Little did they know, they were also reuniting him with his long-lost brother đŽâ¤ď¸

Sometimes people come across shelter dogs and just know that theyâre meant to give them a home.
But after one couple adopted a rescue, they discovered a stunning coincidence that proved it was truly mean to be.
On December 15, 2021, Alyssa DeLuca and her boyfriend Zachary Chin came across a Facebook post from Trenton Animals Rock, and noticed something familiar about one of their adoptable dogs.
One dog in need of a home â a Chow Chow/Shar Pei mix named Max â looked remarkably similar to Zacharyâs dog, Arthur.
The dog was up for adoption because his owners couldnât care for him due to their work schedules, and while Alyssa and Zack werenât planning to adopt another dog, they felt they were meant to give him a home.

âAfter reading the description, Zack looked at me and said something along the lines of, âWell, you know what we have to do now â we have to save him,ââ Alyssa told The Dodo.
Alyssa wrote on Facebook that they drove five hours to adopt Max, whom they renamed âWes.â She told The Dodo that Wes was âterrifiedâ in the shelter and âshivering in his kennel,â so itâs a good thing they got him out as soon as possible.
They brought Wes home, and he began to bond with his lookalike, Arthur.â¤ď¸
âWes and Arthur were unsure of each other at first, but became inseparable after a few months,â Alyssa wrote on Facebook. âThey sleep together, they walk together, they do everything together.â

Despite looking so much alike, they had somewhat different personalities, but complemented each other well and became best friends.
âWe would always say that they were the âsame dog in a different fontâ because of how similar they looked, and even though they had a lot of differences, their mannerisms were also very similar,â she told The Dodo.
But it turned out Wes and Arthur actually had more in common than anyone could have imagined.
An incredible coincidence. Last year, the couple got the two dogs DNA test kits from Embark Vet. Arthurâs was for health reasons, while they wanted to find out for sure what dog breed Wes was.

After getting the test results back, they discovered something shocking: Wes and Arthur were actually brothers!â¤ď¸
They were stunned, and realized that in rescuing Wes from the shelter they inadvertently reunited two long-lost siblings.
âIt feels great knowing that not only did we rescue Wes and give him the life that heâs always deserved, but that he was also united with his brother, who heâs become so close with and gets to live a peaceful life with his best friend/brother by his side,â Alyssa told The Dodo.

âThank you to Trenton Animals Rock for all of the work that you do and for introducing us to the sweetest and most misunderstood dog, and thank you to Embark for helping us realize the biggest coincidence of our dogs actually being brothers,â she wrote on Facebook.
What a heartwarming story. Weâre so glad this adoption led to brothers Wes and Arthur being reunited!