Mooney is a Great Pyrenees.
You can barely tell it by looking at him right now.
- Mooney was picked up as a stray.
I don’t know if somebody dumped him.
The pictures that I saw of him just absolutely broke my heart.
I said, "We’ve got to help this dog."
The first time I met Mooney I was amazed
at how sweet he was even in the condition that he was in.
I mean, he had to be in pain and uncomfortable.
Mooney was definitely hopeful and determined despite his health issues.
And then I pulled him as soon as I was able to pull him from the shelter.
He wants to
come and put his paws up on your shoulder,
and just cuddle with you.
First thing we did after I picked him up from the shelter was I took him to the vet.
He weighed about 60 pounds.
Probably about a third of the weight that he should have been.
And they found out that he had a bacterial infection,
a fungal infection, and mange all on his skin.
Texas Great Pyrenees Rescue
pulls dogs out of the shelters and gives them the treatment that they need
so we can get them adopted out.
I’m bringing Mooney to my house to take care of his most urgent medical issues.
He will be in quarantine for two weeks to four months.
And then once he is no longer contagious,
then he will go to a regular foster home.
- Good boy. Oh, good boy.
Here we go.
It’s warm. It’s okay.
- Mooney will be getting medicated baths three times a week.
He is also getting antibiotic pills and antifungal pills.
- [Laughing] What are you doing?
What are you doing?
- Mooney has definitely made progress since he’s been here.
He’s definitely starting to gain some weight,
and his skin is the pink color that it should be.
My biggest hope for Mooney is that he will fully recover,
and is adopted by a family that is going to be his forever family.
Mooney is no longer contagious.
So he can finally leave quarantine and go to a regular foster home.
We found the perfect foster dad for Mooney
who can help him grow even stronger until he’s ready to get adopted.
Mooney has come so far already.
And I can’t wait for him to take this next step.
- I have two dogs.
I think they help Mooney
by teaching him how to be comfortable in a human’s home.
The pack at my house gave Mooney something that perhaps I can’t.
They let him know that he is okay.
Mooney is soon going to be ready to be
a wonderful addition to any human’s home.
Today, Mooney
is going to his adopted family’s home.
I think he has transformed.
He now is active, social.
- Oh, thanks for coming. Hey!
Hey.
Welcome home.
- We were reading online
that Mooney had lost all of his hair.
But we looked at him and he had this happy face.
And then we just kind of knew.
- Welcome home, baby boy.
- He went up to everybody in the family,
and was just happy to see them, loving on us.
- Welcome home.
- We just kinda knew.
I think our son asked me,
you know, “Do you like him, dad?”
And I said, “Yeah.”
And then he ran over to Jenny.
He goes, “Do you like him, mom?”
And Jenny goes, “Yeah, I like him.”
And then you said to him --
You said what?
- I said, “Well, how do you feel about him, Tristan?”
He said, “I love him!”
[Laughing]
So we knew he was -- - Yeah. So we knew.
- Mooney is doing well.
He gets two walks a day in the morning and in the evening time.
And then this is what he does the rest of the day.
[Laughing] He lies around.
- I have a lot of respect for the people at the Texas Great Pyrenees Rescue.
It’s hard for us to comprehend
what really went into all of making him what he is now.
It was definitely worth it.