Pittie was abandoned in an alleyway during a NYC heatwave — until a group of New Yorkers came together to rescue him. We talked to his rescuer and his new mom about his amazingly resilient and loving personality!
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00:00I was walking to the gym one afternoon when a man stopped me and said,
00:03excuse me miss, do you know anyone that wants a dog?
00:06And there he was, the most broken dog I had ever seen.
00:09He was in a back alley, surrounded by filth, tethered to a short chain.
00:14Who knows how long he had been left in the New York City summer heat.
00:17With the help of the man who found him, two police officers, and a handful of good Samaritans,
00:22we got to work rescuing Mr. Pickles.
00:25Sweet baby, they left you here so long.
00:29They left you here.
00:31Nobody had ever been nice to this dog a day in his life, that much was clear.
00:37You're doing so good, Gordon. You're doing so good. We're going to get you some help.
00:42I know, I'm not going to the gym. I'm going to stay here.
00:45After 45 minutes of gentle baby talk and lots of treats,
00:48I was able to coax him into the car and get him to City Vet, who stayed open late waiting for him.
00:55After knowing nothing but the cruelty of humans, he was able to muster the tiniest tail wag for me.
01:02Once he was medically cleared, Rescue City stepped up, pulling him into their program,
01:06and he spent several weeks coming out of his shell in a loving foster home with their volunteer Gretchen.
01:12Mr. Pickles, now named River, has found his forever home with a family that goes above and beyond
01:17to make him feel loved and cared for.
01:20We pulled up right next to him and I remember saying, there he is.
01:28And we were just sort of fixated upon each other.
01:34It literally still makes me tear up to think about when we met him.
01:40He's really starting to settle in now.
01:50There they are.
01:52We rescued three goats that live on part of our property,
01:56and I thought to myself, what is this city dog going to think?
02:03Literally every day he wants to go out and visit the goats.
02:08It's really adorable.
02:11He is truly a special, special soul.
02:13We have had the most amazing experience rescuing him.
02:20He is such a loving dog.
02:25He has not had an easy life.
02:29He deserves a really good life.
02:34I can't change what happened to him in the past,
02:38but I can certainly change what his future holds.