Rescue dog Igor goes viral after brutally honest adoption post calls him a ‘sentient middle finger'

Economic Times

3 days ago

Igor, the impish dog, with 'devilish traits' was amusingly advertised as the 'sentient middle finger' through the adoption home's Facebook page.
With the vigour of a "tiny Godzilla," a 10-pound social danger made his national television debut on the TODAY show dated July 14.
On the Morning Boost segment of the show, which was hosted by Jenna Bush Hager and featured Al Roker, Craig Melvin, and Savannah Guthrie, Igor, a rescue dog from the Renegade Paws Rescue in Savannah, Georgia, made an appearance on Monday, July 14, to demonstrate his status as "America's most rancid villain."
The joke was a reaction to Igor's bad boy behaviour, which went viral because of Renegade Paws Rescue's funny and brutally honest social media adoption profile.According to the rescue's July 7 Facebook post, he is a "sentient middle finger wrapped in a cloud of fur,' stating, "We have reason to believe he's a cursed Victorian child masquerading as a 10lb stuffed animal.""He appeared; he wasn't born. Nobody can recall when or how. He appears at corners and in entrances," the post goes on.
The essay also lists Igor's various dislikes, like going to the dog park or breakfast, and his loves, such "your ex-boyfriend's head on a platter," along with his training attempts."He made the trainer cry," according to his biography.Thousands of animal lovers took notice of Renegade Paws Rescue's candid evaluation of Igor's personality, and they shared the message more than 35,000 times. Igor came to TODAY as a result of his achievements online. Igor was able to behave himself during his TV debut, beguiling the studio like "a Girl Scout on her way to Sunday mass," but his true self showed as soon as he hit the streets of New York City, according to a follow-up social media post from Renegade Paws Rescue."Unless bribed with a bacon-egg-and-cheese," the fanciful, irrational message says, "Igor refused to enter the tube." "After he got on the train, he humped the pole and then crop-dusted the car till he brought a youngster to tears. He rallied the rats to support him when the officials escorted him away while he was screaming. After recounting Igor's experiences at the Statue of Liberty, the humorous remembrance makes fun of how Igor's handlers, including the director and three foster coordinators, "barely made it out" of Brooklyn alive and "may never be the same" after chasing the dog throughout the city.Potential adoptive parents have expressed a great deal of interest in Igor despite his silly antics, thanks to his Facebook posts and appearance on TODAY.https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FBYugVWeJ/"His foster mum and the applications team are currently sorting through the hundreds of applications from deranged witches and hot girls 'who can change him'," said the rescue. "Until then, please send holy water and pray that he doesn't maim the TSA agent on his flight back to Savannah." Jennifer Taylor, the director of Renegade Paws Rescue, told PEOPLE that they are happy that the dog's mischievous behaviour may bring joy to people."We have a huge overpopulation crisis [of dogs] in Georgia, and we'll take any chance we can to get to talk with people about adoption, fostering, spay/neuter, and volunteering," Taylor stated."Even though Igor would never acknowledge it, he is still alive due of a kind volunteer who volunteered to take care of him and donations from others. In his diabolical heart, he feels thankful.Someone who finds "small, emotionally stunted men intriguing" and is willing to live in Igor's home, not the other way around, is the kind of follower that Igor requires. He's open to dog siblings if they have the same wild streak as him, but if he meets a golden retriever that is too happy, he could need to be exorcized."The boy Igor is not good. The rescue crew said, "Igor is an experience."