Neglected Senior Dog Learns To Be Part Of A Family

The Dodo

When he was adopted, this senior dog was used to staying out of the way. Until his new family showed him unconditional love. We talked to Taylor about the joy of watching their senior dog turn into a puppy again

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00:00Gunny, he reminded me of a dog that was probably not included a lot.

00:05It was like, I better just stay out of their way.

00:07He would sit on the couch with us, but I felt like he was doing it just to please us.

00:15When we would include him on everything, Chris and I would joke, he was like,

00:19me? You want me to come?

00:20We're like, yeah, Gunny, this is your life now. You come on everything with us.

00:26It was so sweet, but heartbreaking.

00:27He's like, oh, this dog spent a lot of time alone.

00:31We took him hiking with us and on van trips, and he really started to come into himself.

00:37Then I got a message, and he said, we've got a puppy who needs a home.

00:42I was like, we shouldn't, and then we did it.

00:46I was really nervous how Gunny would do, and immediately Gunny took to Vinny.

00:51As Vinny became more of a confident puppy, Gunny became a confident puppy.

00:58Gunny, we're like, he's aging backward.

01:02He continued to just get better.

01:11Vinny brought all this puppy energy.

01:13I just kept focusing on how happy is Gunny, and no longer was I going sad.

01:19Gunny was tearing into him.

01:22And then taking them to the dog park, just wrestling and running hot laps.

01:27They crash on the couch by 7 p.m.

01:30They're exhausted because they had a really good dog life.

01:35How can you keep loving something more?

01:37And I should know that by having two kids, it's boundless.

01:41And you just keep loving these things more and more, and there's so much work and so much poop,

01:45but it's so worth it because we see everyone keep being happier.

01:48And their happiness is so contagious.

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