Let’s All Hop Aboard The DogTrain This Wonderful Old Man On A Lawnmower Made And Ride To Heaven

HELLO HOW IS YOUR DAY GOING

OKAY SHUT UP AND LOOK AT THIS NOW, THIS IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHATEVER YOU’RE DOING

THAT, friend, is an old man in Texas who passes the time by adopting abandoned dogs, crafting a dog-sized choo-choo train out of 40-gallon drums and a John Deere X500 ride-on lawnmower, and taking them on tiny dog adventures. They sit in their little compartments while he drives them around, presumably while blasting Nas’ Illmatic on repeat.

Yesterday American animal site The Dodo spoke to the guy, 80-year-old Eugene Bostick, on how he came up with the idea for the DogTrain and hopefully offering him the Presidency of the United States. His response is fucking phenomenal.

“One day I was out and I seen this guy with a tractor who attached these carts to pull rocks. I thought, ‘Dang, that would do for a dog train,'” Bostick said. “I’m a pretty good welder, so I took these plastic barrels with holes cut in them, and put wheels under them and tied them together.”

“Dang, that would do for a dog train” is my new life motto. I’m getting that tattooed on my neck, and my life is going to improve immeasurably when I do.

Did I mention there’s video? Because I probably should’ve mentioned that there’s video.

“Whenever they hear me hooking the tractor up to it, man, they get so excited,” Bostick told The Dodo. “They all come running and jump in on their own. They’re ready to go.”

This man is a hero. All hail the DogTrain.

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Via The Dodo.