihtzu #shihtzulovers #dogmom #ilovedogs #angels (at New York, New York)

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🐶You see countless cute dog pictures on instagram. Day after day. Some accounts want to be famous. Others may just want to share. Some will say "Oh I hate political stuff I like to see cute things only." . . . Motivation is irrelevant. Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge is power. If you have a following, and you love dogs, here are the @usdagov laws currently. They may not fit with your IG "theme." They may not be aesthetically beautiful (They are not. They suck, and so are the congressmen and women who support - individuals who we will name to the last one) But...hey. It won't kill your account. Post something that means something today. . . . And feel free to unfollow me if this irks your sensibilities. New Yorkers don't give a shiz. Never did, never will when speaking about something true and just and right. US 🇺🇸citizens have one stunning power: the First Amendment. It rocks. Use it to give our best friends a voice. One post to educate. I believe it matters. . . We love your cute pictures. We all do it. We will continue as well. But social media without responsibility is buffoonery. Let's do something epic, because there is nothing more dismal than an account with a voice doing nothing to give dogs a voice. That is the definition of pathetic. It is never too late to do better. Thank you, Vincenzo, for educating us. #fuckhashtags (at New York, New York)

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😉Elder siblings always pause for ONE nanosecond ⏰ after 🙌VICTORY to say nah-nah-nah-na-poo-poo 😝 #firstchild #winnerwinnerchickendinner . . . . . #shihtzu #shihtzusociety #shihtzubrothers #dogs #bigbrother #littlebrother #funnydogvideos #dogvideos #puppy #shihtzupuppy #crybaby #siblingrivalry #tantrum (at Manhattan, New York)

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😡My joie de vivre and autonomy of will being thwarted AF @petco #fyi so not everypawdy is feelin’ #wespect at this moment. Not that anyone cares. 👹😠😩😫 #pauvrechien #trieste #dommage #cavamal #halp #stubborn #shihtzu #shihtzulife #woeisme #nyclife (at Petco - Union Square)

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🌼I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills, when all at once I saw a crowd of golden daffodils; the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze... For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood, they flash upon that inward eye, which is the bliss of solitude; and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils. 💐🌺🌸🌼💐#williamwordsworth #daffodils #springflowers . . . Vincenzo Update: 1) Vincenzo loves Spring 2) Vincenzo was resisting walking 3) So we made him jealous 4) And as he watched us have fun from the safety of his stroller, yesterday he said, "Enough is enough! PUT ME DOWN!" 5) So we did. . . . . . #shihtuznation #shihtzulovers2 #nycspring #dogstroller #fostercare #brothers #nycstreetphotography (at Flatiron District, NYC)

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✨This surely is a dream✨ . . Two weeks ago, Vincenzo and Tessy (only known as numbers) were rescued from a #puppymill in Missouri by and shared a crate all the way to Brooklyn. . . 🇺🇸Tonight, they met again. . . . #puppymillsurvivor #fostercare #shihtzus #dreamscometrue #ilovenyc #ilovenewyork #rescuedogs #tillwemeetagain #americandream #godblessdogs (at New York, New York)

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🐶🐶🐶We Luigi, Giuseppe, & Vincenzo. We #brothers and #bestfriends 💙and we hate pigeons 🐦ok bye. #nationalsiblingday . . . . . #shihtzusofinstagram #shihtzus #shihtzupuppy #shihtzulovers #nycdogs #bandofbrothers #siblings #fosterbrother #triplets #brothersfromanothermother #brosbeforehoes #threemusketeers #threescompany (at Flatiron District, NYC)

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💙We falling for you💙 . . . . . #karencarpenter #nycstreet #dogsofnewyork #shihtzu #fosterbrother #dogs #puppymillsurvivor #shihtzus #cutedogs #beautifulboy #angel #fallinginlove (at Manhattan, New York)

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If Mrs. E.T. 👽had an affair with a Gremlin, this would be their love child. ❤️👶🏻#etphonehome👽 #gremlins . . . . #littleguy #shihtzu #martian #gremlin #bearcub #bowtie #spielberg #shihtzugram #funnyface #extraterrestrial (at New York, New York)

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🐘In the room:🐘foster sibs look great 👍BUT Baby G like #mowgli in #junglebook 🙊 #wildchild 🐯🦁🐮🐲 . . . . #rudyardkipling #cutepups #dogsofnewyork #shihtzu #shihtzulovers2 #crazypup #shihtzupuppy #dogbandanas @shopohhoneybear (at New York, New York)