Yes! Giant breeds or dogs with a deep chest and slim waist (Great Danes) are particularly susceptible. Those “maze” bowls help them not vacuum food up too quickly like Kirby.
My shiba *always* wants to run laps around the apartment right after eating. Most of the time I can calm him down, but sometimes he upsets his stomach and 🤮 right on the carpet. 10 years old, still hasn't figured out the eating+running=vomit time.
I could watch Arin frantically yell at and pelt dogs in the head with balls, and Dan give disturbingly accurate information about dog's bodily functions all day; this needs to be a series immediately.
I guess it depends, I worked at one for a bit that was a literal run-down trailer in the middle of nowhere, and I've worked with one that was a lot like what they show here where they look through candidates to see who matches with each other best, and takes time to make sure the rescues get enough exercise and playtime. Although I find the nicer ones tend to be ones that are attached to actual vet hospitals since those tend to have more funds to support it.
@@MarianahsTrenchGal1 oh I just meant the facilities themselves. Ours is riddled with construction issues. Like the ceiling in our cat housing caved in during a bad storm recently. Luckily it wasn't in any of the rooms the cats were in but we did have to put out an all-call for fosters. But yeah we also try to make sure the animal is a good fit for the potential adopter. Our head of animal care absolutely nixes people they don't feel are a good match. I will say it's definitely better than other shelters I've heard stories about. Even ones with better funding sometimes don't treat the animals well, which is a real shame.
I agree with Dan saying this game is more involved then pretty much any shelter. When I adopted my girl Jiro from my local shelter I had her junk shown to me when I asked the inmate working there if she was a boy or a girl, my shelter was so over croweded that it was "Pay your own price day" where you told them how much you wanted to pay for the animal you adopted. I paid 35$ for Jiro, they had me sign some papers and that was it. She was super skinny, and got me yelled at by my vet who thought I let her get that skinny. It was very much like "give us money we'll give you this dog we don't care." Kinda wish all shelters where like this fake video game shelter.
That's horrible, I used to be an adoption counselor at an open intake shelter and our adoption process for dogs was much more detailed. We didn't let a dog go until everyone in the home had met them, including the dogs that already lived with the family. We had dogs that couldn't go to homes with children, cats, or any other pets. We had dogs that were suitable for apartment living, and others that were suited to being outdoor working animals. As animal advocates, it was our duty to prepare the family for the best chance of success by giving them as many tools and resources as possible. The more steps that shelters take to pair up compatible dogs and families, the less likely they are to bounce back to the shelter or worse, get abandoned or put down. Giving dogs to just anyone without a vetting process is straight up irresponsible. (I'm Canadian, by the way, I don't know what other countries' processes are like.)
@@oliviak1992 I think it depends on the place. I find that non profit animal rescues are usually more involved and caring than most state shelters. And usually they try to have animals in foster homes more so than shelters so they get that loving home experience before adopting them out.
I’m Grace to and I was dying. I was at work and my boyfriend said “you’re going to love this episode.” I thought it was because it was about animal rescue which I like to watch a lot but now I see! Need to download this video and make some text tones lol
I love that Dan just dropped that bit of knowledge on Arin so randomly 😂 knowing what bloat is and how a dog can be affected by it is absolutely the kind of random insight i share with my friends and family and get funny looks for knowing about it lol
THANK YOU for the PSA on dog feeding and stomach flipping. No one told us about that and our dog died because he went on a run after dinner. It took less than a day and was incredibly sad. We didn't know why he was sick, and then it was just too late.
I'm only in the beginning so far but Dan talking about getting Camilla from a shelter nearly brought me to tears when I remember it was a kill shelter. Then I really started crying when he said he'd love to get another dog
8:20 one of my dogs died from what Dan is talking about. One night she had trouble breathing and even barking in the middle of the night. She had to have her stomach pumped. She was saved. But a few months later it happened again and no one woke up to help her. Since then I heard it can happen when they eat too fast or that sometimes they wont chew enough if they have to bend too far to reach the food. Ever since then, we got slow feeders and little stools for every pet, even the cats.
If you get another deep chested or large breed dog, speak to your veterinarian about a gastropexy or "tacking the stomach" when they're spayed/neutered.
We also lost our dog to bloat. She was too old and didn't survive the drive to the vet. No one warned us about bloat, this was how we learned. So I'm very glad Dan explained it to 350,000 people. That's guaranteed to save at least one dog.
Funnily enough, "I don't want to spend all this money on a fucking camera" was also Arin's business model IRL when it came to Dan being on camera during all those quarantine episodes.
"You have to _earn_ their [cats'] respect, Dan, that's the whole thing." We've had our cats about a year. I find the best way to deal with them is to give them space when they want it, and attention when they want it. If they want attention & you don't want to give it to them, instead of ignoring them, give them _too much_ attention, and they'll go away on their own. 😂
@@ronjones-6977 with that logic all animals are useless including dogs. My cats bring me joy so they're doing their job excellently I'd say. I don't expect them to do more than sit around and look pretty, it's what they're hired to do after all
@@nejishadow in my household, my mom adopted them as her adopted sons, so they are my brothers and never cats for hire. We don't use them, they use us. (I'm not kidding! 😅)
When Dan said "Oh, she knows" I immediately thought of him sitting down with his doggo and saying "Now that we have discussed what this is, It's time to go to the precautionary slides and pictures!"
They said they didn’t want to continue it cause the main character is based on Dan’s now-dead dog, and they’re not comfortable with the Yi Lu joke anymore
I’m new to the Game Grumps (I know, I know 😂) but wow, I really like how they care about animals and I like how one of them (I’m still trying to differentiate their voices, I’m sorry!) adopted his dog! I adopted my big lunk too :) And I absolutely loved the Ribbit King series these guys did. They are extremely funny dudes.
They bothhave thier own channels listed in the description. Arin (egoraptor) has a bunch of old animations he did which are insane and funny. Daniel (danny sexbang) has ninja sex party which is his band making dumb but hilarious music. After checking them out alone youll never confuse them again.
Danny is the one who mentioned his dog. Arin is the crazy one, Danny is the composed one - if that helps. Lol. Arin yells a lot; Danny has a softer voice. Arin is "Grump", Danny is "Not-So-Grump" in other words. (I recommend watching Ten Minute Power Hour, it's hilarious and you'll be able to put a face to the names.)
They also have another channel called 'The Grumps' where they do zany whacky stuff for the Ten minute power hour show they do. That is how I learned to tell them apart, cause it let me see their faces while they spoke. Welcome to the channel! I hope you find a barrel of laughs here! :)
While a lot of shelters are not as nice as this, my dog was pretty lucky. All of my animals are rescues. My dog Dolly was hit by a car and she was found with a broken leg. The adoption service we got her from works more like a network of foster homes. They nursed her back to health and fostered her while she recovered. At the time I was getting over an ankle injury and she still had a slight limp. I couldn't say no. I didn't have a lot of money because my injury kept me from working, so the service gave me a ~$100 crate to help us get set up for her. She's now healthy, playful, and a couch potato. She officially made my wife a dog person. We also have a black cat we found in my neighbor's car at 4 weeks old. He's now a mischievous little Gremlin.
One thing about these simulator games is you'll NEVER see another human being modeled. I'm sure it's resource and time intensive, but man, it makes these games feel super dystopian and empty.
I'm so proud of you Dan for even knowing that. A little more info, it's most common in larger/deep chested breeds. There is a surgery to prevent it. I have seen it in a dog as young as 7 months old!
As a shelter worker, I can vouch that this simulated shelter is incredibly nice. What I do like is the adoption process in the game is closer to how in depth we go for our applicants. Y'all would be surprised at how many terrible applications we get or mismatched animals-to-households. I know a lot of shelters are overworked and understaffed and can't spare that kind of thing though. So please be kind to your kennel staff; like Dan and Arin, we absolutely love our animals and want to get them to the best homes, quickly, but accurately.
We adopted a dog a few months ago that we named Jack and the one in the game looks just like him. I was not prepared for seeing pretty much the same story happen today and it hit extremely close to my heart.
Poor puppies. I watch so much content from others that mess around in games to be messed up and make profit but I think this will be more genuine but still have plenty of angry cursing. And I work at a doggy daycare and boarding place, so not a shelter but similar so this is very fitting to watch on my break during my horribly early shift!😂
Isn't it the weirdest feeling??? I have a pretty uncommon name, and there's an episode in which a character shared my name. Hearing them - internet celebrities - say your name in front of millions of viewers is odd and delightful!
Arin not reading the emails and giving away Jack, the dog that obviously had an owner beforehand and that they needed to wait for them to come by to get him(18:26), infuriated me so much 😭 Especially since Dan kept reminding him and then he still matched him with a new owner.
Watching Arin move around in this game reminded me of when neurodivergent people (myself included) sometimes bump into walls and door frames and other stuff
@@soulmana1010 it's more extreme for people on the spectrum. It happens regularly and even where we are well accustomed to or should be able to see the obstacles but our brain doesn't really register it at that moment
6:52 Dan hitting us with the one-two reference combo: Gasoline making the dog faster is a reference to their Teletubbies video I believe The Slappers is a reference to the 'Fuck Mr. Hatcher' game
To add onto the GDV discussion (bloat in dogs), if you have a large dog with a slim chest (think Great Dane, German shepherd, etc) you can have a veterinarian tack the stomach to the body wall to prevent it from ever rotating on itself. It is a surgical procedure that prevents a potentially life-ending emergency. This is known as a gastropexy and can be done during a spay/neuter.
My mom was workin at school and this dog just walked onto the playground no one wanted her so my mom took her home and we have had her ever since that dog is precious she didn’t have a owner I think the owners moved away and just left her behind the cutest dog I ever seen
I'm so glad Dan talked about bloat, it is EXTREMELY common, a close friend's dog nearly died of it she was debating taking him to the vets til I said it sounds like GDV and to take him immediately. He survived luckily. A lot of people wait bcs the symptoms are just not eating, not drinking, or retching with no vomit, and the swollen stomach. They think their dogs just a little sick which is understandable but bloat is so common it's ALWAYS worth going to the vet immediately. Blessed that he educated people on how to avoid it
Well I was going to comment something like “is this the spiritual successor to dog island in the Game Grumps canon?” But it’s nice to know many people did that for me. Princef taaannxx may not of found her brother, nor did she complete her training in “*snif* *snif*” sniffing, but she did stumble upon a lone rescue shelter…
Bloat is such a real thing that lots of pet owners don't know about a dog at our kennels died from it while I was working it was absolutely horrible. thanks for spreading the word boys might just save some puppies!
When I worked at my local animal shelter in Canada, it was a depressing experience because you get to see the sad reality of how life can be cruel to animals. I was always happy when a good family adopted a pet. And that’s also where I adopted my dog who’s helped me through so much and vice versa. Adopt don’t shop, guys. ♥️
I can't wait for some talented animator to reenact the scene where Grace gets adopted and the Grumps chase after the van after Arin realizes he fucked up and adopted Grace to the wrong person.
I work at a shelter and it is not this easy at all. All the animals have behaviour/health issues. People expect you to give them whatever dog they want even though you've put on the add that will eat children and then they start verbally attacking you for not giving them the dog. At the shelter I work at we do home checks for all the animals and you don't get to see the animal unless you're application matches the requirements for that animal and that's just the beginning of the process.
9:41 "That's why when I feed Camilla and then she's immediately like 'Let's effing party!' I'm like 'No...' " Camilla literally wants to "P-p-p-party until she dies" 🐶🎉💀
Some dog breeds are more prone to bloat, like saint bernards. However, there is a surgery they can do where they stitch the stomach to the side of the abdominal cavity which makes it very unlikely to happen! I know this because we have a saint bernard and when she got spayed recently they did it at the same time and now we don't have to worry so much about her romping after eating and drinking.
another thing you can do to prevent bloat (which is IN ADDITION to what Dan says and NOT a replacement) is to have an elective surgery where the stomach is "pinned" to the body cavity with a few stitches, preventing it from flipping over and causing bloat. This is more of an option for larger breeds that are especially vulnerable to bloat, like Great Danes.
I used to work at the Austin Animal Center and it was the best shelter I’ve seen. While it had its problems, there were vets on site and we took care of vaccinations and spay/neuters as part of the adoption fees. It was a really big shelter too that took in all kinds of stuff. I wish more shelters could be that nice, but I know the only reason the Austin shelter was so nice is because it had city funding.
As an emergency vet nurse it's lovely hearing Dan educate about bloat we see it so often. It can be so time sensitive as well. So if your dog is showing symptoms (such as retching with no production and a distended abdomen) call your emergency vet asap!
I didn't say this yet, but thank you Danny for such a good time, I loved every minute of the up close and personal concert with you, Ninja Brian and the Super Guitar Bros. I hope that for your next concert, you could also try and make it to Marietta. Again thank you so much for the chance to see you guys perform and take care. You too Arin.
Worked in shelters since I was a kid, even travelled to Africa to volunteer in a couple. Thought I'd be doing it forever, but now that I'm disabled I find myself looking for a new career path with all my experience and passion being in this kind of work. Really miss it. Also I promise there are lots of shelters more like this than you think. The ones like Dan mentioned give them all a bad name but I swear the majority really care and work super hard to make sure these animals are given the best.
I appreciate Dan taking a moment to educate the audience about bloat, it's a serious issue, especially for larger breeds.
Dogs have pretty faulty design tbh.
@@notsure1969 As do us hughmans. Which is why we're perfect for each other :)
Yes! Giant breeds or dogs with a deep chest and slim waist (Great Danes) are particularly susceptible. Those “maze” bowls help them not vacuum food up too quickly like Kirby.
@@notsure1969 a lot of their faulty design is because of human intervention. Pugs not breathing well is a good example.
My shiba *always* wants to run laps around the apartment right after eating. Most of the time I can calm him down, but sometimes he upsets his stomach and 🤮 right on the carpet. 10 years old, still hasn't figured out the eating+running=vomit time.
Power Hour where Dan and Arin go to a dog shelter to promote a Empty the Shelters Day :)
That would be so great! I bet they’d love it 😃
And while all the adorable pets are being adopted, Suzie wanders out in the background and sneaks behind Arin with yet another cat
Arin: did..:did we always have three cats?
Suzie: oh yes totally
Dan: you definitely did
@@terrasilvershade5678 but they do have 3 cats....
YES
Arin realizing they got Grace’s needs wrong as the van was pulling away was comedy gold
And then making the exact same mistake with Molly
Grace, I fucked up!
Literally how did they not notice
@@LazyDogJumperCame here to say that lol
@hopepapernacky this is game grumps
I could watch Arin frantically yell at and pelt dogs in the head with balls, and Dan give disturbingly accurate information about dog's bodily functions all day; this needs to be a series immediately.
Agreed. MOAR!
I lost it when they got very emotional about Grace leaving for her new life and then saw that they sent her to the worst home possible. 🤣
Oh look a simulation of my literal job.
Dan's right, this is way nicer than shelters actually are
I guess it depends, I worked at one for a bit that was a literal run-down trailer in the middle of nowhere, and I've worked with one that was a lot like what they show here where they look through candidates to see who matches with each other best, and takes time to make sure the rescues get enough exercise and playtime. Although I find the nicer ones tend to be ones that are attached to actual vet hospitals since those tend to have more funds to support it.
@@MarianahsTrenchGal1 oh I just meant the facilities themselves. Ours is riddled with construction issues. Like the ceiling in our cat housing caved in during a bad storm recently. Luckily it wasn't in any of the rooms the cats were in but we did have to put out an all-call for fosters. But yeah we also try to make sure the animal is a good fit for the potential adopter. Our head of animal care absolutely nixes people they don't feel are a good match.
I will say it's definitely better than other shelters I've heard stories about. Even ones with better funding sometimes don't treat the animals well, which is a real shame.
As someone with no experience with shelters, thanks y’all for sharing a bit of your lives with us :)
Yeah this more like rescue simulator lol. The rescue I'm at is more detailed with the match making like this game is
Pro tip: You could have said the exact same thing but without sounding aw tis tick by not saying literal.
“Arin, please…” I love Dan’s concern for Arin’s behavior towards these virtual dogs.
He’s a cat person
Dan's become a puss
I agree with Dan saying this game is more involved then pretty much any shelter. When I adopted my girl Jiro from my local shelter I had her junk shown to me when I asked the inmate working there if she was a boy or a girl, my shelter was so over croweded that it was "Pay your own price day" where you told them how much you wanted to pay for the animal you adopted. I paid 35$ for Jiro, they had me sign some papers and that was it. She was super skinny, and got me yelled at by my vet who thought I let her get that skinny. It was very much like "give us money we'll give you this dog we don't care." Kinda wish all shelters where like this fake video game shelter.
That's horrible, I used to be an adoption counselor at an open intake shelter and our adoption process for dogs was much more detailed. We didn't let a dog go until everyone in the home had met them, including the dogs that already lived with the family. We had dogs that couldn't go to homes with children, cats, or any other pets. We had dogs that were suitable for apartment living, and others that were suited to being outdoor working animals. As animal advocates, it was our duty to prepare the family for the best chance of success by giving them as many tools and resources as possible. The more steps that shelters take to pair up compatible dogs and families, the less likely they are to bounce back to the shelter or worse, get abandoned or put down. Giving dogs to just anyone without a vetting process is straight up irresponsible. (I'm Canadian, by the way, I don't know what other countries' processes are like.)
The process is pretty accurate to our adoption of our cat, we had a house to check everything. I’m in North Carolina.
"Inmate worker" besides just worker? Seems a bit extra. Be happy they have someone there atleast...
@@oliviak1992 I think it depends on the place. I find that non profit animal rescues are usually more involved and caring than most state shelters. And usually they try to have animals in foster homes more so than shelters so they get that loving home experience before adopting them out.
@@Jonesyy8 A lot of county based shelters have local inmates work there. Same thing happened in my county until they built a massive new one.
my name’s grace so when arin said “grace needs food grace needs food!!!” i was like damn ur right i should rlly get some lunch
And when they were upset that Grace was paired off with the wrong guy, did it give you relationship flashbacks? 😅
Good for you.
I’m Grace to and I was dying. I was at work and my boyfriend said “you’re going to love this episode.” I thought it was because it was about animal rescue which I like to watch a lot but now I see! Need to download this video and make some text tones lol
did you get lunch?
@@notsure1969 Whats wrong with you?
Dan screaming, "GRAAACCCCEEEE!!!" then followed immediately by their realization they fucked up left me in TEARS 🤣🤣🤣☠
YES we need more animal based games to continue the legacy of Princef TAAANNNKKKSS
One can dream of the conclusion to The Dog Island.
“…heheheh, _show_ _me_ _ya_ _teef_ “
Glad I am not the only one who thought of that when I saw the thumbnail
Literally just rewatched that series twice this week
Please finish Dog Island!!! 🐶🏝️💕
@@requiemforameme1 that game was full of game grumps memes
Arin doing the 'THUNK; oops! with Grace was hilarious but Dan's yell when she was adopted killed me
Imma admit it, I had tears haha 😅😭
A masterpiece
As a volunteer and a foster, the stories people have of bad shelters horrifies me. Not all shelters are like that but it sounds like too many are.
I love that Dan just dropped that bit of knowledge on Arin so randomly 😂 knowing what bloat is and how a dog can be affected by it is absolutely the kind of random insight i share with my friends and family and get funny looks for knowing about it lol
THANK YOU for the PSA on dog feeding and stomach flipping. No one told us about that and our dog died because he went on a run after dinner. It took less than a day and was incredibly sad. We didn't know why he was sick, and then it was just too late.
I'm only in the beginning so far but Dan talking about getting Camilla from a shelter nearly brought me to tears when I remember it was a kill shelter. Then I really started crying when he said he'd love to get another dog
Save them Grumps! Save all of the animals! Hope everyone has a great day!
Arin saved those two turtles using construction equipment. I'd say he has a knack for it.
@@vigorouslethargy Exzackly, lol!
8:20 one of my dogs died from what Dan is talking about. One night she had trouble breathing and even barking in the middle of the night. She had to have her stomach pumped. She was saved. But a few months later it happened again and no one woke up to help her. Since then I heard it can happen when they eat too fast or that sometimes they wont chew enough if they have to bend too far to reach the food. Ever since then, we got slow feeders and little stools for every pet, even the cats.
If you get another deep chested or large breed dog, speak to your veterinarian about a gastropexy or "tacking the stomach" when they're spayed/neutered.
thats what sucks. you can do everything right but life just fails to give everyone a chance
We also lost our dog to bloat. She was too old and didn't survive the drive to the vet. No one warned us about bloat, this was how we learned. So I'm very glad Dan explained it to 350,000 people. That's guaranteed to save at least one dog.
So did mine. It happened last year. RIP my sweet lady Cadence😢
"And what's your favorite Game Grumps episode, little Timmy?"
"I like the one where they talk about assholes for a loooooooooooong time!"
That could be any GG episode.
"That doesn't really narrow it down Timmy"
"How many animals are in the sewers?"
As someone who watches a lot of Hope for Paws, which operates in the LA area, I can tell you it's a lot.
Wtf?!
@@MrSpartan993 Cats run in there a lot. Every few weeks HfP rescues a cat or some kittens from either the LA river or down in the sewer.
@@buchiklop110 that’s good, but I wonder how many still die down there like during flash floods and such
@@MrSpartan993 I imagine thousands after all of the years. Just for LA I mean
Way more than there ever should be. I follow them too :(
Funnily enough, "I don't want to spend all this money on a fucking camera" was also Arin's business model IRL when it came to Dan being on camera during all those quarantine episodes.
"You have to _earn_ their [cats'] respect, Dan, that's the whole thing."
We've had our cats about a year. I find the best way to deal with them is to give them space when they want it, and attention when they want it. If they want attention & you don't want to give it to them, instead of ignoring them, give them _too much_ attention, and they'll go away on their own. 😂
Thank you for explaining why cats are fucking useless.
@@ronjones-6977 with that logic all animals are useless including dogs.
My cats bring me joy so they're doing their job excellently I'd say. I don't expect them to do more than sit around and look pretty, it's what they're hired to do after all
@@nejishadow in my household, my mom adopted them as her adopted sons, so they are my brothers and never cats for hire. We don't use them, they use us. (I'm not kidding! 😅)
I tried that on my because it's bedtime, and it worked. Thank you
When Dan said "Oh, she knows" I immediately thought of him sitting down with his doggo and saying "Now that we have discussed what this is, It's time to go to the precautionary slides and pictures!"
Does this mean we might get a long awaited continuation to Dog Island and save our little brother??
They said they didn’t want to continue it cause the main character is based on Dan’s now-dead dog, and they’re not comfortable with the Yi Lu joke anymore
@@MorriganReads I didn’t know that
Thank you and I’m sorry
"Poop statistic.."
Arin's mind suddenly explodes.
Do you think Sonic shits?
Remember that you are loved and cared for and you are all my videogame boys and girls. You are the ones who win.
People**
🥹We’re all the ones who win.
@@VexielSlaysTbh lmao what are you correcting?
@@VexielSlaysTbh who says they’re people? What if they don’t identify as one?
@@Marklennon Did you just assume our species?
I’m new to the Game Grumps (I know, I know 😂) but wow, I really like how they care about animals and I like how one of them (I’m still trying to differentiate their voices, I’m sorry!) adopted his dog! I adopted my big lunk too :) And I absolutely loved the Ribbit King series these guys did. They are extremely funny dudes.
They bothhave thier own channels listed in the description. Arin (egoraptor) has a bunch of old animations he did which are insane and funny. Daniel (danny sexbang) has ninja sex party which is his band making dumb but hilarious music. After checking them out alone youll never confuse them again.
Danny is the one who mentioned his dog. Arin is the crazy one, Danny is the composed one - if that helps. Lol. Arin yells a lot; Danny has a softer voice. Arin is "Grump", Danny is "Not-So-Grump" in other words. (I recommend watching Ten Minute Power Hour, it's hilarious and you'll be able to put a face to the names.)
Welcome 🎉😅
They also have another channel called 'The Grumps' where they do zany whacky stuff for the Ten minute power hour show they do. That is how I learned to tell them apart, cause it let me see their faces while they spoke. Welcome to the channel! I hope you find a barrel of laughs here! :)
Damn this is the SImulated era of game grumps.
Dan and Arin are becoming simulator andys
I feel like Arin is playing all these simulators to find Dan a new job before he lets him go.
I’m deceased HAHAHAH
LOL very specific odd jobs. Trucker, working at an animal shelter, mowing lawns, wide range of jobs Arin has for him at least
So thoughtful
@@CrazeeAdam and don't forget the all-important Internet Cafe proprietor.
I used to have to do power washing once a month at a screen printing company and it's legit fun
I'll admit, Arin accidentally smacking the dog in the face with the dog house made me crack up so hard😂
I would definitely watch more episodes of this. It’s so wholesome and chill
Arin: "oh no, we chose the wrong thing!" *chooses the exact same, wrong thing again*
Oh Arin, never change ❤
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this! I was waiting for them to realize 😂
Hearing the name Grace so often makes me wonder how "Let's Game It Out" would play this simulator.
Don't invoke his name like that 😭🙈
While a lot of shelters are not as nice as this, my dog was pretty lucky. All of my animals are rescues. My dog Dolly was hit by a car and she was found with a broken leg. The adoption service we got her from works more like a network of foster homes. They nursed her back to health and fostered her while she recovered. At the time I was getting over an ankle injury and she still had a slight limp. I couldn't say no. I didn't have a lot of money because my injury kept me from working, so the service gave me a ~$100 crate to help us get set up for her. She's now healthy, playful, and a couch potato. She officially made my wife a dog person.
We also have a black cat we found in my neighbor's car at 4 weeks old. He's now a mischievous little Gremlin.
One thing about these simulator games is you'll NEVER see another human being modeled. I'm sure it's resource and time intensive, but man, it makes these games feel super dystopian and empty.
Internet cafe simulator stole all the human models
@@samiskindaokay2412 And even then it was mostly references to IRL public figures :D
But the world would be a better place if it was only doggos.
Human character modeling is actually pretty easy if you have the money for the right software.
American/Euro Truck and Lawn Mowing Sims have pedestrians so some must have escaped from the Cafe
I'm so proud of you Dan for even knowing that. A little more info, it's most common in larger/deep chested breeds. There is a surgery to prevent it. I have seen it in a dog as young as 7 months old!
“Good luck grace!” Me having zoned out while doing homework: um thank you?
As a shelter worker, I can vouch that this simulated shelter is incredibly nice. What I do like is the adoption process in the game is closer to how in depth we go for our applicants. Y'all would be surprised at how many terrible applications we get or mismatched animals-to-households. I know a lot of shelters are overworked and understaffed and can't spare that kind of thing though. So please be kind to your kennel staff; like Dan and Arin, we absolutely love our animals and want to get them to the best homes, quickly, but accurately.
Oh jesus, I don't think I'm emotionally prepared for this game.
We adopted a dog a few months ago that we named Jack and the one in the game looks just like him. I was not prepared for seeing pretty much the same story happen today and it hit extremely close to my heart.
24:45 fucking took me out haha. "YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ADOPTED IF YOU'RE SCREAMIN' LIKE THAT!"
$14 for an open box for a cat...meanwhile he's got *2 empty boxes* sitting on his helipad 😂
Clearly he should run an openbox business on the side. Pure profit!
This shouldn’t be heart-wrenching because it’s a game but my god…
Poor puppies. I watch so much content from others that mess around in games to be messed up and make profit but I think this will be more genuine but still have plenty of angry cursing.
And I work at a doggy daycare and boarding place, so not a shelter but similar so this is very fitting to watch on my break during my horribly early shift!😂
Furries shouldn't be allowed to work at animal shelters.
I usually can’t handle animal simulation games without crying, but they didn’t mess things up too much in this game and that made me happy.
Honestly would love to see more of this! Bizzarely therapeutic
also as someone named Grace this was a very strange episode for me
Isn't it the weirdest feeling??? I have a pretty uncommon name, and there's an episode in which a character shared my name.
Hearing them - internet celebrities - say your name in front of millions of viewers is odd and delightful!
You may or may not enjoy Let's Game It Out, then... 😁
graces unite!
@@TetsuyaMcCuddin yes, we have our own playlist 😂
Arin not reading the emails and giving away Jack, the dog that obviously had an owner beforehand and that they needed to wait for them to come by to get him(18:26), infuriated me so much 😭 Especially since Dan kept reminding him and then he still matched him with a new owner.
*Arin doesn't realize solid and outlined cat/dog mean different thing*
Oh yes, that's gonna be good.
And then they do realize & immediately freak out 😅
"I don't know, do you they'll want to keep eating after today." The delivery is perfect
The 180 of them tearing up as Grace leaves to "Grace, come back! I fucked up!" had me dying.
Puppies?! Now you're just teasing us, Game Grumps! Don't think the Lovelies have forgotten about Dog Island!
Watching Arin move around in this game reminded me of when neurodivergent people (myself included) sometimes bump into walls and door frames and other stuff
... i think that's just an all people thing
@@soulmana1010 it's more extreme for people on the spectrum. It happens regularly and even where we are well accustomed to or should be able to see the obstacles but our brain doesn't really register it at that moment
I don't know how many times a day I say "there's a wall/door/table/etc there" as I bounce off the named item.
The amount of times I just bash my skull off of the counter, or slam my shoulder into the door frame, in just a week... it's excessive.
average internet user rushing to overshare about their debilitating mental illness to strangers online
6:52 Dan hitting us with the one-two reference combo:
Gasoline making the dog faster is a reference to their Teletubbies video I believe
The Slappers is a reference to the 'Fuck Mr. Hatcher' game
10 minute power hour animal sanctuary/zoo visit. :)
To add onto the GDV discussion (bloat in dogs), if you have a large dog with a slim chest (think Great Dane, German shepherd, etc) you can have a veterinarian tack the stomach to the body wall to prevent it from ever rotating on itself. It is a surgical procedure that prevents a potentially life-ending emergency. This is known as a gastropexy and can be done during a spay/neuter.
The mix of hilarious and utterly emotional could make this a really good series if they keep going with it.
My mom was workin at school and this dog just walked onto the playground no one wanted her so my mom took her home and we have had her ever since that dog is precious she didn’t have a owner I think the owners moved away and just left her behind the cutest dog I ever seen
Love the simulator era of grumps this is very nice
I'm so glad Dan talked about bloat, it is EXTREMELY common, a close friend's dog nearly died of it she was debating taking him to the vets til I said it sounds like GDV and to take him immediately. He survived luckily. A lot of people wait bcs the symptoms are just not eating, not drinking, or retching with no vomit, and the swollen stomach. They think their dogs just a little sick which is understandable but bloat is so common it's ALWAYS worth going to the vet immediately. Blessed that he educated people on how to avoid it
Well I was going to comment something like “is this the spiritual successor to dog island in the Game Grumps canon?” But it’s nice to know many people did that for me.
Princef taaannxx may not of found her brother, nor did she complete her training in “*snif* *snif*” sniffing, but she did stumble upon a lone rescue shelter…
Okay... this one is adorable. I genuinely hope you guys play a little more of this.
Animals looking for a home? I don’t know if i am emotionally equipped for this
Bloat is such a real thing that lots of pet owners don't know about a dog at our kennels died from it while I was working it was absolutely horrible. thanks for spreading the word boys might just save some puppies!
Dan's message at the end about adopting is so sweet!
I want this thumbnail as a canvas print above the fireplace.
Arin: This guy has no matches!
Also Arin: This woman has 3 matches!
Pretty sure they both shared some of the same matching conditions...
Having worked in a dog rescue for ten years this is actually pretty accurate. Except combine this game with power washing simulator.
i had a dog named Jack that looked very similar to Jack in this game and him having a send off by the grumps was pretty nice, love ya buddy!
When I worked at my local animal shelter in Canada, it was a depressing experience because you get to see the sad reality of how life can be cruel to animals. I was always happy when a good family adopted a pet. And that’s also where I adopted my dog who’s helped me through so much and vice versa.
Adopt don’t shop, guys. ♥️
I would love to see more of this! Oddly satisfying and just keeps my focus when nothing else will.
I can't wait for some talented animator to reenact the scene where Grace gets adopted and the Grumps chase after the van after Arin realizes he fucked up and adopted Grace to the wrong person.
Glad to see Arin and I were both thinking of ‘kenimals’ at the same time
My subtitles said the opening was "hey I'm gruff, I'm not sue gruff" and I can not unhear it.
I love how Dan wont usually call out Arins shit but in this game he definetly did... so wholesome for a group that have "GRUMPS" in their name
I work at a shelter and it is not this easy at all. All the animals have behaviour/health issues. People expect you to give them whatever dog they want even though you've put on the add that will eat children and then they start verbally attacking you for not giving them the dog. At the shelter I work at we do home checks for all the animals and you don't get to see the animal unless you're application matches the requirements for that animal and that's just the beginning of the process.
This gives me Mother Sim energy when Arin kept having to clean the bottle over and over 😂😂
It hurt seeing jack get adopted when jack already had a home and dan said it several times but then suddenly forget and let jack get adopted.
9:41 "That's why when I feed Camilla and then she's immediately like 'Let's effing party!' I'm like 'No...' " Camilla literally wants to "P-p-p-party until she dies" 🐶🎉💀
Some dog breeds are more prone to bloat, like saint bernards. However, there is a surgery they can do where they stitch the stomach to the side of the abdominal cavity which makes it very unlikely to happen! I know this because we have a saint bernard and when she got spayed recently they did it at the same time and now we don't have to worry so much about her romping after eating and drinking.
This game is so cute!!! Love to see a series
Please play more of this! Its really comforting
Dan genuinely getting emotional was so good
another thing you can do to prevent bloat (which is IN ADDITION to what Dan says and NOT a replacement) is to have an elective surgery where the stomach is "pinned" to the body cavity with a few stitches, preventing it from flipping over and causing bloat. This is more of an option for larger breeds that are especially vulnerable to bloat, like Great Danes.
They should like a "horror" mode to this game where it's just this, but realistic.
I used to work at the Austin Animal Center and it was the best shelter I’ve seen. While it had its problems, there were vets on site and we took care of vaccinations and spay/neuters as part of the adoption fees. It was a really big shelter too that took in all kinds of stuff. I wish more shelters could be that nice, but I know the only reason the Austin shelter was so nice is because it had city funding.
I fucking lost it at "she is strong on plow" XD
As an emergency vet nurse it's lovely hearing Dan educate about bloat we see it so often. It can be so time sensitive as well. So if your dog is showing symptoms (such as retching with no production and a distended abdomen) call your emergency vet asap!
I absolutely love when you guys play these games
My dog, who is named Grace, is very thankful for you helping her out of the sewers and back into my house.
YESSSSSSSSS i got this game when it came out and im SOOO excited for this series!
(It's not a series)
@@resileaf9501 i have a feeling it will be haha
this is a very heartwarming episode of GAME GRUMPS
please continue this game GRUMPS!
“Grace needs food! Grace needs food!”
FUCK YEAH I DO, I GOT A POPSICLE.
27:27 This means they trust you, Dan
A series is coming soon… I can smell it
god I took a drink JUST when Arin started yelling at 24:47, ive never fought so hard not to violently blast my tv with water in my life
please please keep playing this its so enjoyable
I didn't say this yet, but thank you Danny for such a good time, I loved every minute of the up close and personal concert with you, Ninja Brian and the Super Guitar Bros. I hope that for your next concert, you could also try and make it to Marietta. Again thank you so much for the chance to see you guys perform and take care. You too Arin.
I could really imagine just opening steam and seeing Dan have like 3000 hours in this game lol
This game was beyond adorable! 🥰 Also I love how Dan encouraged everyone to go to a shelter to help some dogs! 🥰
Please make this a series 🙏
Worked in shelters since I was a kid, even travelled to Africa to volunteer in a couple. Thought I'd be doing it forever, but now that I'm disabled I find myself looking for a new career path with all my experience and passion being in this kind of work. Really miss it.
Also I promise there are lots of shelters more like this than you think. The ones like Dan mentioned give them all a bad name but I swear the majority really care and work super hard to make sure these animals are given the best.