(upbeat funk)
- This pit bull, Maggie, is going to help me design
a tiny home for this senior homeless dog.
When the tiny house is finished, it is no doubt going
to need some awesome things like dog toys,
so I thought we'd start there.
Here's what we're gonna do.
We're going to go in the pet store
and I'm going to buy her anything that she touches,
but today we are doubling down
and we are buying two of everything:
one for my sweet girl, Maggie here, and then of course,
one for the tiny house we're designing.
(inquisitive music)
(bell dings)
(bell dings) (bell dings)
(bell dings)
- Okay, you did good. Come on, girl, come on.
(toys fall)
- [Rocky] We have a bunch of toys
but the tiny house is going to need a spot for dinner.
So we need a water and a food bowl.
(bell dings)
- [Rocky] If you're like me, and you would buy anything
in that store that your dog touches,
hit that Subscribe button and turn on notifications.
All right, we got more shopping to do.
But first I got to check in with Tye.
I hear he is already working hard.
Wow, man, this is looking good.
You are moving fast!
- Yeah. - What's up, bro?
- We are way ahead of schedule this time.
- Wow. So are you saying I slowed you down on the last one?
(yells/laughs) I smashed my thumb, look at this.
Can you see that? (exhales)
- Injuries do take a little time to heal.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, 'cause I, I didn't help with any
of the foundation or framing or anything.
- Well, we are rocking and rolling.
We're going to do the roof, the sheeting, the installation,
the doors, windows.
We're going to fit them up right now and get it done.
- How can I help?
- That's why I need you to do the interior.
- Okay, okay.
- So design it however you want to, whatever.
- Yeah. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
However I want to?
- However you want to.
- How do you feel about the last one, the interior?
- It's great.
- This is actually the second tiny house we're building.
The first one was for Nemo and he just loved it.
Now it's still a work in progress, but Tye has a game plan.
The goal is to make this into an entire neighborhood
where you could come and volunteer and stay with the dogs.
Now, until then it's a mix of team members at Reverse Rescue
or sometimes the dogs actually staying with Tye
in his house.
You heard Tye say it.
We can do whatever we want.
We know Maggie is good at picking things,
so we're going to let her design this house.
We're going to buy anything she touches.
It's truly going to be a house designed by a dog for a dog.
Maggie is the perfect dog to help us with this project.
She is so sweet, and now you might be wondering
why don't we build a tiny house for her?
Well, she is ready for a family.
So hopefully she gets adopted soon.
Okay, we gotta get shopping because I hear that Tye knows
of a dog that really needs our help
and could be a perfect fit for this tiny house.
Ready to go pick out some countertops?
Let's do it. Let's go.
Okay. So we're going to go with a light color
and then let's do, let's do a dark color, also,
to see what Maggie thinks.
Which countertop? Which one, which one, which one?
(drum roll)
- This one?
(bell dings) - Okay, Okay.
I think she's signaling to this one.
(upbeat funky music)
(bell dings)
- It's this one?
Looks like it's a gray one.
Okay, now I would pick the paw print because it's a house
for a dog, but I think Maggie is going to do a better job
of picking which one is best.
So Kevin, you want to run her up
and see which one she likes?
Yes! (bell dings)
- She actually picked out gray cabinets, a gray mat,
so to do like a darker black would be really nice
but this is me implying what I want, and so, you know,
I don't think, we're going to let her pick like this,
this right here would not be my first choice,
but she gets to decide.
(handles clank) (drum roll)
(bell dings) - Oh! What's this one?
- [Cameraman] Oh, that's kinda turquoise, look at that!
- Look at that. - All right.
- That's pretty.
(fake crowd applauds)
- [Rocky] Okay, remember the homeless dog
that could be perfect for this tiny home?
As soon as we got back, Tye showed me this little guy,
Leonardo.
- [Automated Greeting] To check on the availability
of a specific animal,
please have the animal's ID number available and press two.
- Ah.
- [Employee] What's the animal ID?
- [Tye] A, five, four, zero, three, five, four, six,
a ten-year-old terrier named Leonardo.
- [Employee] Leonardo appears to be blind and deaf.
- Okay.
- [Rocky] The shelter has to let people know that,
and most of the time it will change their mind, but not us.
In fact, that's even more of a reason to help.
- Okay, can we set an appointment for tomorrow morning
to come get him?
- [Rocky] They were so shocked that Tye was
actually ready to come and get him,
that they had to transfer him to the manager.
- [Manager] Okay, what time can you come tomorrow?
- [Tye] Maybe like 11:00 AM?
- [Manager] Yeah, that'll work.
- [Tye] Can we put a CTA in right now?
- [Manager] Yeah, I'm putting on a note in there.
- [Tye] Awesome. - [Cameraman] Yeah.
- Yes.
- [Cameraman] What's a CTA?
- CTA is a commitment to adopt.
- [Cameraman] Okay, I think this is going
to be frickin' perfect.
- Look at that face.
- [Cameraman] Yeah, this is gonna be.
- [Tye] God.
- Leonardo is going to be here in no time
and we have to get this place finished.
Tye's going to keep working on the tiny house
and we're going to get out there shopping with Maggie.
We need a TV for the tiny house so whoever's in there,
person or dog can watch some TV.
Let's go pick a TV, girl, come on.
Which TV do you want? Go get them.
Come on, which one, which one?
(bell dings)
- Oh! - Oh! This one, yeah!
Okay, you have more room to carry something else?
- Always.
- We need a fridge.
- [Cameraman] Want the can cooler?
- [Rocky] Nope, not interested.
- [Cameraman] No, not interested in the can cooler.
What about this one?
- [Rocky] No. - [Cameraman] No.
Vacuum, do you need a vacuum?
- [Rocky] How 'bout, no, no, no.
- [Cameraman] No.
- Oh, oh, oh.
She's interested in these.
- [Cameraman] Oh, what about here?
- Is this the one?
(bell dings)
- Okay, okay, good.
All right, let's get one of these.
- [Cameraman] All right.
Can you carry that, Rocky? That's pretty big.
- Yeah, why, why are we not getting a cart?
Oh my goodness, the bill is adding up fast,
but it's going to be worth it.
Hobby Lobby, now this is definitely going to showcase
your design skills.
This is all about decoration and design.
There's nothing practical we really need in here.
So get your design eyes going, let's go,
let's go get some decorations.
We're maxed on our budget, but these little design details
really make a house feel like a home,
and I know just what to do here.
So many of you have joined already as members
and we're going to pass those member funds forward
to help get these decoration items.
Thanks to all of the members who have already joined
and if you want to become a member,
just click that Join button below.
By joining, you're just as much a part of this as I am.
We're helping dogs together.
This? Which one?
This one. (bell dings)
- [Cameraman] Oh, that one.
- Okay, okay. We got that, perfect.
That's perfect that it's a Woof, too.
- [Employee] Are you seriously being filmed right now?
(brakes screech)
- [Rocky] Oh my goodness, at this point,
I thought we were busted, but you know what?
She heard Maggie's story and she showed her love immediately
and she even pointed us to some other things
that could be perfect for the tiny house.
- [Kevin] 'Kay, which one, Maggie?
- Maggie, come here. (clicks tongue)
- [Kevin] Which one do you want?
- Check 'em out, check 'em out.
(bell dings)
- Maggie, what color?
Okay. (beep)
What color do you like?
A walk by a- (beep)
- So, okay, you know what, Kevin?
Which one would you choose?
- I dunno, this one.
- This one, okay. (bell dings)
- You can tell she's a little worn out now.
It's a lot doing all this design stuff.
So we're going to go reward her right now
with a Puppaccino, and then we're gonna get back
to the house, get to work,
and then we can go out and do shopping another day
if we need to.
Okay. You did good.
Let's go get ya a Puppaccino!
Kevin, what time is it?
- Puppaccino time.
Puppaccino time, puppa-puppaccino time.
- [Both] Puppaccino time, puppa-puppaccino time.
- Puppaccino time.
(light jazz music)
- (laughs)
(slow motion laughs)
- Man, I'd say it's a hit.
I am so proud of Maggie.
She did so good today
and I'm hoping enough people see this video
and hit that Like button
that it causes more people to see this video,
and she gets adopted
Look at this, she like, cleaned that thing out.
(upbeat percussive music)
- I'm at the Downey Animal Shelter right now.
Tye is meeting me here.
We're going to get Leonardo.
They might only let one person in, Tye, to go in
and get Leonardo, but I can't wait to see him.
I am worried about his condition.
He's been in here for a little bit.
- Yeah, yeah.
- So his intake form says he's 10 years old.
He's a terrier, brown, male and a stray dog.
So we don't, we don't know the background on him.
It says here on the pet shelter protocol notes
that they attempted to shave dog, dog would not allow it.
They had to sedate the poor guy just to be able to shave him
because all his hair was so matted.
Tye grabbed Leonardo right away, brought him to the car,
started comforting him to let him know it would be okay.
Reading Leonardo's list of complications is
just heartbreaking.
- It said injury.
- [Rocky] Injury? Maybe they just mean
- "Severe periodontal disease with hair and teeth,
cataract right eye, eye inflammation, so removed hair,
from teeth, several teeth fell out in the process.
- [Rocky] Oh.
- And this is, this is dated on the 1st of February.
So it's been 12 days on that.
(gentle music)
- The good thing about it is you can see if fed
the right foods, if given the right love
and the proper care,
I think you could see him really come to life.
And so it'll be, it'll be fun to follow his journey.
And that's what is so cool about this tiny house, right?
It's, some people will say it's over the top, but to me,
for a dog like Leonardo,
that has obviously had it really rough
and now will get his own little home to just decompress
and just be a dog and not live in fear at all times
because he can't see and hear and he has no one to guide him
through that and to have Tye and his entire team
and volunteers and people that will shower love
down on Leonardo, it's worth it.
(happy funky music)
- That took, by the way, that took forever.
It's nighttime now and we still have so much to do.
We need a couch, we needed to put a TV up,
all these cabinets we still have to set,
we gotta set the countertop.
Oh my God, there's a lot to do,
and we have to have all of this ready by tomorrow
because a very special pup has to move in.
- [Cameraman] You're going to work on the siding, right?
- Yeah, we're going to do the siding, the deck,
and the overhang.
- [Cameraman] Okay, and then you have Tye over here making
all the noise.
- Yes, yes.
- [Cameraman] And what do you think?
We going to get this done in time?
- All day, all day.
- [Cameraman] All day? All right.
- Okay, let me just say right now
there's going to be a lot going on, right?
Because we've got,
we're going to be working on interior design,
contractors are going to be working on siding
and the deck outside and all of that has to come together,
you know, before tomorrow.
So if we have to stay here all night doing this,
we will do that.
Okay, we got a lot of good stuff
but this is just some of the stuff that Maggie picked out
and I got to get it set up in the tiny house.
I don't know how, but Maggie really pulled
all of this together with everything that she picked.
I hope that when Leonardo comes in here
and he realizes this is his home and that Reverse Rescue
and the volunteers working here are his family,
that he feels safe and loved.
This is it. We worked really hard.
Your design choices are amazing,
and I just know everyone's going to love 'em.
Should we show everyone the house?
Let's do it.
Come on.
(upbeat, inspiring music)
- All right, you did it, girl.
All right, now it's time for Leonardo to check it out.
Let's go get him, come on.
It is so heartwarming.
You can just tell that Leonardo finally feels safe.
Leave a comment for Leonardo and Tye and his team will read
as many of those comments as they can.
Tye and his team worked so hard to make all of this happen.
It's going to be fun to see Leonardo on his journey.
If you want to follow along,
make sure you subscribe to Tye's YouTube channel.
I'll put a link in the description below.
Please subscribe. (laughs)