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By Leonie Helm
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Sometimes we choose the dog, and sometimes the dog chooses us. That was certainly the case for Alayna Bvaldez, who documented an unusual experience on TikTok.
In a video posted to her account, @alaynabvaldez, Bvaldez can be heard saying, "Hi, baby" to a large dog that has taken up residence in the foot area of her driver's seat.
The brown and white dog, which looked like a pit bull, had a collar on but refused to leave her car. "I don't know whose dog this is," she says, "but he's just chilling in my car."
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Bvaldez then drove the dog to a humane society, telling him, "I can't afford to keep you."
Next, the video cuts to her grandmother encouraging the dog and saying, "Come to Grandma." The video ends with Bvaldez getting the dog a pup cup and apparently deciding that he isn't going anywhere.
In a series of video updates, Bvaldez explained how the mystery dog ended up in her car and where he is now.
She said the dog jumped into her car while it was parked outside her house, just before she was about to get in. Shortly after a neighbor came over to help her get the dog out of the car, using sausages as bait and warning Bvaldez that he could be dangerous.
Another neighbor, who lives next to Bvaldez, claimed that the scared dog tried to jump in to their car also.
"Now, my Puerto Rican neighbor was like, 'They're liars.' I saw the dog come out of his car. So this kid is like: 'This is not my dog,'" Bvaldez continued. "Even though he had dog bowls outside of his car, he had an extra dog leash, and he had a license plate that said 'I love pit bulls' and there was dog hair all over."
Bvaldez also said the neighbor claimed that he had a pit bull "at home," but she noticed that the dog was very comfortable with him and his car.
"So as he's driving off, the dog is barking and trying to run for his car as I'm holding him back on the leash, and I'm like, this is really messed up."
She said the dog ran back into her car as if it was "his safety net," however due to financial constraints, she decided to drive him to the humane society.
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Pit bulls are a controversial breed around the world, and there have been numerous reports of them attacking and killing people in 2023 alone. The debate centers around whether violence is inherent in the breed or whether their aggression is due to inexperience or mistreatment by the owner.
"Many pit bull owners chose the breed for guard duties," says People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. "Owners purposefully mistreat their pit bulls and starve them of affection in order to trigger their aggressive behavior. The extent of pit bull abuse also contributes to the common myth that they are ferocious dogs."
Pit bulls account for approximately 40 percent of all dogs euthanized in shelters annually, reports the Humane Society of the United States. "This means 2,800 pit bulls are euthanized daily, mainly due to misinformation surrounding the breed."
Despite Dogsbite.org reporting that pit bulls were responsible for the deaths of 346 Americans between 2005 and 2019, they score in the top 23 percent of all dogs tested by the American Temperament Test Society, above the golden retriever. They typically have an excellent temperament, says the website Rescue Ranch.
As Bvaldez went to start her car to take the dog to the shelter, it wouldn't go. "What are the odds that right when I'm going to drop this dog off, my car stops working. So now I'm trying to figure it out and I don't know what's going to happen, but I still have this dog. He is the goodest good boy, and there's the story so far," she said.
One user on TikTok commented on the clip: "We can't keep him" next scene "can I get a pup cup?" Lmao. Congrats on the new doggo."
Another wrote: "That will be your best dog ever! The dog picked you!!."
Newsweek reached out to @alaynabvaldez via TikTok for comment.
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Update 11/2/23, 4:40 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.
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