Hobie, a one-eyed rescue canine from Orange County, has been named and topped as PEOPLE Journal’s “World’s Cutest Rescue Canine” on Friday, October 20.
The five-year-old Terrier combine emerged triumphant within the journal’s nationwide contest, which was introduced by the PEDIGREE® model and had greater than 8,000 canine members.
Whereas his options make him appear like an enthralling one-eyed teddy bear, Hobie has had a tough time earlier than discovering his perpetually residence and being formally named the world’s cutest rescue canine.
In line with PEOPLE, Hobie was rescued from the streets of Tijuana, Mexico. And when he was rescued, he had extreme glaucoma, which led to the elimination of his left eye.
The pooch finally discovered his perpetually residence on July 17, 2022, when Christin Bernhardt and Joern Riemer adopted him.
In line with PEOPLE, Hobie’s pet dad and mom felt like their household was incomplete after shifting from Boston to California in 2022.
From then, the couple began searching for a buddy for Zoe, their 15-year-old Cairn Terrier. And whereas shopping on-line, Bernhardt got here throughout a photograph of Hobie, who was then out there for adoption on the Laguna Seaside Animal Shelter.
Bernhardt mentioned, “He jogged my memory of the canine that I had once I was rising up in Germany.”
“We fell in love with him,” Bernhardt reveals after seeing the one-eyed pooch’s photograph.
Nevertheless, whereas it was love at first sight for the couple, it wasn’t the identical for Hobie. Bernhardt revealed that the pooch saved barking at them throughout their preliminary go to to the Laguna Seaside Animal Shelter.
However the couple was decided to win the pooch’s coronary heart and got here to the shelter nearly day-after-day for 2 weeks.
Reminiscing the day Hobie lastly accepted them, Bernhardt mentioned Hobie gave her “a giant, slobbery kiss. . . . That was the second the place the ice broke.”
However clearly, Hobie’s pet dad and mom weren’t the one one who fell for his allure. As a result of he clearly has additionally received the hearts of the voters and superstar decide, Miranda Lambert, of PEOPLE Journal’s “World’s Cutest Rescue Canine” contest.
As the competition’s grand winner, Hobie’s prize included a yr’s provide of pet food from PEDIGREE® and a $1,000 donation to the animal rescue of his alternative.
In line with PEOPLE, Hobie’s dad and mom determined to donate the prize cash to PUP Laguna Seaside, the fundraising arm of Laguna Seaside Animal Shelter, aka Hobie’s earlier residence.
Moreover, Hobie’s pet dad and mom lately opened an Instagram account for the pooch to rejoice his win and to additionally increase consciousness about adoptable pets with disabilities like Hobie.
You’ll be able to observe the World’s Cutest Rescue Canine and all of his adventures on Instagram right here!
