These dogs had a rough start, but now they're growing up and loving life.
Let's meet our favorite little dogs who beat big odds.
A vet tech called us from the emergency hospital.
He's like, I have a breeder here who is going to euthanize a dog because of a
cleft palate. I want to know if you guys can accept him into your rescue.
There was no hesitation.
I believe the stat is like 8 out of 10 don't make it.
Daliso had to be tube-fed at first.
I never tube-fed before.
She fed him, let him sleep for two hours and started all over again.
Craig and Virginie were scared Daliso wouldn't make it, but...
He wanted to live really hard. Yeah, He's a fighter.
He had that little wobble.
Daliso. Oh, how I love you so.
My boy Daliso.
Eventually Daliso didn't need to be tube-fed anymore.
He's doing totally amazing. Growing by the day.
We have never seen ears like this in our lives.
Every dog deserves a chance.
No dog should die for any reason. At one day old.
He's supposed to be an English bulldog, but he was not the right size.
He was pretty malnourished, very runt-ish.
It was like, "Oh my God, this guy's so tiny.
Is he actually even going to live?"
Gradually, as he got good nutrition, he got stronger.
His personality came out more. He's very talkative.
He likes to complain.
Quarrie had trouble walking.
We started taping them to get him to bring his legs in and be able to walk.
He wasn't big on the leg taping, so he would have something to say.
Oh, you can look at me like that but you've got to walk.
He was motoring within a few days.
He would be up and off exploring.
From the leg taping, we started off with the swim therapy.
Now Quarrie is bigger and stronger and walking on his own.
They're written off, but their personalities are so huge, it's almost like they
have a bigger will to live.
King of the world, mate.
King of the world!
She looked like an alien.
She didn't look like a dog.
Oh, my God. This is too much.
She was so small. Less than two pounds.
Very little fur on her whole body.
That first day or two, she got her first medicated bath.
You could just see the old stuff just washing away.
Those little scabbies are coming off a little bit.
She was a little spitfire.
We started to see these teeny tiny baby hairs poking through.
I was like, "You look like a dog.
You're ready to go home now."
Pippa found the perfect forever home.
Once I held her, just like this.
Oh, my gosh. I held her right by my heart.
I'm almost gonna cry right now.
I never put her down.
I just couldn't put her down after that.
She's still a tiny little thing.
But she's so strong. Oh, my goodness.
She's growing into her skin.
No one would know that she was ever that same pitiful little puppy because
she's just so happy now.
I'm just so proud of her.
Overnight he developed a severe head tilt.
He would just spin in circles and fall over.
He was just so tiny.
I was afraid to touch him.
The head tilt is infamous with hydrocephalus.
We took him straight to the specialist.
And they even said, "Don't get attached."
And we were like, "Yeah, that's too too late."
We were so meticulous with his care.
Donovan was with me 24/7.
The way that he was tilting his head.
We wanted to build muscle memory the other way.
So if he wanted to lay his head this way, we would always lay it this way.
And we started him on the medications that would stop that water buildup in his head.
Well, I think overall this is great.
You could see it in him that he had that fight.
We have little stairs up onto the couch.
And Donovan ran straight up those stairs at eight weeks old.
When we were at the six month mark, we explored, "Hey, maybe we can talk about adoption."
The second we met Donovan, I just knew it was exactly what we were supposed to
be doing. He came right in and made himself at home and made himself a part of
the family. He's just really, really happy all the time.
He's actually on no medicine whatsoever now.
And it just shows, if you will give these guys a chance, they can really turn
out to be a normal, happy, healthy dog.
Someone just dumped him at the shelter yesterday.
He's having a hard time breathing.
Rachele runs a puppy rescue, and when she met Earl, she knew he was a survivor.
They all suggested that he be humanely euthanized.
This was not what I was expecting today.
I am going to give him a chance.
Until he tells us that he's done fighting, we're going to continue our fight.
Then Crystal and Max adopted Earl and decided to help him live life to the fullest.
We didn't know how long he was going to live.
I was like, "Earl needs to have some good memories."
Like getting Costco samples, going to the boardwalk.
And we said, "We're just going to give him these experiences."
I watch a lot of cop shows.
So I'm like, "Earl has to ride in a police car."
And Earl kept growing and getting stronger.
Our vet was like, "He's a fighter.
He's defeating the odds.
He's not suffering. So keep doing what you're doing."
Whenever I'm walking somewhere, he's always chasing me.
He just is a big cloud of love.