Tiny shelter dog lived like no other
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00:00 Winslow was about 8-10 months old when he was at the shelter.
00:03 Where you going?
00:03 They were going to euthanize him that same day unless somebody came to rescue him.
00:07 Winslow! Come here!
00:09 I'm Gabby and this is Winslow's story for GOP's.
00:11 Winslow was found as a stray, which I find hard to believe.
00:14 Winslow!
00:14 Like somebody dumped him because a tiny little dog like that is not going to survive.
00:18 What?
00:18 Somebody brought him to the shelter and they were only going to hold him for a certain amount of
00:22 time. He was going to be euthanized the same day because they said he was having some breathing
00:25 issues and then they needed to pick him up by the end of today.
00:27 Hey Winslow!
00:29 Luckily one of their volunteers took him home and I rushed over there.
00:32 I don't know if he was just scared or what but he was fine when I picked him up.
00:36 What drew me really to Winslow was that I saw this tiny little dog that needed my help but
00:41 not just that, that he looks like he had this terminal genetic disorder called
00:46 mucopolysaccharidosis. I have sex and something about him it has pulled at me.
00:50 Winslow was very, very small. He was 2 pounds.
00:53 Do you want help up the stairs?
00:54 But that's part of the genetic disorder is that it does cause short stature because it
00:58 also causes them to have like a swooped up nose and underbite, leg deformities.
01:03 It causes issues everywhere. The eyes, the GI system, the heart, the lungs, everything.
01:08 Upon first meeting Winslow he was enjoying a meal of a boil of the chicken and here I am
01:14 taking him in the car somewhere else. He was upset taking him away, you know, taking him home.
01:19 Did you steal my sack?
01:20 When I brought him home of course Winslow went into big boss mode looking around and
01:25 was like, "Okay, I own the place." You're so ferocious.
01:28 He would run around with the dogs and they'd be so gentle with them.
01:32 What are you doing big boss?
01:35 He's getting them.
01:38 They didn't see that he was sick, they just saw him as this wonderful little being just like I did.
01:41 Winslow loved to cuddle. I'd bring him up on my bed all the time or I would spend
01:48 actually a lot of time on the floor with him because he was too small to jump on the bed
01:51 and he would love to just go on the crook of my neck and just paw at my face and snuggle.
01:55 Hi.
01:55 He didn't have a lot of fat on him. He would wear shirts and
02:00 sweaters during the day to help keep him warm and comfortable.
02:03 What you doing Winslow?
02:05 I would order a lot of like guinea pig or rodent sized clothes and they would actually fit him.
02:13 Do you like some treats?
02:14 There's a lot of like anticipatory grief when it comes to having a dog,
02:17 you know, with a terminal genetic disorder that there's no cure, it's just supportive care.
02:22 But with my previous experience with my previous dog that had, you know, the same
02:26 genetic disorder, I was able to push through and just enjoy every day that I had Winslow,
02:30 every adventure that we had, every, you know, trip that we took together.
02:33 He helped me through some of the hardest times of my life.
02:36 What are you doing little rat?
02:37 What?
02:40 What are you doing my little monkey man?
02:43 Winslow was there with me through it all.
02:46 He was a little over three years old when he passed away.
02:51 The saddest part is he ended up passing away the day that I lost my son.