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On the way to deliver a puppy to its new family, brothers Henry and Elias Friedman, had a change of plans that changed their lives. The family that was supposed to rescue the pup changed their minds and decided to not adopt the puppy after all, and Henry, instead of bringing the Finn the puppy back, decided to adopt him himself. At the time, Henry had left his career in advertising and was living in a converted cargo van. It was a good thing that the puppy turned out to really, really like traveling.

"It was a test drive, very literally a test drive. I was already living in a van. He turned out to be a really good travel dog," Henry told PEOPLE. "We just got really, really close."

After adopting Finn, Henry started an Instagram account for him called @KeepingFinn, where all of their adventures together are documented, including meetups with some of the account's fans. Finn, who is now 2 years old and 50 pounds heavy, is Henry's official best travel buddy. "You don't feel like a stranger everywhere you go," he said.

Having grown a huge social media following, Henry decided he wants to do more, and he decided to start a project rescuing other dogs in need like Finn. "Each month, the account features a local rescue from the area that Henry and Finn visiting on their travels, helping to raise awareness and funds for the rescue."

Henry and Finn together manage to raise about $13,000 a month and have raised over $150,000 to date. Alongside their monthly dog rescue initiative, "Henry and Finn have hosted spay and neuter clinics, offered free vaccinations, and held pet food drives as well. The duo has also helped more than 60 dogs find forever homes, even fostering pooches in the van while they wait for the perfect match."

"We bring dogs on the road with us, live the van life, bring them on big adventures and find them families," Henry explains. One of their latest achievements was joining Wings of Rescue and The Sato Project and helping them transport over 150 rescue dogs from Puerto Rico to their new adoptive families on the east coast. 

Finn is, of course, loving all of the adventures. "He's never peed in the same place more than once, he is living his best life. That makes me really happy," Henry says. So, not only is this adopted puppy happy, he's making other puppies happy as well, and we're happy for them as a consequence.

Check out some pictures of Finn and Hanry's adventures below! For more wholesome dog rescue stories, read about a puppy left tied to a bench with a note getting adopted.  

We know that dogs are some of the nicest, gentlest creatures, but there's always some worry about the reaction the family pet will have to the new baby. It's hard, we're worried about both the baby and the dog - don't want the baby to be hurt or scared and don't want the doggo to be getting jealous of the new human in the house who will be getting endless attention. 

There's no reason to worry though, not with dogs, because dogs are absolutely amazing. More often than not, dogs become best friends with the tiny new humans, and we get to watch them grow up together and be each other's best friends. And it might be one of the most wholesome things we ever get to see, our gorgeous little gentle giant doggos growing up with our little tiny human babies. 

Week by week, we bring you the best dog memes we can find so you have a barkingly good rest of the week. But you know what, this week has been hard, and the best memes we came across were wholesome and uplifting and paw-fect. So, we felt that the internet has told us that it's time for some wholesome doggo memes so that this week is better than the last. 

We hope this bartasticly wholesome doggo memes bring a smile to your face, because they sure did bring one to ours. For an extra kick of doggo goodness, take a look at this collection of tini-tiny puppers. And as always, our doggo wish for you this week is for you to get the biggest doggo lick every - right up your entire face. It's love, don't fight it. 

Listen, I love my landlady. She's a sweet woman who always tries her best and seems to really care about me. She even gives me cookies sometimes, and I know she can always catsit for me when I'm out of town. I think that, since she started catsitting for me, I have awakened something in her - a love for cats. Cat memes were not a smart thing to introduce her to. Or maybe they were the best thing.

Being the sweet lady that she is, and also being really sucky at interneting, she's started emailing me cat memes. I don't know where she gets them, but she sends a lot. And you know what? They may be slightly cringy, but they are definitely full of love and support. So, here I am, sharing her motivational cat memes with everyone. 

We all know that there's something special about being held in your mother's arms. It's a unique kind of soft and warm. It makes us feel protected even now that we're older but especially when we were little babies. 

It's the same for animals. For them too, there is something special about being held and carried by mom, whether it's dogs or cats or swans. And since we all feel like we could use a hug right about now, and there's nothing better in the world than a big strong hug from mom, we've brought you some of the most wholesome and sweetest pictures we could find of mother's love in nature in the form of little tiny baby swans getting carried around and being sheltered by their mommas. 

There's really nothing better than ending your week with some animal wholesomeness. So, you're getting an extra treat from us this week just to give you that little boost. This week, our tumblr treat is one full of wholesome and absolutely adorable animal goodness because every animal is adorable, and no one knows how to capture that better than tumblr. 

From adorable tumblr cats and dogs to bald eagles and baby lions, animal cuteness never disappoints. So, may this bring some light into your day, and we wish you a calm, fulfilling week that passes quickly and leaves you satisfied and proud of your achievements.

Sometimes, we just need a little extra wholesomeness to start our week off with. The thought of having to go yet another week of stressful working or studying may be a little daunting, and some nice and sweet cat posts is always helpful to us when it comes to that. This time, tumblr is the provider of our wholesomeness. 

Tumblr is always a good place to find funny posts about all kinds of animals, but cats are their specialty. There is truly endless love for cats on tumblr, and we've collected some of our favorite posts to share that love with all of you guys. So, we hope you smile while looking at these and that your week will be an easy, relaxed one. 

Cat seem to have a strange love for books. They seem to find their way right onto your book when you're reading it. Our going theory is that they're a wee bit jealous. You're supposed to be giving them attention even if they stubbornly want attention. It's the same reason we think that they like sitting on our laptops so much.

Unlike sitting on our laptops though, there is no immediately danger of unsolicited text messages being sent to random people when cats sit on our books. So, you know what, it's okay. We let them sit there and exist as a very fluffy bookmark for a while. It's cute, and god know that if our cats are actually asking us for attention, we're going to give it to them. 

We all need a hug sometimes. And sometimes, we specifically need a hug from our kitten. There's nothing softer, nothing warmer, nothing that makes our hearts feel more full than cat cuddles. Luckily for us, cats love cuddling. They love doing it with us, and they especially love cuddling with each other. 

So, in case you need a hug today and you don't have a cat available on hand, here are some adorable, heartwarming pictures of cats cuddling and loving each other. There are a lot of other way in which cats show love, but purr-full cuddles is one of the absolute best. And the cuddles in these pictures are so cute, you can practically hear the purring through them.

Leave all that negative energy elsewhere because, from this point forward, there's nothing but good vibes allowed. Let the goodness run through you as you shuffle through the following collection of pure happiness curated into memes. 

Each week, we deliver you the most wholesome animal memes we can get our hands on because it's the beginning of the week and we all know how much that sucks. At least with wholesome memes, we can embrace the day a bit easier, and hopefully, it'll start our week off on the right now! 

Have a great and wholesome week, everyone!