Shelter Dog’s Hilarious Battle With Doggy Door Attracts Hundreds Of Adopters

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He eventually took matters into his own paws šŸ˜‚

Arnold was found wandering the streets as a stray and brought toĀ Michigan Animal Rescue League. When he first arrived at the shelter, everyone was immediately enamored by this silly little guy.

ā€œHeā€™s goofy, affectionate, curious and bold,ā€ Tommy Sanfilippo, content coordinator at Michigan Animal Rescue League, told The Dodo.

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Michigan Animal Rescue League

Unfortunately, Arnold does have some issues due to irresponsible breeding, but they donā€™t stop him from living his life. Heā€™s been inquisitive and opinionated since the day he arrived ā€” especially about his doggy door.

When Arnold was moved to a new kennel, it had a clear plastic doggy door that allowed him to move from inside to outside with ease. For Arnold, however, there was no ease in sight.

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ā€œArnold was pretty stumped by his doggy door,ā€ Sanfilippo said. ā€œWe tried putting treats on the other side to entice him through, and even had a staff member squeeze through to show him that itā€™s okay, but he remained pretty wary of it.ā€

Arnold didnā€™t understand how the doggy door was supposed to work and decided he didnā€™t like it one bit. The next day, his frustrations had grown ā€” and he decided the only course of action was to pick a fight with his new nemesis.

The shelter posted videos of Arnold and the doggy door saga, and the internet immediately fell in love with the sassy pup.

ā€œOverall itā€™s resulted in over 120 [adoption] applications so far; obviously he can only go to one home, but itā€™s cool to see interest in our shelter that could lead to some of our other animals getting adopted as well,ā€ Sanfilippo said.

It wonā€™t be long before Arnold is thriving in his new forever home ā€” and developing new archnemesis, of course.