The San Francisco Animal Care & Control takes cute photos of their shelter animals to help them get adopted. And when it was Carpe Diem’s turn, let’s just say it didn’t turn out how they thought it would.

The four-month-old shelter dog didn’t pose or give puppy eyes but stayed true to himself — and that landed him a forever home!

“Carpe Diem Has Left the Building!
Hooray! Our little internet superstar Carpe Diem was adopted today! He went home with a canine brother Jenkins, who was adopted from ACC last year. Carpe Diem is shown here with his adopter, new brother, and ACA Tom. Happy trails little guy!” – Animal Care & Control San Francisco

While it may have seemed like a mess of a photoshoot at the time, the silly photos showed the true character of the pup and got him a home. It doesn’t get any better than that!