- We have picked up a new part
of the Brave Wilderness team.
The power of the internet is possibly going to
find this very special, very smart,
very adorable dog a home.
Several weeks ago we were in Costa Rica filming an episode
that featured our new wildlife show host,
Christina Wilson, taking on the bullet ant challenge.
In the process of filming this,
a dog literally came out of the middle of nowhere
in the Costa Rican jungle.
It was emaciated, it was clearly looking for attention,
and it was pretty adorable.
Immediately this dog warmed up to us.
Must have known that we were animal people,
and we said, "Oh, we've gotta rescue this dog."
But how in the world do you rescue
a dog in a foreign country?
Say hi to everybody out there in Brave Wilderness.
That's Roufus.
He's our little lost rainforest dog.
All right, lead the way.
Go find us some animals.
Our goal is to talk to some people
in the town of Siquirres and find out where do you take
really friendly dogs that need to be rescued?
He is skinny.
Probably about a year of age.
There are so many stray homeless animals here in Costa Rica.
At the previous reserve we were at,
as we were driving there,
we must have seen two dozen,
easily two dozen, dogs just living on the street.
And the fact that this dog came out
of the middle of nowhere in the jungle,
we couldn't just leave him there.
So Roufus is now a part of the Brave Wilderness team,
at least until we find him a home,
and we leave and go back to the United States.
Okay, look how cute he is.
Look at that face!
That's a face that says, "Somebody, please adopt me.
"I'll do anything.
"I can be your best friend.
"Wait for me guys! Wait for me."
Now I got a mixture of adult dog food and puppy food.
We don't want to feed him too, too much right away,
because he's gonna scarf it down,
and we don't want him to puke,
so I'm gonna mix the two together,
and get a little bit of water in here.
This is what I do for my dog at home,
because she eats really, really fast,
and the water allows it to slide down a bit better.
This is going to be the first meal this dog has had
in who knows how long.
Roufus, over here buddy.
Come here, bud.
Look at this.
Look at how excited he is.
Oh my God, he is leaping for joy.
I know, I know. My gosh.
You, these humans got me some food.
Okay, wait.
Okay, there you go.
Look at that.
Okay, take your time.
Good boy.
Yeah, good boy.
I know, that's so good.
Oh my gosh, you just inhaled it.
"Thank you guys so much.
"I love dog food!
"Is there more?
"Is there more?"
Poor little guy.
Okay, so it's been a little over 24 hours
since we came across Roufus.
Hi buddy!
How are you?
And Mario, you've got some updates.
- Yes, I'm currently texting with a woman named Krista.
So thank you, Krista, for reaching out.
She is trying to set it up for a person to meet us
here in Siquirres at a vet clinic.
First we have to get the dog checked out,
get him some shots, probably somebody deworming.
We'll cover the costs on that,
and then she'll have someone pick him up
and basically try and find him a forever home.
So this is working out.
- So a lot of people, I'm sure, were wondering
upon our original social media posts
whether or not we were going to be able to bring
the dog back to the States with us.
While we would love to take Roufus back,
there is not enough of a time window for us
to get the right papers and veterinary checks
for him to be certified to come through customs
and all of that,
because we are leaving in less than 12 hours at this point.
The power of the internet is possibly going to find
this very special, very smart, very adorable dog a home.
What do you say?
Everybody's trying to find you a home.
What do you think?
Are you gonna find a home?
"Oh my gosh, Coyote, I would love any kind of home."
I might have to give you a bath
before we take you to the vet,
'cause you're a very, very stinky pooch.
Are you extra stinky?
Yeah, okay, thank you for the kiss.
I know, we're best friends now.
- I got a voice message from our contact.
- [Krista] Okay, Mario.
I can't even believe this is coming together,
but it is.
So the vet office is open till 5:30.
He can see you.
He speaks English.
There's a lady, Amanda, coming to meet you
at the vet office,
but you guys have to be there by 5:30.
I'm sorry, I'm doing my best here.
I know it's a time crunch.
I'm going to WhatsApp you her name and number,
the vet name and number,
and the location or maybe even the Facebook page,
so that you can use Waze to get to the vet office.
- We gotta go.
Yeah, all right, we're going right into Siquirres right now.
It sounds like, fingers crossed,
we might have found a rescue for Roufus.
- [Mario] Trent, we gotta go.
- [Coyote] Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Seems like we may have found you a home.
- What's this?
Is this food?
- Stay.
All right, we are on our way to Siquirres
to try and make it there in about 30 minutes,
where we are gonna meet up with the vet.
We've never made an episode quite like this before,
and it's because of everyone out there watching
that has helped us find a way to get a home for this dog.
- [Mario] Uh-oh. - What?
Did he have an accident?
- [Christina] He farted. Just farted.
- A little stinky in the car.
- [Coyote] Who knows when this dog ever had a car ride?
- Yeah, it looks like he maybe farted,
or maybe had an accident.
I don't know.
I'm just driving.
- [Coyote] How you doing back there, Stinker?
I know, you've probably never been in a car before.
"Guys, it's really bumpy back here,
"and, well, I got a little bubble in my tummy,
"'cause I just ate my dinner."
So Christina, your first international trip
with Brave Wilderness,
and you found a dog out in the rainforest.
Tell us about that experience.
- Well, it's always a wild time with the Brave crew,
and like them, I cannot stand watching an animal suffer.
It is absolutely one of the sweetest dogs,
and it's so well mannered,
and it was hard to not take care of it,
so I'm really happy about social media
coming to the rescue,
and hopefully we're gonna find this
precious little puppy a home.
- [Coyote] Trent, how do you feel?
- I'm a little sad actually.
I kind of bonded to him too.
He went with us the other night on our excursion,
and it was pretty cool to have a dog with us.
He seems like some sort of hunting dog.
He was running ahead,
jumping in the forest or the rainforest,
and then he even chased down probably a frog or something.
So I'm a little sad, you know?
He's become part of our team.
He's become part of the crew,
but we can't take him with us.
There's a big process to get him in the US,
and it's best that he stays here,
and he finds a good owner, and we're doing exactly that.
- We have made it to the veterinarian.
This is an important first step.
Alright, you wanna jump down?
Come on.
Good boy.
What's this?
Where are we?
Where are we, huh?
Back here.
Come on, we're gonna do a little checkup.
Hi, I'm Coyote.
- It's nice to meet you.
- Perfect.
- Very, very, very sweet.
- Yeah.
- You're a little skittish, but yeah, he's been,
he had some ticks in his ears and on his lip.
I got one off the lip and a couple outta ears.
There's still one more tick on his lip.
Very smart dog.
Very well behaved.
Teeth look like they're in really good shape.
Kinda looked in his mouth and stuff like that,
so let you guys do your thing,
and we'll just stand back and watch.
- Okay, perfect.
So what we are going to do
in this case is to check first with the blood test
to know about if there's bacterias or some virus
in their blood.
Because in this part in the Caribbean,
it's very common that when we see the ticks in the dogs,
they have this type of disease, okay?
So we are going to take now this baby
to the other room to take the blood,
and we come again to see what's happening. Okay?
- Okay. Great.
Take a little blood test, okay?
A little blood test.
It's like dropping your kid off at the doctor.
It's a little nerve wracking.
It does make me nervous to hear
that when they see ticks on dogs
that they may have this blood disease.
The ticks were only on the lip and a couple on the ears,
so it's not like there's ticks covering the dogs.
So fingers crossed, the blood test checks out.
- Now this is not a rare occurrence in Costa Rica.
We see lots of stray dogs everywhere, all around.
It's very important to spay and neuter your pets,
in case they get out,
so they don't reproduce.
And this is an issue we also have in the the US
and in many countries.
We have stray animals, whether it's cats and dogs,
and then they get diseases,
they affect local wildlife,
and just not good all around.
- [Coyote] We'll hopefully see that this dog
makes it to a loving home that will take care of it
for rest of his life.
Brave Wilderness is gonna support financially
anything medically that Roufus needs,
including this test.
Of course, he needs to be neutered eventually,
so we're covering all these expenses for this pooch.
- All right, let's hope for the best,
and we'll keep you posted.
Oh my gosh, you're never gonna believe this.
- [Christina] Oh my god, hi.
- [Mario] Roufus,
Roufus gave birth.
- Oh my gosh, they're dachshunds!
I have two baby dachshunds, their nose.
This is awesome.
Oh my gosh, this is like a dream right here.
Hi. Hi.
Oh my gosh, you have puppies now.
He has puppies now, hi.
All right, Christina's taking a dog from Costa Rica.
- [Mario] Hey, look at that guy.
He's going!
- Oh no, where're you going?
Where are you going, little guy?
You're scared.
- So now we have here the result, okay?
- This is our update
and this result, that dot compared to those dots,
this is telling us that he's got healthy blood.
- Yeah.
- Oh, that's so great!
Amazing! So even though he had ticks on him,
no diseases were transferred.
Clean bill of health for Roufus.
That is a huge win.
This is all good news, guys.
Roufus, you skinny little pooch.
You are healthier than you look.
That is so exciting.
So Amanda just got here.
Amanda is one of the people who has jumped into action
per our social media post.
Let's go outside, talk to her,
find out how she heard about this story.
She's going to be the one that's bringing Roufus
into her organization to ultimately help find him a home.
- Hi, I'm Amanda.
- Hi, I'm Coyote.
- Nice to meet you.
- Oh my gosh. Nice to meet you too.
Okay, come up here for just a second.
Amanda, we don't know you.
The audience doesn't know you,
but you are a huge step in saving Roufus,
the dog that we found in the rainforest.
How did you come to hear about this?
- I saw on social media, Facebook,
I'm in a lot of animal rescue, animal lover groups here
in Costa Rica.
This dog here in Siquirres needs help right away.
We live so close, which is unusual.
We're used to rescuing dogs very far away.
So I was like, if a dog is in our town, we're there.
We're coming.
- Okay, and you're a part of an organization
you're not actually adopting,
because you're bringing him to someone who'll get him.
- I'm fostering.
We foster out of pocket. - Okay.
We do work with a organization
actually on the Caribbean coast, Puerto Viejo Dogs.
We foster for them a lot.
Really great company.
Otherwise we just do it ourselves out of pocket.
- So I've got some good news.
We just got back Roufus' blood test.
He has no issues whatsoever.
Clean bill of health thus far.
So what does that mean for bringing him
into your organization?
- [Amanda] We can go ahead right away
with getting him healthy,
getting him vaccinated, getting him neutered
and that can actually make him available
for adoption in the States, all over Costa Rica.
- Okay. So with everybody out there watching
keep in mind our audience is massive,
and it's this audience that has helped us save this dog.
There may be somebody out there right now
that right now that does want to adopt Roufus.
So you're saying Roufus could essentially
be shipped to the United States
if somebody wanted to adopt him?
- Absolutely. - Okay.
- Well that's certainly an important step.
We will talk to the audience about that,
but do you want to go inside and meet the pooch?
- Yes.
- Come on, let's go check him out.
Well, so this is him, this is Roufus.
I made him a makeshift collar.
- What're you doing?
You're such a cutie.
Look at that little tail wag.
- Little stinky, but very, very adorable.
- What you doing?
Are you a good boy?
- [Christina] Mario, you feeling pretty good?
- I do, yeah.
This is full circle.
I actually have a little bit of tears in my eyes.
- Aww. - Aww.
I'll send you photos, videos, updates.
- Yeah.
- Add me on Facebook. - Mario.
- What?
- [Christina] You're gonna make me cry.
- Roufus is going to a good home,
and they'll put him up for adoption there,
and he'll be cleaned up.
We're getting food for him, and we'll send him on his way.
- All right, buddy. That's it.
End of the road.
- [Trent] Thank you, Amanda.
- The beginning of the road.
- I mean end the road for us.
- Okay.
- [Christina] I like that.
- Amanda, thank you so much for coming to Roufus' rescue.
We look forward to staying in touch
and getting updates on this.
- Seeing him get all fat.
- Yep. All right.
Congratulations. - Thank you.
You now have a Roufus.
- I always wanted a Roufus.
You always wanted a farm too, didn't you?
And two square meals a day,
and all the treats you could desire.
- We did it!
We saved Roufus.
Be brave, stay wild.
We'll see you on the next adventure.
Roufus has gone through all of his vet checkups,
has been neutered, and is fully cleared for adoption.
If you would like to be the one that gives
Roufus a forever home,
please click on the link in the video description below.
This adorable pooch can easily be transported
into the United States,
and Brave Wilderness will be happy to help
in the coordination efforts.
Big thanks to Amanda and the Siempre Sanctuary
for taking Roufus in.
They have many wonderful rescues up for adoption,
so make sure to check out their site.
(animal howls)