A couple of months ago, a Reddit user posted a heartwarming video of his two dogs comforting their anxious dog sibling. 

The clip captures a small Shih Tzu dog named Huxley and a white, deaf dog named Winnie trying to take care of their big brother, Rex, which is an

According to a study conducted by the University of Helsinki, in Finland, dogs are particularly prone to a wide range of anxiety-like traits,[1] especially when those dogs are abused throughout their upbringing. 

Looking at the survey data, they found out that 72.5% out of 13,715 pet dogs from Finland that participated in this research displayed anxiety-like behaviors.

According to Rex’s dad, Rex was abused as a puppy by his previous owners. He is actually Rex’s fourth owner, and he got him when Rex was 1.5 years old.

His second owners would beat him and use a shock collar on him, so now he has a fear of screaming, loud noises, brooms, clapping, etc. They even wanted to euthanize him because of his “aggressive behavior”. 

Unfortunately, due to the trauma he suffered with his second owners, Rex started exhibiting resource guarding tendencies, fear, and aggression, which is why he didn’t blend into the third family, even though they wanted to help.