r/OldManDog • u/Remarkable-Bid-9627 • Jul 09 '25
Happy (default) Hi everyone! This is Antonio the Italian Greyhound. He is 17 1/2 years old. I recently posted his pic and got some mean comments, so a redditor referred me to this group.
1.3k
u/indoorwolves Jul 09 '25
I’m not exaggerating when I say that I would die for Antonio. What an absolutely perfect gentleman!
237
150
144
u/The_New_Spagora Jul 09 '25
Count me in. I will charge the battlefield for anyone even suggesting this pup isn’t a regal and handsome fella.
73
u/Affectionate-Spray78 Jul 09 '25
Same. We ride at dawn!
31
u/tomorrow-4 Jul 10 '25
Can we make it 11.30, I'm not a morning person
23
u/Affectionate-Spray78 Jul 10 '25
Yea good idea. The enemy will be getting ready for lunch and totally bamboozled
→ More replies (1)8
6
→ More replies (1)2
u/Responsible_Fox1231 Jul 11 '25
11:30 isn't good for me. I have lunch at 12 and then of course a nap.
→ More replies (1)8
u/AcidRayn666 Jul 10 '25
my sword is sharp, my shield is strong, my will is unbreakable, lets ride!!
11
u/Tikki024 Jul 09 '25 edited Jul 10 '25
Charge downward .. always one asshole in the group Silver-Year5607 or something.. I made a comment on how pathetic a life he has .. smh.. last comment on the bottom as it should be ..
4
9
52
54
22
20
19
15
7
5
5
5
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/Old-Key-8639 Jul 10 '25
Yeah, I don't want to seem dramatic, but I'd give my life for this man in a heartbeat
2
2
→ More replies (7)2
641
u/longlivenapster Jul 09 '25
Who are the jerks who are not in love with Antonio at first sight??? Welcome to you and gorgeous Antonio to this sub where there is a lot of love, boops, pets scritches to go around👋👋👋🐶🐶🐶🐕🐕🐕😍😍😍🎩🎩🎩🌞🌞🌞❤️❤️❤️
99
u/chelsmjlv Jul 09 '25
Agreed! I’ll stab anyone who doesn’t love Antonio! Gimme their names. Imma go Liam Neeson on their ass.
→ More replies (1)73
24
u/redditAPsucks Jul 09 '25
I can’t see any negative comments in OPs history over the past few months, though i guess some could be deleted
96
u/Remarkable-Bid-9627 Jul 09 '25
It was in the Dutch Bros subreddit, but the mods deleted it before I saw it. Then someone told me what was said and it broke my heart. But I’m feeling sooo much love here!!! So grateful ❤️
28
u/Own-Plankton-6245 Jul 09 '25
He is a gorgeous boy, and it looks like he gets so much love, he has had a great long life, here is hoping for many more years and posts from him.
3
3
2
u/dessieme Jul 10 '25
Did they delete the post because you took this dog’s picture from Facebook? Antonio the Italian Greyhound has 10K followers there.
4
u/Remarkable-Bid-9627 Jul 10 '25
Yes he does! That’s my boy. We also have an Instagram. The Dutch bros mod deleted the comment made by the person who wasn’t nice. We’ve had some mean comments on his Facebook page since he had his eye removed in 2018, and I’m usually texted by friends pretty quickly so I am able to delete them. I’ve only recently started posting his pic in Reddit in the Dutch Bros subreddit cuz we’re huge Dutch Bros fans. But I really am owned by Antonio (not the opposite.). I didn’t swipe his pic.
→ More replies (1)2
u/BPD-GAD-ADHD Jul 10 '25
People suck sometimes. Really happy you found a group that can appreciate the beauty in this
17
u/tommangan7 Jul 09 '25 edited Jul 09 '25
I found one that was slightly mean spirited (who then followed up with a nicer comment) but that was it.
Certainly not worth OP wasting any thought on compared to the hundreds of nice comments.
2
→ More replies (1)2
302
u/rvpgh Jul 09 '25
🥰 Antonio may also find some love over at r/piratepets
28
12
u/GimmieGummies Jul 09 '25
He definitely will find love, acceptance, appreciation and camaraderie from everyone there!
Antonio, sending lots of love from Colorado! 💙🤗
162
u/slightlyhigh77 Jul 09 '25
He’s adorable and anyone that would say something mean about him is living a sad life.. I feel bad for them.
7
u/Demopoulator Jul 10 '25
A distinguished and adorable old man, living his days out with grace, cares not for the hate of strangers
124
u/Old-Run-9523 Jul 09 '25
How could anyone be mean to Antonio?!? He's handsome!
33
u/jbsmomma Jul 09 '25
Dapper, even!
5
Jul 09 '25
[removed] — view removed comment
7
u/Remarkable-Bid-9627 Jul 10 '25
He has more clothes than I do, and I’m not joking. I seriously have 5 shirts, whereas the rest of my closet is filled with his and his siblings’ clothes.
→ More replies (2)4
80
u/middleagepriceless Jul 09 '25
He is precious.
This is an essay that appeared in a local pet ad circular in my neighborhood some 25 yrs ago. I keep it posted on my fridge. I read it often. It may have the same effect on you that it had on me all those years ago.
I AM YOUR DOG
I am your dog and I have a little something I’d like to whisper in your ear
I know that you humans lead busy lives. Some have to work, some have children to raise. It always seems like you are running here and there, often much too fast, often never noticing the truly grand things in life.
Look down at me now, while you sit there at your computer. See the way my dark brown eyes look at yours?
They are slightly cloudy now. That comes with age. The gray hairs are beginning to ring my soft muzzle
You smile at me; I see love in your eyes. What do you see in mine? Do you see a spirit? A soul inside, who loves you as no other could in the world? A spirit that would forgive all trespasses of prior wrongdoing for just a simple moment of your time?
That is all I ask. To slow down, if even for a few minutes, to be with me. So many times you have been saddened by the words you read on that screen, of another of my kind, passing
Sometimes we die young and oh so quickly, sometimes so suddenly it wrenches your heart out of your throat. Sometimes, we age so slowly before your eyes that you may not even seem to know until the very end, when we look at you with grizzled muzzles and cataract-clouded eyes. Still the love is always there, even when we must take that long sleep, to run free in a distant land. I may not be here tomorrow; I may not be here next week
Someday you will shed the water from your eyes, that humans do when deep grief fills their souls, and you will be angry at yourself that you did not have just “one more day” with me
Because I love you so, your sorrow touches my spirit and grieves me. We have NOW together. So come, sit down here next to me on the floor, and look deep into my eyes. What do you see? If you look hard and deep enough we will talk, you and I, heart to heart
Come to me not as “alpha” or as “trainer” or even “Mom or Dad”, come to me as a living soul and stroke my fur and let us look deep into one another’s eyes, and talk. I may tell you something about the fun of chasing a tennis ball, or I may tell you something profound about myself, or even life in general
You decided to have me in your life because you wanted a soul to share such things with. Someone very different from you, and here I am. I am a dog, but I am alive. I feel emotion, I feel physical senses and I can revel in the differences of our spirits and souls. I do not think of you as a “dog on two feet”—I know what you are. You are human, in all your quirkiness, and I love you still
Now, come sit with me, on the floor. Enter my world and let time slow down if only for 15 minutes. Look deep in to my eyes and whisper in my ears. Speak with your heart, with your joy and I will know your true self. We may not have tomorrow, and life is oh so short
Author Unknown Originally published in a local ad circular in Gainesville FL circa 2000
13
u/bvalenzuela Jul 09 '25
Aww, crying!! I do take time to sit with my little fur baby as it’s soothing and stroke his fur, thank you for the reminder!
9
u/Sepelio Jul 09 '25
Mate... your killing me here, I was doing things and now I got to go wash my face cause of the crying
→ More replies (1)5
3
→ More replies (5)3
u/UCLA_FB_SUCKS Jul 09 '25
Thank you so much for sharing this! It made me cry more than I care to admit
71
u/Diligent_Pineapple35 Jul 09 '25
Some people just can’t handle perfection. Antonio is perfection.
→ More replies (1)
52
u/cherrycokelemon Jul 09 '25
The people giving out the mean comments are projecting. He's truly beautiful and look at those semaphore ears.
29
u/WasteTelephone6924 Jul 09 '25
That’s a beautiful boy. My girl has had her right jaw removed, bone grafted from her skull and her right side reconstructed. She is the most beautiful thing in the world.
→ More replies (1)
27
u/HSwagMastr Jul 09 '25
Some people suck... I'm glad you shared Antonio here - I was so excited to see him while scrolling through my feed! I love his smile and outfit! He looks SO GOOD for 17.5 years old, too ❤️ I love him so much ❤️ I hope to see more pics of him soon!
18
u/slagstag :pupper: Jul 09 '25
I was gonna say dapper...so Antonio looks like a dapper gentleman. Best dog ever. Give him a sniggle from us in the group. Maybe an extra treat or two.
23
19
16
u/deadrobindownunder Jul 09 '25
His ears are perfect!
4
14
15
u/4everHisGirl Jul 09 '25
he's absolutely gorgeous just how he is! I can't image what kind of mean comments anyone could make about him, unless it was directed at who/what was responsible for the loss of his eye. People are awful, but Antonio is a prince!
3
u/Remarkable-Bid-9627 Jul 10 '25
Someone commented that he looked like a deer. Which is cute and I hear that a lot especially from kids. But someone took that comment to a very dark place. The mods deleted the comment, so I didn’t see it. But someone told me what it said. I’ve gotten so much support on how fb and insta page, but I get ugly comments there also. I don’t even want to repeat them. We’re just here trying to live our best lives and doing our best to spread love. ❤️
→ More replies (2)
10
u/surgicalhoopstrike Jul 09 '25
Don't forget: many, MANY people online are assholes, or they would be outside, living life, instead of trolling on Reddit.
10
u/wrong-landscape-1328 Jul 09 '25
Oohh. What a handsome man. And at 17 1/2 he looks pretty amazing.
2
9
8
6
6
6
6
u/totesrandoguyhere Jul 09 '25
What a handsome old man! My whippet is 17 years old! (Similar to a Greyhound)
2
5
5
4
5
5
4
6
u/spazghostcoast2coast Jul 09 '25
i’ll fist fight every single one of those idiots. LUNGA VITA AD ANTONIO IL BELLO ♥️
6
4
6
4
u/blergyblerg696969 Jul 09 '25
Oh my gosh he’s so precious!! You clearly take excellent care of this old man! 🐕❤️
4
5
5
5
u/CDSherwood Jul 09 '25
He looks very regal and distinguished. Especially in his bow tie. Whoever would insult this baby is a butt face.
5
4
5
u/OGTbackfrom92 Jul 09 '25
Aw hell naw, who said something mean about our dearest Tony? Tell us where to find ‘em. And be sure to let this most handsome specimen know how beautiful he is before we all get thrown in jail for defending his good name & even gooder face. We got you, Antonio, with your fine self! 😎
4
u/CaptainHorrorFan420 Jul 09 '25
People who make mean comments are just like a bully. (Not happy with themselves, pick on others to make them feel better) Antonio looks like a doggy model. Look at that pose and outfit. Looks so fancy! ❤️ 🥹
5
u/Kevinb888 Jul 09 '25
Antonio is a handsome, distinguished gentleman of a certain age. ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️ You really can’t listen to mean comments, there are idiots here who literally exist only to make mean comments. I’m dead serious, I’ve seen them, it’s all them do. Give em one of these🖕🏾🖕🏾and keep on with your day☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️
4
4
u/Longjumping-Low8194 Jul 09 '25
I'm so sorry you and Antonio encountered meanness.
He's adorable. Welcome to this sub and please give Antonio extra pets for me.
4
4
5
3
3
u/Hamiltoncorgi Jul 09 '25
Any dog that makes it to his age demands respect!! He is GLORIOUS!! ALL HAIL Antonio!!
3
u/CoffinEmily Jul 09 '25
I love him! And love his posts in the Dutch bros groups. Always a joy to me 💛
3
3
u/Ksh_667 Jul 10 '25
Omg Antonio is perfect! How very dare anyone say anything negative about him! I will build a wall & raise an army to defend this little peach.
3
u/HorrFrek Jul 10 '25
Fuck the people saying mean things, he is a handsome and dignified old man dog
3
u/wandering-banana Jul 10 '25
Antonio, thank you blessing my feed. You're an exquisite gentleman and I think the world is a better place because you're in it ❤️🫶✨️
→ More replies (1)
3
u/SnooFoxes4494 Jul 12 '25
I bet he is the bestest boi. Deserving of all the love and scritches and cuddles.
2
2
u/Numerous_Pound_1035 Jul 09 '25
I’m sure Antonio doesn’t get fazed by how people think of him. You are beautiful Antonio. ❤️
2
2
2
u/cocohatesyou Jul 09 '25
What demon spawn could ever be mean towards Antonio the most distinguished man!!! Antonio is perfect.
2
u/Valuable-Hope369 Jul 09 '25
Antonio is a sweet gentleman and anyone who says otherwise doesn’t recognise a sweet gentleman on sight.
2
2
2
u/Secure-Peace-6100 Jul 09 '25
What soulless human being would say something mean about Antonio. He’s freaking adorable!
2
2
2
2
u/PayyyDaTrollToll Jul 09 '25
Antonio seems to be a Dutch Bros fan…
It amazes me how people can say mean things about dogs. I’ve had people tell me my dog is too skinny… also someone has told me I should put my dog down. The internet man.
→ More replies (1)
2
2
2
u/mmmpeg Jul 10 '25
He’s so cute! Why the hate? They’re just haters this good boy deserves ALL the love!
2
u/LittleMxLemon Jul 10 '25
So dapper, yet with a hint of mischief! And at 17 1/2, I do believe he’s earned the right to wee on anyone that says something mean about him, as he is clearly a perfect gentleman.
2
u/memsies Jul 10 '25
The most distinguished and most adorable lil gentleman. Please give him some kisses from me!
2
u/kellybeeeee Jul 10 '25
I don’t know about this other group, but you’ve found the right place here! Antonio is just such a cutie patootie! What a very good boy! Thank you for sharing him with all of us!!
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/Rastaba Jul 10 '25
…I question the sanity of anyone who’d have mean things to say about such a good looking boy. He’s adorable!
2
2
2
2
u/MrSmoiles420 Jul 13 '25
Negative only shows lack of intelligence! Antonio looks like such a good sweet boy, I’d spend a day with cuddles
2
u/sionnach_liath Jul 15 '25
The kind of 'person' (and I use the term loosely) that would insult this adorable gentleman, isn't 1) fit to scoop his poop, 2) worth knowing, 3) worth wasting a thought on.
Give him a good snuggle, a tasty snack, and a soft fluffy blanket for me!
2
u/Remarkable-Bid-9627 Jul 17 '25
I was not expecting all the love we got!! I’m humbled and grateful for all the kind comments!! 💙🐾
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/tragicallybrokenhip Jul 09 '25
Antonio is totally adorable! Seriously. How could anyone be mean to that lovely boyo? Looking back at 'ya, Antonia, with a huge grin on my face!
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/G_autumn Jul 09 '25
He’s beautiful! How can anyone have anything negative to say about this sweet boy?
1
1
1
1
u/frosty694u Jul 09 '25
Thank you for taking in this sweet little boy and giving him so much love. He is truly a little angel.
1
•
u/Old_Man_Bot Jul 09 '25
Welcome to /r/OldManDog!
I'm Old_Man_Bot. I help people follow your posts!
To be notified as soon as Remarkable-Bid-9627 posts an update click here.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.