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Abby and her siblings were rescued
from a shelter in Tennessee.
The litter is nine. There's eight boys,
She's the only girl, so she had to hold her own.
The rescue was able to bring them
to New York, so we
can find them forever homes.
[laughing] - Hi! Oh, hi, my friend! Hi.
Our kids foster puppies after school.
Twenty-six puppies have gotten adopted.
After Abby and her siblings arrived,
they got parvo.
It's very hard for puppies to survive.
Abby was very, very sick,
but she's a fighter. She was a little warrior.
Now, Abby is 100 percent healthy,
and she is one happy dog.
There's two folds of the foster care.
The first fold was the school.
After that, Abby went to the foster home.
Wherever she ends up
is gonna be the best home for her
for the rest of her life.
We are hoping that Abby
will be adopted today.
- Abby and some of her brothers popped up
on the web site, and
my wife fell in love.
The more I look at the picture,
the more I want her to be part of a family.
I was just like, everything that we've been through
in our lives, this is a fighter.
This is the right dog for us.
Abby is coming to visit the house,
to see if her and our dog can get along,
and hope that she'll be able to stay here,
and become part of our family.
You excited? You getting a little sister now?
You're no longer the youngest member of the family?
We're here, Momma.
If she can win Slade's heart, she'll win the kids' heart.
- Oh my God!
Easy.
Good boy.
Abby was a little intimidated at first.
We got into the backyard, where they could be more free.
Easy, girl.
Abby? Sit. Yes!
Slade? That's a good sit, Slade.
We just wanted them to settle,
and now the tails are up.
Now her tail is finally untucked.
Come on. Come on.
Come on, Slade. - Come on.
Come on. - Let's go. - Come, Abby.
Yeah, Abby. Come on.
We let Slade kind of lead her into the house.
Oh, you figured out where the food is?
Okay. You hungry?
They finally, like, hit it off,
and they started playing.
Good girl. - Aw, thank you, thank you, thank you.
See, she's warming up now. See the difference?
Are you good to go? - I am set.
Today's a happy day.
She found her forever home.
She loves her new family.
She's playing, she's giving everybody kisses.
She's loving the kids.
She had me from the moment I saw those cute little eyes.
Once we signed those final papers,
I knew that Abby was ours,
and she's not going anywhere,
and she's gonna be -- forever be with us.
It's hard to describe the amount of happiness
and joy that we feel.
It's -- it's our hearts are just full of love.
and she is definitely the piece that was missing.
Just the joy of having another puppy in the house.
You get to watch them play with the kids,
and growing up together.
Animal adoption is important because
a dog belongs with a family.
Abby and Slade are definitely
cemented into our family,
and they'll be cemented into our family
for a very long time.