A volunteer’s bittersweet goodbye to a shelter dog in Joplin, Missouri, broke the internet's heart after a video showed the pup's sad reaction when their special day together came to an end.

Megan, who is known on TikTok as @megankirkk, recently took a shelter dog named Winnie out for a day of fun. She told Newsweek via email that Winnie came to the Joplin Humane Society as a 6-month-old stray. Wanting to give her a break from the stressful shelter environment, Kirk picked her up for a doggy date.

Animal shelters often offer special field trips or doggy days out that allow volunteers to take canines out for the day. Researchers found that spending time outside of the shelter can reduce a dog's stress, according to a study published by the National Library of Medicine. These outings, a

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