Rescue Dog That Was Abandoned Has Saddest Reaction to New Owners Packing

A rescue dog has broken hearts on social media after appearing distressed when her family started preparing to move to a new house.

Izzy was adopted by Morgan Vacala, who lives in Illinois, when she was just 2 years old. Izzy was surrendered to the shelter along with two cats when her previous owners moved away.

Vacala stepped in and gave Izzy a new home, full of love and care. Fast-forward to today, and Izzy is almost 8. But the rescue dog recently found herself confronting the sight of moving boxes once again, as Vacala and her family got ready to move.

In a video shared on TikTok that has more than 750,000 views, Izzy was filmed inside one of the moving boxes, seemingly worried she would be left behind again.

"I think she was worried and confused seeing the boxes," Vacala told Newsweek, reflecting on why her pup might have put herself into the cardboard box.

In the viral video, Izzy is sitting inside the box, staring lovingly at her owner behind the camera. In the caption, the owner wrote: "Grab me a tissue because I am sobbing."

But thankfully Izzy would be staying with her family this time, and she is thriving in their new house.

"She loves her new yard and having the freedom to roam around and has slowly been adapting but doing great," Vacala said.

Dog memories work a little differently, compared with humans. While dogs do not have the same robust episodic memory that allows humans to vividly recall specific past events and experiences, they are able to remember things. With associative memory, dogs can form associations between events, objects, people and experiences. For example, seeing a leash and going for a walk. Or, in Izzy's case, seeing moving boxes and being taken to the shelter.

There is also some evidence that dogs may have a limited form of episodic memory and can remember specific events—at least for short periods. One study found that dogs could remember and imitate their owner's actions up to an hour later.

In the comments on the video, people shared their reactions to the moment.

Viewer Renata said: "Poor thing was: this time no one is gonna forget me."

And Koru wrote: "Sweet girl. They never forget."

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