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Tia: COMING UP ON "PIT BULLS AND PAROLEES"...
I'M GONNA CREATE A TRAIL OF FOOD.
I'M GONNA TRY TO GET THIS DOG DOWN HERE TO THE END.
RESCUING A DAREDEVIL DOG...
OH, DEAR, SHE'S GOING INTO THE SWAMP.
GOES FROM BAD...
SLOW DOWN, YOU IDIOT!
...TO WORSE.
SHE DOESN'T EVEN MOVE.
[ HORN HONKS ]
IN WE GO.
AND A DOG'S SHOT AT A HOME...
WHY DON'T WE BRING OUT YOUR TWO LITTLE MONSTERS?
...HAS TWO LITTLE TERRORS STANDING IN HER WAY.
BAILEY.
I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU, TOO. [ CHUCKLES ]
AND TANIA GETS A SHOCK TO LAST A LIFETIME.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW?
MY NAME IS TIA MARIA TORRES.
FOR 20 YEARS,
I'VE BEEN GIVING SECOND CHANCES TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST.
I RUN A SANCTUARY.
IT'S FOR NEARLY 200 PIT BULLS,
THE WORLD'S MOST MISUNDERSTOOD BREED OF DOG.
AND IT'S FOR PAROLEES --
THE GUYS I HIRE BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WILL.
BUT I'M NOT FIGHTING THE FIGHT ALONE.
MY FAMILY SHARES MY PASSION.
AND IN OUR HOME IN NEW ORLEANS,
THE CITY OF SECOND CHANCES,
MY MISSION IS TO RESCUE,
BUT MY HOPE...
IS ONE DAY I WON'T HAVE TO.
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SO, THIS MORNING, I GOT A CALL ABOUT A STRAY DOG
IN THIS BIG, HUGE FIELD OF NOTHINGNESS
UP AGAINST THE BACK PART OF THE INTERSTATE
WAY, WAY, WAY DOWN THIS REALLY LONG, LONELY ROAD.
IT'S KIND OF KNOWN AS, LIKE, NO-MAN'S-LAND.
THIS IS A VERY COMMON AREA FOR DOGS TO GET DUMPED.
DRIVING UP AND SEEING ALL THESE BUZZARDS
SITTING UP THERE ON THESE LIGHT POSTS,
ALL WAITING AROUND FOR SOMETHING TO DIE,
IT JUST GAVE YOU A -- A REALLY UGLY, SINKING FEELING.
IT'S JUST LIKE NOTHING.
EMPTY LOTS.
JUST AS I STARTED TO STRESS OUT
TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO EVEN BEGIN THE SEARCH...
RIGHT THERE. OH, MY GOD.
...THIS LITTLE BOXER DOG APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE.
[ SMOOCHES ]
COME ON!
AT THIS POINT,
SHE PROBABLY DOESN'T KNOW WHO FRIEND OR FOE IS.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S IN, LIKE, SURVIVAL MODE.
[ SMOOCHES ]
YOU KNOW, THE FIRST STEP IN TRYING TO CATCH A LOOSE DOG,
IT'S TO GAIN ITS TRUST.
AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO GAIN A HUNGRY DOG'S TRUST
THAN WITH FOOD?
I COULD ONLY HOPE THAT HER SENSE OF WANTING TO EAT
OVERRIDES HER SENSE OF BEING AFRAID.
HI, MAMA. [ SMOOCHES ] COME HERE.
COME HERE, MAMA.
GOOD GIRL.
OH, CUTE PUPPY.
COME HERE, MAMA. COME HERE.
HI, MOMMY.
COME HERE. [ SMOOCHES ]
I'M WATCHING HER
AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO TAKE WHAT I GAVE HER.
IT SHOWS ME AT LEAST THAT THERE MIGHT BE A CHANCE.
IT'S OKAY.
[ SMOOCHES ]
FIRST, SHE SEEMS INTERESTED, AND THEN NOTHING.
[ DOG BARKS ]
COME ON, MAMA.
IT'S LIKE, "NOW YOU GOT A WHOLE BIGGER PROBLEM ON YOUR HANDS."
[ DOG BARKS ]
[ SMOOCHES ] CRAP.
[ SIGHS ]
COME HERE, MAMA.
OH, DEAR. SHE'S GOING INTO THE SWAMP.
BEHIND THE INTERSTATE IS ALL SWAMP,
AND IT IS VICIOUS.
IT'S OKAY.
COME HERE.
THIS DOG TOOK OFF DOWN THIS ACCESS ROAD,
AND I SEE THIS BIG, TALL, CHAIN-LINK FENCE.
THERE WAS A GAP UNDERNEATH THIS GATE, AND SHE WAS GONE.
I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW WHAT?
SHE KNEW WHERE SHE WAS GOING.
OH.
SHE'S USING THE SWAMP AS A SAFE HAVEN.
I MEAN, THERE WERE SIGNS THAT SAID, "KEEP OUT,"
BUT IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION LIKE THIS,
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, I JUST HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT MY GUT SAYS
AND GO FOR IT, ANYWAYS.
NOPE.
[ GRUNTS ]
[ SIGHS ]
BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET THROUGH THIS FENCE, AROUND THIS FENCE,
I'M THINKING THE ONLY WAY TO GET BACK THERE
IS TO GET ACROSS THIS BAYOU WITH MAYBE OUR CANOE.
AT THIS POINT, I START TO ASSESS THE AREA,
AND THE MORE I'M ASSESSING IT, THE WORSE IT'S GETTING.
THE GATORS BACK THERE, THE HOGS.
THIS IS LIKE A WATER SNAKE'S PARADISE.
TO THINK THAT THIS LITTLE GIRL IS SLEEPING OUT THERE IS JUST --
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT SHE HAS TO GO THROUGH AT NIGHT TO SURVIVE.
I LEFT OUT SOME FOOD FOR HER,
HOPING THAT SHE'LL AT LEAST COME BACK TO THIS SPOT
AND STICK AROUND LIKE SHE HAS BEEN.
AND THE PLAN IS TO COME BACK ON THE NEXT DAY
AND PUT TOGETHER THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PLAN.
SINCE MOVING TO NEW ORLEANS,
OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY HAS GROWN TENFOLD.
A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE EVEN HAD RHINO ASKED TO BE THE MASCOT
FOR THE ARENA FOOTBALL TEAM, THE VOODOO.
THE EXPOSURE WAS GREAT FOR VILLALOBOS AND THE DOGS,
BUT THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER UPSIDE.
THROUGH THAT, A FORMER FOOTBALL STAR,
WHO JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON PAROLE, LOOKED US UP
AND ASKED US ABOUT WORK.
HOW YOU DOING, MS. TIA?
NICE MEETING YOU. HI.
HOW YOU DOING?
MY NAME IS TONEY CONVERSE,
AND I'VE BEEN ON PAROLE FOR A YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS NOW.
SINCE GETTING HOME, THINGS HAVE BEEN TOUGH.
IT'S LIKE NOT KNOWING WHICH DIRECTION YOU'RE GONNA GO.
THEN I LEARNED ABOUT VILLALOBOS
AND THOUGHT MAYBE THIS COULD BE A PLACE I WORK
AND SPEND MY TIME WHILE I STAY ON TRACK
TRYING TO DO THINGS THAT ARE POSITIVE.
I NEED THIS JOB.
SO, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PAST AND STUFF,
AND I KNOW YOU USED TO PLAY FOOTBALL.
YES, MA'AM.
FOOTBALL PLAYED A BIG PART OF MY LIFE.
THAT'S WHAT KIND OF KEPT ME ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
I GREW UP IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
IT WAS ME, MY MOTHER, AND MY YOUNGER BROTHER.
WE HAD IT PRETTY ROUGH.
MY MOM WAS TRYING TO WORK TWO JOBS.
I SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE WITHOUT LIGHTS AND STUFF.
MY MAMA FOUND OUT SHE WAS A DIABETIC,
AND WE HAD TO GET A COOLER, AN ICE COOLER,
TO PUT HER INSULIN IN
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY FOR A REFRIGERATOR.
AS SOON AS WE GOT OFF THE SCHOOL BUS,
WE WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL.
YOU KNOW, I STARTED BREAKING RECORDS
FROM THE MOMENT I KIND OF TOUCHED HIGH SCHOOL.
I CHOSE TULANE
OVER NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY AT THE TIME.
I BROKE THE FRESHMAN RECORD, THE SOPHOMORE RECORD,
RUSHING RECORDS, AND TOUCHDOWN RECORDS.
EVERYTHING WAS KIND OF GOING UPWARDS.
IT WASN'T UNTIL MY JUNIOR YEAR WHEN THINGS STARTED GOING WRONG.
MY MOTHER'S DIABETES GOT WORSE,
AND THEN THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
MY MOM HAD SLIPPED INTO A DIABETIC COMA.
I WAS IN A ROUGH TIME AT THE MOMENT, AT THAT TIME,
AND I JUST KIND OF LOST TRACK.
LOST YOUR WAY.
I KIND OF GOT INTO SELLING DRUGS
'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, ANY TIME THAT I KNEW,
LIKE, RENT WAS COMING UP AND DIFFERENT THINGS,
I WOULD TRY TO ACCUMULATE ENOUGH SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE.
THAT'S WHEN I ENDED UP GETTING ARRESTED.
IT WAS A DRUG CHARGE, IT WAS NINE GRAMS.
SO YOU WENT AWAY FOR HOW LONG?
LIKE, 11 1/2.
11 1/2 YEARS?
WOW.
A YEAR AFTER I WAS INCARCERATED, I LOST MY MOM.
AND IT HURT, YOU KNOW?
SO YOU'RE ON TOP OF THE WORLD ONE MINUTE,
AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE --
MIGHT AS WELL BE PART OF THE TEAM, YOU KNOW?
IT'S SOMETHING -- I FEEL LIKE WE ALL SHOULD HAVE THINGS
THAT WE BELIEVE IN AND SUPPORT THOSE THINGS.
OH, I LIKE YOU SAID THAT. I LIKE YOU SAID THAT.
Tia: I HAVE A REALLY GOOD FEELING ABOUT TONEY CONVERSE.
IT TAKES A LOT TO COME BACK FROM A FALL LIKE THAT.
I'M GONNA HAVE YOU WORK WITH MY DAUGHTER, TANIA,
AND HER BOYFRIEND, PERRY.
AND ALL THAT I COULD DO IS OFFER HIM THE CHANCE.
WHEN WE GO AROUND IN THE MORNING
AND SCOOP ALL THE [BLEEP] OUT OF EVERY KENNEL,
AND THEN WE TAKE THE BUCKETS OUT...
Perry: IT'S REALLY COOL THAT TIA'S TRUSTING ME
TO, YOU KNOW, START TRAINING SOME PEOPLE.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE STARTING FROM SCRATCH,
TRYING TO REBUILD YOURSELF,
AND I'M VERY GLAD THAT I'M AT THE POINT
WHERE I CAN HELP TONEY GET SOMETHING ROLLING.
THEY'RE VERY TERRITORIAL,
SO THEY'LL LIKE, PEE INSIDE THEIR HOUSES,
YOU KNOW, LIKE, MARKING THEIR TERRITORY.
JUST SO THEY CAN -- THEY HAVE TO, LIKE, SQUEEZE IN.
THEY CAN'T LIFT THEIR LEG AND PEE ON THE INSIDE.
THAT COMES WITH EXPERIENCE, THAT,
'CAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN.
I LIKED PERRY. HE WAS A REAL COOL CAT.
JUST LAYING EVERYTHING OUT TO ME, YOU KNOW.
SO ME AND HIM CLICKED PRETTY GOOD, I THINK.
YOU KNOW, WE WORKED LIKE A LITTLE TEAM.
YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. PERFECT.
YOU KNOW, I WON'T LET ANYONE DOWN.
I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL IS MEANINGFUL TO ME,
AND I'M JUST GLAD TO BE PART OF IT,
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MY NEXT DAY COMING BACK.
Tania: PERRY'S COME A LONG WAY IN THE PAST YEAR.
WHEN I FIRST MET HIM,
HE WAS STILL STRUGGLING WITH HIS ADDICTION,
AND HE WAS DEFINITELY IN A DARKER PLACE.
Tania: LOOK AT THESE RAD TIE-DYE BALLOONS.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT A HIPPIE, BUT STILL.
BUT HE'S MADE IT TO HIS ONE-YEAR MARK,
SO I'M GOING TO SURPRISE HIM WITH A PARTY.
All: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
THANK Y'ALL.
[ LAUGHTER ]
AND BEING OFF THE DRUGS FOR A YEAR
DEFINITELY FEELS GOOD.
THANKS, MAN.
JUST HAD TO MAKE A DECISION WHAT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME.
YOU KNOW, TANIA AND THIS JOB
AND EVERYBODY ASSOCIATED WITH VILLALOBOS
OR A DAY OF BEING LOADED.
NOW IT'S MOST DEFINITELY A NO-BRAINER.
AT THE TIME, IT WAS HARD,
AND I'M JUST GLAD I MADE THE RIGHT DECISION.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
THANKS, MAN.
THANKS.
Earl: I HAVE WATCHED HIM FROM HIS DOWNS
UP TO HIS UPS RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, HE'S A VERY GOOD GUY AT HEART,
AND I AM VERY PROUD TO CALL PERRY A FRIEND.
THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE DO HAVE CELEBRATIONS,
YOU GET TO SEE WHAT THE PLACE IS ACTUALLY ABOUT.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, LIKE, TRYING TO SAVE DOGS, YOU KNOW?
IT'S SAVING PEOPLE, TOO.
I'M GONNA TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS WITHOUT CRYING, I GUESS.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I TELL YOU ENOUGH,
BUT, LIKE, I'M SO PROUD -- PROUD OF YOU.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR BEING, LIKE, EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE
BECAUSE YOU'VE MADE ME A BETTER PERSON,
AND I LOVE YOU SO, SO MUCH,
AND YOU DESERVE ALL OF THIS, SO...
Perry: THANK YOU, BABY.
I LOVE YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
I THINK THAT HAVING EACH OTHER
GOT US THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
EVEN IN THE BEGINNING WHEN THINGS WERE ROUGH,
I KNEW I WAS GONNA LOVE HIM, YOU KNOW?
THERE WERE SO MANY TIMES I DID WANT TO GIVE UP,
BUT WHEN YOU TRULY, TRULY LOVE SOMEBODY,
IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE UP ON THAT PERSON.
I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU, TOO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
LOVE YOU, TOO.
Perry: I DO LOVE TANIA.
SHE MEANS THE ENTIRE WORLD TO ME.
MY BIRTHDAY'S COMING UP.
I JUST HOPE THAT ALL OF MY WISHES WILL COME TRUE.
YESTERDAY, I ATTEMPTED TO TRY AND CATCH A DOG
THAT'S BEEN LOOSE RIGHT OFF THE INTERSTATE
OVER IN NEW ORLEANS' EAST AREA.
[ DOG BARKS ]
THE DOG BOLTED DOWN INTO THE SWAMP,
SO I'M BRINGING THINGS THAT I THINK WE MIGHT NEED THE MOST
TO TRACK HER DOWN IN THE WATER.
LET'S PUT THE CANOE IN THE BACK OF YOUR TRUCK.
WHEN THERE'S A RESCUE LIKE THIS IN AN AREA THAT'S SO FAR AWAY,
YOU BRING EVERYTHING WITH YOU.
IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK.
PULL THE TRUCK OUT, AND THEN PUT THE CANOE ON THIS.
SO TODAY, I BROUGHT, OF COURSE, THE TWINS,
WHO ARE ALWAYS A GIVEN
WHEN IT COMES TO CATCHING DOGS IN THIS SITUATION,
ORLANDO, TANIA, PERRY, LOUISE,
AND I'M ALSO BRINGING TONEY CONVERSE.
YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NEW, I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.
THEY'RE GONNA LOAD UP THE CANOE ON THIS TRUCK.
Toney: TIA SAID THAT SHE WANTED ME TO COME ALONG ON THIS RESCUE.
LIKE, MY ADRENALINE WENT TO BUMPING, AND IT WAS, LIKE,
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I'M GOING SO SOON.
THIS WHOLE SITUATION, I SWEAR TO GOD,
I'VE HAD THE WORST ANXIETY OVER THIS.
Tia: I JUST KEEP HEARING IT FROM THE LOCALS
THAT I'M TELLING WHERE THIS DOG IS GOING TO,
THEY'RE, LIKE, "OH, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO BACK THERE."
BETWEEN THE GATORS, THE SNAKES, THE WILD HOGS,
IT'S ALSO A VERY COMMON PLACE FOR THE BODIES TO GET DUMPED.
LITERALLY.
THIS IS THE KIND OF THING
THAT MAKES THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK STAND UP.
SHE'S HARD TO SPOT.
BROWN.
THERE SHE IS. RIGHT THERE.
OH, MY GOD.
THIS TIME WHEN WE GOT THERE, THIS LITTLE BOXER
HAD KIND OF CHANGED THE GAME PLAN ON US.
SHE HAD MOVED HERSELF AWAY FROM THE SWAMP,
AND NOW SHE WAS UP BY THE INTERSTATE.
THIS IS BAD.
WE NEED TO CHASE HER OFF THE INTERSTATE.
SHE CAME RIGHT IN THE WAY OF THE [GASPS]
Tia: SHE CAME RIGHT IN THE WAY OF THE [GASPS]
[ HORN BEEPS ]
SLOW DOWN. OH, MY GOD.
THE DOG IS SO NUMB TO CARS.
WE NEED TO CHASE HER OFF THE INTERSTATE.
HI, MOMMY.
[ DOG BARKS ]
HERE YOU GO.
[ DOG BARKING ]
AS I STARTED TO PUT THE PLAN IN MOTION,
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE LITTLE BOXER STAYED OUT OF THAT SWAMP.
THERE YOU GO.
I USED FOOD TO LURE HER
AND GET HER OFF THE ROAD AWAY FROM TRAFFIC.
BUT THEN IT WAS TIME TO PUT THE PLAN INTO ACTION.
LET'S JUST PUT IT RIGHT AROUND IN HERE.
UP ABOVE THAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT SAY,
"WHY DON'T YOU JUST USE A REGULAR DOG TRAP?"
A DOG TRAP IS SMALL,
AND A LOT OF TIMES, THESE DOGS THAT DEVELOP SURVIVAL SKILLS,
THEY'RE SUSPICIOUS,
AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO NEAR A DOG TRAP.
SO TO CREATE A BIGGER ENCLOSURE,
IT GIVES THEM A FALSE SENSE OF, "OH, THIS IS NOTHING."
SO I GOT TO HAVE THIS END OPEN.
SLIDE IT BACK A LITTLE?
YEAH.
Kanani: WE USED THIS TYPE OF FENCING BEFORE,
SO IT WAS KIND OF EASY TO PUT UP.
SO HERE'S THE DEAL.
I'M GONNA CREATE A TRAIL OF FOOD.
I'M GONNA TRY TO GET THIS DOG DOWN HERE TO THE END.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE GETS DOWN THERE, CLOSE THE GATE.
I'LL HAVE THE TWINS DO IT.
ONCE THEY HAVE THE GATE CLOSED, THEN WE POP OUT, SLOWLY.
WALK UP TO THE FENCE
AND JUST KIND OF POSITION YOURSELVES AROUND THE FENCE
IN CASE SHE TRIES TO JUMP OUT, THAT'S ALL.
Toney: THIS IS MY FIRST TIME WITH TRYING TO RESCUE A DOG,
AND I'M EXCITED, BUT ALSO A LITTLE NERVOUS.
I DON'T WANT TO MESS UP.
HERE YOU GO, MAMA. HERE YOU GO.
[ DOG BARKS ]
[ SMOOCHES ] HERE YOU GO.
I GOT FOOD. I GOT FOOD.
I GOT FOOD. I GOT FOOD.
YOU KNOW, AS I LAID THE CHICKEN DOWN FOR HER TO EAT,
PUT MY E.T. PLAN INTO MOTION
AND TRIED TO CREATE A TRAIL OF CHICKEN INTO THE ENCLOSURE.
SHE'S SNIFFING OUT THE FOOD.
THERE YOU GO.
COME ON, PUP.
I WAS STANDING UP ON THIS LITTLE RAIL,
AND I COULD KIND OF SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON,
AND THE DOG WAS SO CLOSE TO GOING INTO THIS PEN.
[ DOG BARKS ]
Tia: OKAY, DO NOT MAKE A MOVE.
OH, SHE'S GOING BACK THE OTHER WAY.
[BLEEP]
AND THEN THE DOG GOT KIND OF DEFENSIVE
AND JOTTED ACROSS THE STREET.
SHE AIN'T GONNA COME OUT.
SHE JUST DIDN'T SEEM INTERESTED ENOUGH.
SHE DIDN'T SEEM HUNGRY ENOUGH.
THE THING IS, BY CHASING HER, IT MIGHT --
IF WE DIDN'T CATCH HER, IT WOULD MAKE IT WORSE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CASE WAS, BUT THE PLAN WAS NOT WORKING.
[ HORN HONKS ]
[ GASPS ] OH, MY GOD.
Tania: SHE DOESN'T EVEN MOVE.
I KNOW.
JUST AS I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE NEXT PLAN OF ATTACK WAS,
THIS LITTLE DOG KNOCKED THINGS INTO HIGH GEAR.
SHE TOOK OFF BACK TO THE ROAD
JUST AS SOME CARS WERE COMING BY.
SLOW DOWN. SLOW DOWN, YOU IDIOT!
OH, MY GOD.
SHE WON'T EVEN MOVE FOR THE CARS.
[ GASPS ]
LOOK AT THAT.
NO.
NO.
OH, MY GOD. SHE'S FOLLOWING THE CAR.
NO!
IT WAS A LITTLE CONFLICTING WATCHING HER.
SHE WAS VERY AFRAID OF PEOPLE,
YET SHE SEEMED, AT TIMES, VERY INTERESTED IN THE CARS.
SHE WOULD STOP AND LOOK AT THEM.
THERE WERE A COUPLE TIMES
WHEN SHE ACTUALLY WALKED UP TO CARS
AS THEY SLOWED DOWN FOR THE STOP SIGN.
THIS IS BAD.
NOW, WHAT THAT TELLS ME --
SOMEBODY DUMPED HER OUT OF THEIR CAR,
AND SHE'S LOOKING FOR HER OWNER AGAIN.
SHE DOESN'T MOVE AT ALL.
AND NOBODY STOPPED.
HEART-BREAKING. HEART-BREAKING.
SHE'S NOT SCARED OF CARS.
CARS MEAN NOTHING TO HER, RIGHT?
SHE'S GOT NO DEFENSE AGAINST ANYTHING OUT HERE.
WE GOT TO CATCH HER NOW.
WHY DON'T YOU GET IN THE FRONT SEAT, BOYS?
BECAUSE THIS DOG REALLY SHOWED
A LOT OF INTEREST IN CARS SLOWING DOWN
OR COMING TO THE STOP SIGN,
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET HER TO WALK UP TO THE VAN,
AND SOME IDEA WAS TO SEE IF SHE GOT CLOSE ENOUGH
TO WHERE I COULD OPEN THE DOOR AND LOOP HER.
I MEAN, THIS IS LIKE, A TOTALLY, FAR-FETCHED IDEA.
OKAY, GO IN AND GO SLOW.
I'M GONNA SWITCH MY DOORS.
JUST KEEP FOLLOWING HER,
TRY TO GO NEXT TO HER. JUST FOLLOW HER.
Tania: IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S LIMPING.
SHE'S LOOKING BAD, YEAH.
SHE'S ACTUALLY LIMPING BAD.
I KNOW. I SEE HER.
KEEP -- GO TO YOUR -- OH.
Stop.
COME HERE, MAMA.
AS I'M OPENING THE DOOR,
I SEE HER JUST KIND OF, LIKE, SPOOK, AND I'M, LIKE, UGH.
COME HERE, MAMA.
IT'S SHOWING ME THAT SHE'S TRYING.
LIKE, SHE REALLY WANTS TO TRUST US.
IT'S JUST NOT THE RIGHT TIME.
Tia: I MEAN, THE THING IS, IF SHE'S ALREADY SPOOKED.
SHE'S NOT GONNA COME.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY PEOPLE HERE.
WE NEED TO COME WITHOUT ALL THIS.
I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE, MAYBE I'VE SPOOKED HER.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP THIS DOG IN THE AREA.
FOR NOW, WE'LL JUST HAVE LOUISE
LEAVE SOME FOOD AND WATER OUT TONIGHT,
HAVE HER COME BACK AND DO THAT.
AND THEN TOMORROW, WE'LL COME BACK
AND TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
Toney: AFTER WE GOT BACK
FROM THAT RESCUE ATTEMPT WITH THE BOXER,
I WAS A LITTLE DOWN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T COME THROUGH.
I REALLY WANTED TO SHOW TIA THAT I WAS PART OF THE TEAM.
Will: T.C.!
THEN OUT OF NOWHERE, WILL COMES UP TO ME
AND SAYS HE NEEDS HELP WITH A RESCUE,
AND I'M THINKING, "THIS IS MY BIG CHANCE."
THERE WAS A BLACK ONE, A GRAY ONE,
AND LIKE, A YELLOWISH-WHITE ONE.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, THESE AREN'T DOGS.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
THEY'RE KITTENS.
AND I DON'T HAVE NO IDEA HOW THESE KITTENS GOT HERE.
GET THIS AREA.
ALL THE BACK.
BUT AT THIS POINT, I'M READY TO RESCUE ANYTHING.
[ KITTEN CRIES ]
IT WAS AN EXTREME CHASE
TRYING TO CATCH THESE LITTLE KITTENS.
THEY WERE REAL ACTIVE. THEY TOOK OFF RUNNING.
[ KITTENS MEWLING ]
CATS ARE FAST, AND CATS ARE SKITTISH.
OVER HERE?
ABOUT THIS BIG.
OH, THAT'S THE MOM.
I'M FAST, BUT I AIN'T THAT DANG FAST, YOU KNOW?
GOT IT. GOT IT. GOT IT. RIGHT THERE. HERE IT IS.
[ CAT MEOWING ]
AFTER A LOT OF RUNNING AROUND...
BEHIND THE GRAY ONE.
THERE YOU GO. GRAB IT. GRAB IT.
...WE FINALLY CAUGHT ONE,
AND I WAS -- I'M HAPPY THAT WE GOT 'EM.
THEY'RE CUTE.
NICE KITTY.
ALL RIGHT, BABY.
OKAY.
NOW THAT WE GOT THESE KITTENS ROUNDED UP,
I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE SAVED 'EM.
I GOT A RESCUE UNDER MY BELT.
IT'S NO DOG RESCUE,
BUT I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE GOT IT DONE.
I GOT A CALL FROM LOUISE, "ARE YOU AT THE WAREHOUSE?
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU."
LOUISE DOESN'T GET EMOTIONAL,
SO NOW SHE'S GOT ME PRETTY WORRIED.
Louise: OPEN THE BACK OF MY CAR.
SHE JUST SAYS, "OPEN THE DOOR."
I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT.
I'M KIND OF EXPECTING THE WORST.
OPEN THE BACK OF MY CAR.
LOUISE JUST HAD THIS --
I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS A WEIRD LOOK.
SHE JUST SAYS, "I HAVE TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING,"
AND SHE'S CRYING.
AND I'M, LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO THINK RIGHT NOW.
Orlando: HOLY [BLEEP]
THERE WAS THE LITTLE BOXER.
STARING AT ME, LIKE, "WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?"
HI.
[ Crying ] SHE CAME RUNNING INTO MY ARMS. IT WAS SO SWEET.
YOU KNOW, GETTING HER OUT OF THE CRATE
AND SEEING THAT SHE WAS A DOG.
SHE WAS JUST A DOG.
SHE WAS SO HAPPY.
IT WAS JUST SUCH A GREAT MOMENT.
Louise: SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
I OPEN UP MY DOOR, AND JOSEPH CAME RUNNING OUT,
AND HE WAS RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
I SAID, "JOSEPH, GO SAY HI."
SO JOSEPH GOES RUNNING OVER TO HER.
JOSEPH IS LOUISE'S MASTIFF.
HE JUST HAS THIS AURA THAT'S SO GENTLE.
WE CALL HIM, LIKE, BAMBI,
AND DOGS JUST MELT WHEN THEY MEET HIM,
AND SHE JUST TURNED JOSEPH LOOSE,
AND SHE GOES, "GO GET HER.
JUST GO GET HER," AND HE DID.
AND WHEN HE RAN TO LOUISE, THE LITTLE BOXER RAN WITH HIM.
THEY SNIFFED EACH OTHER,
AND THEN I WAS, LIKE, "JOSEPH, COME HERE,"
AND JOSEPH CAME, AND HERE, SHE RAN UP,
AND SHE CAME INTO MY ARMS.
I PET HER FOR A SECOND,
AND I PICKED HER UP, AND I PUT HER IN THE CRATE.
IT WAS, LIKE, SOMETHING OUT OF A MOVIE.
Louise: HE ENDED UP WORKING HIS MAGIC,
AND JOSEPH IS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT SAVED THE DOG.
IT'S UNCLE JOSEPH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
IT'S UNCLE JOSEPH.
TO SEE JOSEPH JUST SO UNASSUMING --
LIKE, HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HE DID.
HE'S JUST, LIKE, "WHAT'S UP?
WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT?"
I'M, LIKE, "YOU'RE THE HERO, BUDDY.
YOU'RE THE HERO."
LOOK AT HER TAIL. LOOK AT HER TAIL.
***, ***, ***, ***, ***, ***,
***, ***, ***, ***!
TO SEE THE DOG THAT WAS OUT THERE SURROUNDED BY DEATH,
AND TO SEE HER NOW,
IT MAKES YOU FEEL SPECIAL.
WELCOME TO MI CASA, SU CASA.
SOMEBODY DUMPED HER IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE TO DIE.
AND YET, SHE'S FORGIVING.
LIKE, HOW DO YOU NOT LOVE A DOG?
UP HIGH.
OH [BLEEP]
Toney: WHEN WE COME INTO VRC, WE'RE ALWAYS READY TO WORK,
BUT AT TIMES, WE HAVE SOME FREE TIME.
AND US AND THE FELLAS,
WE'RE STARTING TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS
TO KIND OF GEL TOGETHER AS ONE.
OH!
[ LAUGHTER ]
I TOLD Y'ALL I SUCK.
BASKETBALL ISN'T PARTICULARLY MY SPORT OF CHOICE,
BUT WE WAS HAVING FUN.
OW!
BUT WE PLAY HARD.
WE DO EVERYTHING HARD AROUND HERE.
Toney: HEY, YOU SEE THAT?
OH!
THAT WAS LUCK! THAT WAS LUCK!
YOU LOOKED RIGHT INTO THE SUN!
Toney: LET'S GO, LET'S GO.
I LEARNED FROM THE BOY.
THERE'S A LOT OF CRAZY THINGS THAT GO ON AROUND HERE,
SO YOU GOT TO BE A SPECIAL TYPE OF PERSON IN ORDER TO FIT IN.
YOU KNOW?
AND SO FAR, SO GOOD WITH TONEY, MAN.
TONEY'S A GOOD PERSON.
KILL IT!
Man: THAT'S THE GAME! THE GAME.
THAT'S GAME. THAT'S GAME.
WELL, I KNOW I'M NEW AT VRC,
BUT I DO FEEL MYSELF BECOMING ONE OF THE FAMILY.
THAT'S GAME. THAT'S GAME, Y'ALL.
GOOD JOB, TONEY.
THANK YOU, BOY.
Tia: ONCE WE GOT THE LITTLE BOXER
THAT WE NAMED SASHA SETTLED IN,
IT DIDN'T TAKE BUT A MINUTE TO REALIZE
THAT SHE WAS SO SWEET.
SHE JUST CRAVED HUMAN ATTENTION.
SHE GOT A LITTLE STRUT TO HER. SHE'S, LIKE, COOL.
Tia: WITH SASHA BEING A BOXER, THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF
WAS THAT ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS
HAD JUST RECENTLY HAD A BOXER PASS AWAY.
Diana: MY DAUGHTER ACTUALLY GOT INVOLVED WITH VRC
WHEN THEY FIRST CAME DOWN,
AND THEN EVER SINCE THEY BEEN HERE,
WE BEEN VOLUNTEERING.
WE COME EVERY SATURDAY, FAITHFULLY.
HI.
Dana: WE COME EVERY WEEKEND.
WE'RE HERE WHENEVER THEY NEED HELP,
WHENEVER I'M NOT AT WORK.
THAT'S MY MAN, HUH? HUH?
Tia: DIANA'S DAUGHTER, DANA, HAD ADOPTED A PIT BULL FROM US,
AND IT'S WORKED OUT GREAT.
SO I CALLED DIANA TO TELL HER
THAT I HAVE ANOTHER DOG THAT SHE MAY WANT TO SEE.
PRESENTS FOR ME?
NO.
NO? FOOD?
FOR SASHA.
TIA KNOWS THAT I'M A BIG BOXER FAN,
SO WHEN THEY FOUND THIS DOG, SHE THOUGHT OF US RIGHT AWAY.
I JUST LOST MY BOXER THAT I HAD FOR 11 YEARS, MAGGIE,
WHO WAS A SWEETHEART.
SO IT'S KIND OF, LIKE, SHE WAS SENT TO US THROUGH MAGGIE.
AND I COULDN'T PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE BOXER.
WE SAW HER OUT THERE, AND I SAID,
"OH, MY GOD, IT'S LIKE A PUREBRED,
ALMOST LIKE -- LOOKS LIKE A PUPPY -- A BOXER."
SO I THOUGHT OF MAMA, HERE.
MOM WITH THE BOXERS.
MOM WITH THE BOXERS.
I GOT A SOFT HEART FOR THEM.
THEY USUALLY ARE SWEET, SWEET ANIMALS.
Dana: WHEN WE LOST MAGGIE, MY MOM WAS PRETTY DEVASTATED.
SHE GOT A MASS IN HER HEART, AND WE WERE TREATING IT,
BUT THE OUTCOME, THEY SAID, WOULD BE A YEAR,
AND MAGGIE REALLY ONLY LASTED FOUR MONTHS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD WHEN YOU LOSE A PET.
IT'S HARD ESPECIALLY FOR ANIMAL LOVERS.
FOR US, IT'S LIKE LOSING A CHILD,
SO IT WAS HARD.
SO, LET'S -- LET ME BRING HER UP.
I'M GONNA LET YOU MEET HER.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HER.
SO, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW -- IF SHE LIKES US AS MUCH AS WE --
I KNOW I'M GONNA LIKE HER.
OH!
LOOK AT THAT LITTLE FACE.
COME ON. SAY HI.
HI, BABY.
LOOK AT HER LITTLE TAIL.
LOOK AT THAT LITTLE FACE.
THE FIRST THING WHEN I SAW HER WAS
SHE REMINDED ME OF MY BABY, MAGGIE --
A FAWN BODY, BLACK FACE BOXER.
SHE'S SMALLER THAN MAGGIE WAS,
BUT SHE'S JUST GOT THAT BOXER FACE.
THAT SWEET, LITTLE, BABY BOXER FACE.
SHE'S ALL BLACK BY HER EYES.
MAGGIE WASN'T.
MAGGIE HAD BROWN, AND THEN THE BLACK FACE.
YEAH, SHE'S ALL BLACK.
AS SOON AS SASHA CAME OUT, MAMA MELTED,
AND SASHA WENT TO MAMA.
HI, MAMA.
ISN'T SHE TEENY TINY?
YEAH.
LITTLE MINIATURE.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT A BOXER.
YOU JUST WANT TO GRAB THAT LITTLE FACE AND KISS IT,
AND SHE LET ME DO THAT.
YOU LIKE? YOU LIKE THAT? THAT FEEL GOOD?
TURN INTO A PRETZEL.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY MEANT TO BE.
I MEAN, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES
THAT A BOXER FINDS ITS WAY INTO A PIT BULL RESCUE
JUST AS DIANA IS READY FOR A NEW ONE?
YOU WANT TO MEET YOUR LITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS?
BUT NOW WE HAVE ONE MORE MAJOR HURDLE TO GET PAST.
WELL, ACTUALLY TWO.
YOU BRINGING BOTH OF 'EM?
Tia: DIANA AND DANA LIVE ON THE SAME PROPERTY.
THERE ARE TWO BOSTON TERRIERS
THAT SASHA WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH IN HER HOUSE.
COME ON.
THE BOSTONS GOT ALONG WITH THEIR FORMER BOXER, MAGGIE,
BUT SASHA'S NOT MAGGIE, AND EVERY DOG CAN BE DIFFERENT.
LIKE SO MANY LITTLE DOGS,
BOSTON TERRIERS FIND THEMSELVES WITH BIG ATTITUDES.
SO, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE
THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A GOOD MATCH.
COME ON.
Earl: THIS IS LUCIA.
SHE'S ABOUT 8 MONTHS OLD.
FOUND ON THE STREETS OF NEW ORLEANS AS A STRAY DOG.
SHE'S IN DESPERATE NEED OF A FUN-LOVING HOME,
AND IF YOU HAVE TOYS AT HOME,
YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE A PROBLEM WITH LUCIA.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ADOPTING LUCIA
OR ANY OTHER VILLALOBOS DOG, PLEASE GO TO...
YOU WANT TO MEET YOUR LITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS?
Tia: SO, AFTER TWO DAYS OF CHASING THIS LITTLE BOXER,
WE FINALLY GOT HER,
AND SHE HAS TURNED OUT TO BE THE MOST GRATEFUL,
HAPPIEST LITTLE DOG EVER.
COME ON.
AND NOW SHE'S GOT A ONE-IN-A-MILLION CHANCE
TO GO STRAIGHT INTO A FOREVER HOME.
LOOK, IT'S THE WHOLE GANG!
BUT THERE ARE EIGHT LITTLE LEGS THAT CAN STAND IN THE WAY.
OH.
GOOD BOY.
HI.
SEE? SHE LIKES YOU.
SHE LIKES YOU, BAILEY. SHE LIKES YOU.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? SHE DID. THEY ALL DID.
ALL GETTING ALONG LIKE OLD FRIENDS.
Diana: STOP, CRAZY.
Tia: SHE'S, LIKE, "HOW COME NOBODY AROUND HERE HAS A TAIL?"
WELL, THE NEXT STEP IS, THEN, WE'LL COME TO YOUR HOUSE.
SO NOW WE JUST NEED TO HOPE FOR THE SAME REACTION
FROM THE BOSTONS WHEN WE DO THE HOME CHECK.
BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET ON THEIR TERRITORY,
IT CAN BE A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME.
SO FAR, SO GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
COME ON, GIRLS AND BOY.
GIRLS AND BOY.
COME ON, BABY. COME ON.
HOW YOU DOING, BABY?
BEING A PART OF A RESCUE IS GREAT,
AND I FEEL LIKE, AFTER BEING INVOLVED WITH IT,
THAT NO MATTER HOW GRIMY WE GOT TO GET AROUND HERE,
THAT ULTIMATELY, THESE ANIMALS ARE GONNA HAVE A GREAT HOME
AND GREAT PLACES TO GO TO.
BEING PART OF THAT HAS, LIKE, BEEN A GREAT FEELING.
WHAT'S HAPPENING, MY BROTHER?
CHILLING.
GETTING THE FEEL OF THINGS.
OH, IS THAT RIGHT?
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST PERFECT.
IT'S JUST, LIKE, I NEEDED THIS IN MY LIFE.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, BROTHER. ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GOOD ONE, HUH?
I FEEL WELCOMED, AND I FEEL REWARDED,
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW, LIKE, WITHIN YOURSELF, IF YOU DO ANYTHING,
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT,
YOU CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE.
BE ALL RIGHT.
I JUST FELT LIKE EACH DAY,
JUST GONNA TAKE MY BLESSINGS AS THEY COME,
AND ROLL WITH THE BLESSINGS.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
YES, SIR.
ANYTHING, ANY QUESTIONS, ANY HELP.
NOW THAT DAY 2 IS GONE,
YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT DAY 3 HAS IN STORE,
AND I JUST CAN'T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW.
Tia: OKAY, LET'S GO OVER TO THAT PLAYGROUND.
HOLD ON, CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN.
IT'S ALL RIGHT, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT'S OKAY.
YEAH, JUST LET HER WALK AROUND.
Tia: SO MUCH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SASHA
IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
NEW ROOMMATES IN THE KENNELS,
MEETING A WHOLE LOT OF NEW PEOPLE,
BUT WE JUST KEEP BRINGING HER OUT,
GETTING HER USED TO BEING AROUND PEOPLE
AND GETTING HER USED TO BEING ON LEASH AGAIN.
IT'S GRAVEL.
BEATS THE SWAMP.
YOU WERE BACK THERE IN THAT CRAP.
SO, I DECIDED TO BRING TONEY ALONG
TO HELP DO THE HOME CHECK.
YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH
HE WAS A PART OF THE INITIAL RESCUE,
HE LOST OUT ON THE EXCITEMENT OF WHAT IT FELT LIKE
TO ACTUALLY CATCH THE DOG.
SO, I WANTED TO AT LEAST INCLUDE HIM IN THE ADOPTION.
[ TOY SQUEAKS ]
[ LAUGHS ]
SHE HEARS LITTLE SQUEAKY THINGS, AND SHE LIKE --
IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF BRINGING HER TO A NEW HOME.
GOOD GIRL.
AND I GUESS SHE CAN SENSE, YOU KNOW,
HOW MY HEART IS WITH THESE ANIMALS AND STUFF.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
COME ON.
COME ON, BABY.
Tia: I REALLY HOPE EVERYTHING WORKS OUT WITH THIS HOME CHECK
BECAUSE SASHA DESERVES TO HAVE
A SAFE AND WARM BED TO LAY IN AT NIGHT.
BUT HOW TWO LITTLE BOSTON TERRIERS ARE GONNA REACT
TO A NEW DOG COMING INTO THEIR HOME TURF
IS ANYBODY'S GUESS.
Perry: BEEN A PRETTY BIG WEEK FOR ME.
TANIA PLANNED A SURPRISE PARTY FOR MY ONE YEAR OF BEING CLEAN,
AND NOW I HAVE MY BIRTHDAY COMING UP.
MY MOM AND STEPDAD HAVE THE GRILL OUT
AND COOKED FOOD FOR EVERYBODY,
SO I'M PRETTY STOKED.
IT SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME.
JUST SUPER EXCITED
TO HAVE FAMILY, FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS ALL TOGETHER.
Angelle: WE'RE CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY.
HE'S TURNING 25 ON TUESDAY,
AND THIS IS THE FIRST BIRTHDAY I'VE GOT TO SPEND WITH HIM
IN PROBABLY THE LAST SIX YEARS.
IT'S REALLY MEANT A LOT TO ME
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COME OUT HERE
AND, YOU KNOW, BARBECUE FOR HIM AND SPEND TIME WITH HIM.
NOW HE'S OPENING UP PRESENTS.
NO, YOU'RE OPENING UP THE WRONG [BLEEP] FIRST.
[ LAUGHTER ]
AND DON'T PULL OUT THE OTHER PAPER, EITHER.
YEAH, JUST OPEN UP THAT PART.
OH, SWEET.
I KNEW SHE WAS GONNA, YOU KNOW,
GET SOMETHING FOR ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY.
OH, HELL, YEAH, BABY. THANK YOU.
BUT, LIKE, I REALLY WANTED TO SAY,
LIKE, ALL I EVER WANTED FOR MY BIRTHDAY
WAS TO BE WITH YOU.
I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT FOR MY BIRTHDAY,
BUT THERE IS ONE MORE THING THAT I'D LIKE FOR MY BIRTHDAY.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW?
Perry: I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT MORE AND MORE,
AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO TANIA
ABOUT BEING TOGETHER THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
I LOVE YOU, TOO.
I KEPT PLAYING THIS SCENARIO, LIKE, THROUGH MY HEAD.
I WAS SHAKING. MY HANDS WERE SHAKING.
I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT FOR MY BIRTHDAY.
BUT THERE'S ONE MORE THING THAT I'D LIKE FOR MY BIRTHDAY.
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW?
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
OF COURSE, I WILL.
JESUS, THIS IS SO --
I CAN'T EVEN --
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
TANIA IS EVERYTHING TO ME.
SHE SAVED MY LIFE.
Angelle: OH, YEAH. OH, YEAH, GIVE IT UP, GUYS.
Tania: I LOVE HIM WITH ALL MY HEART, AND I TELL HIM ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, I TELL HIM THAT HE MEANS THE WORLD TO ME,
AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT OUR PATHS CROSSED.
THIS IS AMAZING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
MY SUNSHINE, MY SISTER, MY EVERYTHING JUST GOT ENGAGED
TO THE ONE MAN THAT HAS STOLEN HER HEART.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANKS.
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, PERRY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MY MOM ISN'T HERE FOR THIS RIGHT NOW.
IF SHE ONLY KNEW.
ARE YOU CRYING? PLEASE DON'T CRY.
THEN I'M GONNA CRY. CRAP!
Angelle: THEY ARE SO PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- THIS IS A WHOLE NEW HIM,
AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THIS PLACE, HER, AND TIA.
I MEAN, IT'S THE WHOLE COMBINATION.
YEAH!
OH, MY GOD.
YEAH!
I THINK THAT HE'S HELPED ME OUT
JUST AS MUCH AS I'VE HELPED HIM OUT.
I HAD A LOT OF ISSUES, AND I'M NOT PERFECT.
YOU KNOW, NEITHER WAS HE,
BUT TOGETHER, WE DID IT,
AND I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
Tia: YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE IS A BARBECUE
GOING ON FOR PERRY RIGHT NOW,
BUT I TOLD EVERYONE WE NEED TO DO THIS ADOPTION,
AND THAT I'D BE RIGHT BACK.
SO HOPEFULLY, THEY'LL SAVE SOME FOOD FOR ME.
AS WE'RE HEADING OVER TO DO SASHA'S HOME CHECK,
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE ACTUAL ADOPTERS OR THE HOME ITSELF
BECAUSE I KNOW BOTH OF THESE PEOPLE.
WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS HOW TWO LITTLE RAMBUNCTIOUS BOSTONS
ARE GOING TO FEEL
ABOUT THIS BOXER COMING INTO THEIR BEAUTIFUL HOME
AND THEIR BEAUTIFUL YARD.
HOW ARE YOU?
HAVE YOU MET TONEY CONVERSE?
HE'S ONE OF OUR NEW GUYS.
HOW ARE YOU?
I'M DANA. IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
HER MOTHER, DIANE.
I TOLD YOU THEY WERE FORMER ADOPTERS OF OURS, ALSO.
YES, MA'AM. MR. MEANOR.
MR. MEANOR.
HE'S THE MAN.
I WAS DEFINITELY EXCITED
ABOUT GETTING THINGS ROLLING WITH SASHA AND THE BOSTONS,
BUT THERE WAS ONE LITTLE FAMILIAR FACE
THAT I HAD TO SEE FIRST.
HEY, BUDDY.
HI.
HI, HOW ARE YOU?
HOW ARE YOU?
Toney: HE RAN STRAIGHT TO MOM.
HOW ARE YOU?
Dana: MEANOR REMEMBERED TIA.
HE KNEW WHO RESCUED HIM. HE KNEW WHO SAVED HIM.
HE'S JUST A SWEET BOY.
HE'S JUST -- I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND SOMETHING
SINCE I HAD HIM, AND HE STILL MAKES ME CRY.
HE SAID, "WE TRAVELED FROM CALIFORNIA TOGETHER."
[ CHUCKLES ]
Tia: I DON'T ALWAYS GET TO VISIT OUR DOGS
AFTER THEY'VE BEEN ADOPTED OUT.
SO, TO BE ABLE TO SEE MR. MEANOR JUST HAPPY AND JUST LOVING LIFE
WAS A REALLY GOOD FEELING.
LAST YEAR, HE WAS GOING ON
HIS SIXTH YEAR LIVING IN A KENNEL.
COME ON. COME ON. [ CLICKS TONGUE ]
AND NOW HE'S THE KING OF HIS CASTLE.
WHY DON'T WE BRING OUT YOUR TWO LITTLE MONSTERS?
WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREET.
WE'LL START THAT WAY.
WE HAD THE YARD SPLIT OFF.
MEANOR STAYS IN THE BIG HOUSE WITH ME,
AND SASHA WILL LIVE IN THE APARTMENT
WITH MY MOM AND THE BOSTONS.
COME HERE, BANDY.
BAILEY AND BANDIT MET SASHA AT VRC,
AND THINGS SEEMED TO GO WELL.
COME ON, CHILDREN.
READY TO GO FOR YOUR LITTLE WALK?
UH-OH. HERE THEY COME.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THEY ARE ON THEIR OWN HOME.
Tia: COME ON. OH, LORD.
Tia: OKAY, SO LET'S --
YOU STAY THERE, KILLER.
HEY, HEY, HEY.
COME OVER HERE, COME ON.
BAILEY. TAKE BANDIT.
Tia: THESE BOSTONS WERE NOT HAPPY
TO SEE THIS LITTLE BOXER ON THEIR TERRITORY.
THIS IS WHAT I WAS WORRIED ABOUT.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
BAILEY.
Tia: COME ON. OH, LORD.
OKAY, SO LET'S -- OKAY, YOU STAY THERE, KILLER.
HEY, HEY, HEY.
COME OVER HERE. COME ON.
BAILEY. TAKE BANDIT.
WHEN THE BOSTONS WALKED OUT
AND SAW ANOTHER DOG NEAR THEIR PROPERTY,
THEY IMMEDIATELY GOT RILED UP AND WANTED TO KICK SOME BUTT.
YOU WANT TO EACH TAKE ONE, THEN?
NO, NO, SHE'S GOT HER.
BAILEY! STOP.
THEY CAME OUT RARING,
AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO REACT VERY WELL.
I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED
BECAUSE THEY WERE MORE AGITATED THAN EXCITED.
SO, LET'S WALK DOWN THE STREET.
THAT WAY, WE HAVE MORE ROOM.
COME ON, LET'S GO. YOU'RE GONNA GO AHEAD OF ME.
COME ON.
JUST LET THEM WALK AND GET THEIR YA-YAS OUT.
COME ON. YEAH, BAILEY.
Dana: COME ON, BAY.
WE GOT THREE LITTLE HOT MESSES HERE.
STOP.
GOOD BOY.
COME ON. GOOD BOY, BANDIT.
GOOD BOY, GOOD BOY, GOOD BOY.
COME ON.
OKAY, YOU'RE OKAY.
Tia: BUT THANKFULLY,
ONCE THE LITTLE-DOG CHALLENGE WAS OVER,
EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
ONE-ON-ONE FIRST.
YEAH, WE'LL START WITH THE YARD,
AND THEN WE'LL WORK OUR WAY INTO THE HOUSE.
Tia: THOUGH WE MANAGED TO DIFFUSE THE POSTURING
OF THE LITTLE BOSTONS IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE,
THE BACKYARD CAN BE A WHOLE NOTHER STORY.
DOGS CAN BE TERRITORIAL IN THEIR OWN YARDS.
NOW THE BIG STEP -- GOING INTO BOSTON TERRITORY.
[ CHUCKLES ]
SO, I DECIDED TO BRING OUT BAILEY FIRST
BECAUSE SHE WAS THE MORE RAMBUNCTIOUS OF THE TWO,
AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES A FEMALE TO FEMALE DOG MATCH UP
CAN BE A LITTLE BIT TOUGH.
OKAY, SO LET'S TRY YOU GUYS --
SHE'S BETTER OFF LEASH. YOU CAN TAKE HER LEASH OFF.
YEAH.
COME ON, YOU WANT TO STRIP AND GO PLAY?
GO AHEAD.
STRIP AND GO PLAY.
GO AHEAD, SILLY.
[ LAUGHS ] BAILEY GOES, "COME ON, PLAY."
WHOA!
Tia: SO, ONCE I MADE THE DECISION TO LET BAILEY OFF LEASH,
SHE AND SASHA WERE INSTANT BUDDIES.
THEY WERE ALSO PERFECT ENERGY FOR EACH OTHER.
OH! LOOK AT HER! GEEZ, BAILEY!
BAILEY'S A A LITTLE RUFFIAN.
SASHA SAYS, "THEY GOT ALL KIND OF SMELLS IN THIS YARD."
HIT THE WATER.
OH, MY GOD, LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S AMAZING.
OH, MY GOD, THAT IS THE CUTEST THING EVER.
SHE'S PART FISH.
ONCE WE GOT PAST BAILEY'S DRAMA, IT WAS TIME FOR BANDIT.
HI, IT'S YOU AGAIN.
AND HE JUST WANTED TO JOIN IN THE FUN.
NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER.
LOOK AT THAT. YEAH, LOOK AT THE LITTLE STUB.
Diana: WHEN THOSE TAILS WAG -- LITTLE NUBBINS.
THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE TAILS.
WHEN THOSE LITTLE NUBBINS ARE SPINNING AND WAGGING,
YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE HAPPY.
Diana: COME ON.
SHOW ME THE PAD. OH, MY GOODNESS.
NOW, BE EASY.
OH, GEEZ. OH, GEEZ. OH, GEEZ.
THE ATTACK OF THE STUBBY TAILS.
SHE'S, LIKE, "LET ME TAKE IT OUT ON THIS."
[ LAUGHTER ]
LOOK AT HER LITTLE STUB. BLBLBLBLBL!
HER LITTLE BOXER STUB. BLBLBLBLBL!
OH, MY GOD.
SO CUTE, YEAH. SO CUTE.
Toney: I THINK SHE FOUND HER FOREVER HOME.
I THINK SHE FOUND A PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW,
SHE COULD HAVE THE BEST OF HER DAYS.
I MEAN, COMPARED TO HER BEING ON THE HIGHWAY
BARKING AT CARS PASSING BY.
I MEAN, IT CAN'T GET NO BETTER THAN THIS.
I THINK SASHA'S GONNA WORK OUT JUST FINE WITH THEM.
I THINK SHE IS, TOO.
BAILEY'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT.
SHE'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT BAILEY.
Dana: MY MOM LOVES THE BREED. SHE ALWAYS HAS.
SO I THINK THAT BRINGING ANOTHER BOXER BACK INTO THE HOUSE
WILL MAKE IT A HAPPIER PLACE,
AND I THINK SASHA'S GONNA MAKE MY MOM FEEL COMPLETE AGAIN.
YEAH? OKAY? WELL, WE HAVE TO GO.
WE HAVE TO GO.
LONG WAY.
YOU COME A LONG WAY, BABY.
SASHA HAS FOUND HER FOREVER HOME WITH US,
AND WE WILL TREAT HER LIKE A QUEEN,
LIKE SHE DESERVES TO BE TREATED.
BYE, YOU.
IT WAS A PLEASURE MEETING YOU.
Tia: I DO BELIEVE THAT THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON.
THE FACT THAT THIS LITTLE BOXER FOUND HER WAY TO US
JUST AS DIANA WAS READY TO OPEN UP HER HEART AGAIN
WAS NO ACCIDENT.
I THINK THEY WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN PERFECT TIMING,
AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE GOT TO BE A PART OF IT.