Four months after he was left on the side of the road to die, a Chihuahua-Terrier mix fondly named “Scooter” is doing better than anyone could’ve imagined.
Last winter a driver hit the small dog, who was just a few months old, in the Bishop Arts District of Dallas.
Residents found the dog malnourished, extremely dirty and his back legs unable to move.
NBC 5 ran several stories hoping to find Scooter a home.
“We saw it the first time and thought for sure someone was going to adopt him, so we didn’t do anything!” said Frisco resident Jennifer Garrison. “And then we saw your newscast again and I just looked at my husband and he just shook his head and said, call.”
Scooter landed with the Garrison’s in Frisco. In less than two months, has begun to thrive.
His back legs, once believed to be paralyzed, are now beginning to work.
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"You can see him intermittently kind of walking on those back legs. He gets tired. So he scoots and then walks and he scoots and he walks! So it’s really exciting to see the progress!” said Jennifer.
“One Saturday I see him and our other dogs playing and then a day later he’s doing his happy dance like I’m home! This is my new home,” said her husband, Michael Garrison.
The couple was so moved by their experience, they teamed up with the people who found Scooter and joined the rescue group, Dallas Dogrrr, putting in their own time and money to help.
“Animals don’t really have a choice. When they get dumped, they don’t have an option,” said Jennifer Garrison.
The Garrisons along with Dallas Dogrrr will host their first adoption event at Woody’s Sports Restaurant at 307 W. Main Street in Frisco on May 3 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Families who attend will have the chance to meet Scooter, enter raffles and get the opportunity to meet and adopt other rescue dogs.
Michael Garrison said two months ago he would’ve never guessed this is where his life would take him or his wife.
But he said they’ve found a new purpose -- and all because of a small dog.
“When we focus on the good side it’s helping the Scooters, it’s connecting other people with foster animals. It’s a really big healing process and you know- he’s like my bud now! So that’s what I’ve got to say. He’s my bud.”
