Superman's super, unruly canine Krypto seems to have inspired a big surge in online searches about how to adopt a rescue dog.

I held Jude for five seconds and folded like a lawn chair. She looked at me like we'd known each other forever,' María Gabriela de Faría tells PEOPLE

Find out how James Gunn's dog inspired Krypto in the new Superman movie and his key role in the future of the DCU.

The hype will fade, but your dog will stay, so make sure you’re ready to give them the time, care, and training they need and deserve.”

Now, correlation does not imply causation, but we must concede that Krypto is a very good boy, and we love him. It stands to reason that witnessing our beloved Kryptonian canine tortured in a pocket universe inspired others to consider preventing a similar fate for other home-hungry puppies.

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Sofia was stoic, cape flapping in the wind, as smaller dogs came to sniff her rear end. She stole the judge’s hearts when she managed to lift one ear at a time and tilt her head, shooting them an adorable glance.

What was clearly intended to win over the hearts and minds of cinema-goers, keen to see what Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn would do with the beleaguered superhero in his new summer blockbuster,

The new Superman movie hit theaters this weekend, and while it’s almost impossible to upstage a handsome superhero in a skin-tight suit—with piercing blue eyes and superpowers to boot—the newest cast member,