Big Poppa, real name Pop, is a three-year-old English bulldog who lives in Atlanta, Georgia with is fur momma.
Pop is owned by Rashida Ellis, 38 and apparently he loves to play with all of the kids in their building.
As we all know, coronavirus ruins lives and has tarnished any sliver of a social life any of us have ever had. Pop included. In result of social distancing, Big Poppa has been feeling pretty down as of lately and has been sitting on the balcony, watching people from afar.
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Earlier this week Rashida snapped a picture of her dog looking pretty miserable and the photo quickly went viral after she posted it on social media.
She shared it on Twitter, writing: “Big Poppa has been so sad today, I think he miss playing [1] with the kids in the building. He just watches them from the patio.”
So far more than 662,000 people have liked the tweet and over 73,000 have retweeted it.
The touching photo is breaking hearts and people are vowing to do anything they can to help cheer up Pop.
One person even said: “My COVID-19 priorities have now shifted to whatever is best for Big Poppa.”
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Even celebrities are fans of the adorable dog. Ellen DeGeneres also said: “Stay inside. Flatten this curve. Do it for Big Poppa.”
Pop’s owner Rashida spoke to Buzzfeed [2] about the photo and why people are finding it so moving.
She explained: “I think when people look at that photo, we can all relate right now. We can’t do the things that we used to do, we can’t hang out with our friends.
“I think it just happened to be this dog — and not only is he so sad and cute and you want everything to change for him, but you want everything to change for yourself, too, because we’re all in this situation.”
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com [3] and is used by permission.
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