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Pass It On: Half-Dog Is The Inspirational Hero We’ve All Been Waiting For

He is literally a half-dog.

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Meet Half-Dog, aka Duncan Lou Who, the young boxer puppy who has arrived on earth to challenge our tear ducts and understanding of physics with his infectious two-legged enthusiasm.

“Duncan was born with severely deformed rear legs that had to be removed,” says YouTuber Panda Paws Rescue. “He has a wheel chair, but can’t stand to use it. So we let him be free and just walk on his two legs.”

“Walk” is underselling Duncan’s abilities a tad. Here’s a new video of ol’ Half-Dog on his first seaside sojourn, splashing about the tides with the joyful abandon of most average Full-Dogs.

If that poked at your heart, here’s Half-Dog’s earlier run around his local park. The soundtrack, once again, is perfect.

How is Half-Dog not the Hairy Maclary of his generation already? Kids would pay through the roof to see ‘Half-Dog Goes To Town’ and ‘Half-Dog Goes To The History Museum’. I hate to taint the inspiring story of Half-Dog with commercial grossness, but I’m short on cash at the moment and the dollar signs in my eyes won’t stop spinning.