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  • - Oh my God.

  • I'm just showing y'all his big old balls.

  • (funky upbeat music)

  • - This week Ladylike is fostering doggos.

  • - We are partnering with Dogs Without Borders

  • to foster dogs for the next two weeks!

  • - The organization will provide and pay for

  • all the dogs' medical needs and food needs

  • and any of their equipment.

  • - And the individual, aka Ladylike, provides homes and love

  • while they search for an adoptable family.

  • - I've literally never had a dog in my entire life.

  • I don't know much about them.

  • I recently got these plants.

  • They are real, they're my first plants,

  • so I'm a little worried that the dog may

  • think that it's an area to pee in.

  • - I have never had an animal on my own besides

  • a baby duck that I had for eight weeks.

  • Does the water and food go in the crate?

  • I've never crate trained before.

  • - I'm a woman who has a big maternal instinct.

  • I have two cats, I have a fish,

  • and we're about to have a dog.

  • Are you getting a new brother?

  • I think you're getting a new brother.

  • Yeah.

  • - Being in LA and there are dogs everywhere,

  • I've gotten more comfortable with them

  • and just like, them being around,

  • and I think it'd be really cool to actually try it out

  • and see if I could have a dog.

  • - I don't want to own a dog until I have a house with a yard

  • but I've been wanting to foster a dog

  • since I moved into my own place.

  • Now, I can help the little puppers to find their homes.

  • I wanna meet the pupper, I'm ready.

  • (chill electro music)

  • - My name is Crystal.

  • I work for Dogs Without Borders.

  • I am the Rescue and Foster Coordinator.

  • I've been working for Dogs Without Borders for two years

  • and I've been involved for about three and a half.

  • What we do is we go to all of the kill shelters

  • in Los Angeles, county and city, and we pull small dogs

  • that are potentially adoptable dogs,

  • and give them a wonderful forever home.

  • - When we got to Dogs Without Borders,

  • they were kind of like bringing out the different dogs

  • that they had available that they thought

  • would be good matches for us to be fostering.

  • Unlike Chantel and Freddie, I've actually met the dog

  • that I'm going to be fostering.

  • His name is Atticus.

  • He is a German Shepherd Hound mix.

  • The reason why I was able to meet him before is

  • I'm at a point where I would actually like to adopt a dog.

  • My boyfriend and I live together in a house.

  • We've been together for a while and we're kind of ready.

  • - My advice for first time fosters

  • would be a lot of patience.

  • A lot of these dogs are neglected, undersocialized,

  • and don't know human interaction so they do need

  • somebody to show them a lot of love and affection

  • and learn to trust.

  • - This may be my first time ever at a dog shelter.

  • I don't know if I should expect to be assigned a dog

  • or if I go, sort of, choose which dog I think is the cutest.

  • I really want a very chill dog.

  • I want a dog that acts like a cat.

  • And then I see a little black puppy named Oreo.

  • - Who is this little guy?

  • - He seems pretty shy.

  • He doesn't know, really, what to do or how to navigate.

  • He literally gets there two hours before we get there.

  • - And then I saw this other little white

  • flash of a dog just like, pew.

  • I don't know who's gonna get him,

  • but I'm gonna try to go for this little black fur dog.

  • - Which dog would you say is the easiest dog

  • for a first time foster?

  • - For the ones that are here right now,

  • it would probably be Oreo, only because he was in a home.

  • - The white little dog that was sprinting around,

  • turns out his name was Bucky.

  • Bucky still has his balls.

  • Really, Bucky?

  • (laughter)

  • I think Bucky is just like, a little horny too.

  • - I like Oreo because he's good with cats

  • and I do wanna get a cat eventually.

  • It could be a chance that I adopt this dog.

  • - Freddie kind of lets me know, like,

  • "Yeah, I'm thinking about Oreo, you know?

  • "I think he's super cute," and whatever,

  • and I was like, "Oh, yeah, okay!"

  • - Looking like Oreo might be my man.

  • - Atticus is my boy.

  • (laughter)

  • - Yeah, I guess that leaves me with Bucky.

  • - I'm gonna be taking home Oreo.

  • He's a little younger than I initially said that I wanted.

  • I initially said I wanted an adult, like an elderly dog,

  • and he's eight months, so, it's fine.

  • - I'm gonna be taking home little Bucky.

  • I'm so excited to get him in my little home environment.

  • I rename him on the spot, because I was like,

  • I cannot have this humping dog named Buck,

  • and so I was like, "You know what?

  • "I think his name could be Frank."

  • - I feel good about all the dogs we've gotten today,

  • and it's gonna be a ride.

  • It's gonna be a wild ride.

  • (laughter)

  • - We'll see what happens.

  • - Yeah, let's do it. - Let's get them acclimated.

  • - Let's go!

  • (crosstalk)

  • By the end of the shelter visit, right before I packed Oreo

  • up into my car, I decided to change his name to Earl,

  • because when I first saw him,

  • I didn't really know that he was a puppy.

  • He looked like an older, more seasoned dog.

  • He has, like, a beard situation.

  • He looks like he's seen a lot in life.

  • - When I took him home, he was just like, sniffing around.

  • He met the cats.

  • He went in every room.

  • I introduced him carefully to every room in my apartment.

  • I gave him some food, some water.

  • His foster family had actually renamed him Dino,

  • and he only responded to Dino, so I thought,

  • let's just keep his name consistent.

  • Let's just keep his name Dino.

  • - Taking Frank, formerly Bucky,

  • home for the first time goes pretty well.

  • I missed my exit a few times because I was distracted

  • by just how cute he was being.

  • Hi, buddy.

  • But we eventually get home.

  • We made it, huh, buddy?

  • We made it here.

  • Look at your teeth!

  • What are those teeth? (laughs)

  • Now I see why they called you Bucky.

  • - So, I open the door to my apartment,

  • and Earl just jets out of my apartment.

  • He's not on leash.

  • He literally sprints down the sidewalk.

  • I think it's over, at this point,

  • I think it's like, actually done.

  • He's run away and I'm just a failure.

  • But I ended up catching him.

  • I scooped him up, he immediately peed in my arms.

  • I take him into the apartment and then I just had

  • to take a breather and recollect myself.

  • And I'm tired, I ran very fast

  • and very far in Birkenstock sandals.

  • - I think I'm in love.

  • - He's sleeping so soundly!

  • (Earl cries)

  • - [Freddie] Okay, well, we have to get ready for bed,

  • and I'm tired, so please go to bed.

  • Goodnight, Earl.

  • Love ya!

  • - First morning walk with Atticus.

  • It's about 6:45 in the morning.

  • I got up early because I'm trying to train him

  • that I'd like to go on little jogs with him.

  • He did a nice, big old poo.

  • I'm used to little dog poops.

  • He pooped and I was like, "Holy God!"

  • - Frankie has kennel cough that he got from his time

  • in the shelter, so they gave me antibiotics to give him.

  • Half in the morning and half at night.

  • But the pills that she gave me

  • weren't ones that could be cut.

  • It was an actual pill so I had to open it up

  • and disperse the inner powder, and so it looked like

  • I was there making, like, drug deals in my kitchen.

  • Frank!

  • Maybe if I let him come to me, and maybe that'll work.

  • (laughs)

  • - I bring him to the office

  • and he's so well behaved at the office.

  • He's just sitting on his little bed cushion next to my desk.

  • Everyone's just like, "Oh my gosh, Earl's so chill!

  • "Oh my gosh, Earl's like, so calm!

  • "What a calm, sweet puppy!"

  • My boy!

  • And I'm like, "I know."

  • - We're off to work, first day.

  • We've got a day where we are shooting on set.

  • On day two, we went to the office, 'cause he was supposed to

  • be in the video where he gets a bath

  • and meets everyone here at Buzzfeed, and that didn't happen.

  • I am here on set trying to get our life together

  • and pupper is not about it.

  • Maybe he's not a set dog.

  • It is his first day at Buzzfeed

  • and I think he's just a little nervous.

  • There's a lot going on.

  • I canceled my shoot!

  • I was 40 minutes behind schedule

  • and Atticus was very spooked.

  • His first day at Buzzfeed does not need to be on set.

  • He was fine for the first three hours,

  • and then the growling started.

  • We have a bit of a problem.

  • Atticus, out of nowhere, is getting really dog aggressive.

  • He's growling at Earl, Freddie's dog,

  • and he's growling at Frankie,

  • which was not the case yesterday.

  • I had no idea how isolating it can be to have a big dog

  • until we started fostering him.

  • It is 1:45, maybe two o'clock and we were sent home.

  • For multiple reasons, just because we want Atticus

  • to feel more stable in a situation and I think it was just

  • making people on the floor a little nervous,

  • which I completely understand, having a big dog barking

  • is just a lot to have in an office.

  • - Now, I'm about to give him a bath for the first time.

  • - I hope that he's not scared of the bath, but we'll see.

  • If he is scared, we'll take it slow.

  • Frankie, it's okay, buddy.

  • I don't wanna make him so scared.

  • Why are you so scared of water, buddy?

  • - Come on, you're doing such a good job.

  • (Earl cries)

  • I will say that I did say that I wanted my dog

  • to be like a cat, but I'm so thankful that he's not

  • like a cat in this scenario,

  • because I would have 17,000 scratches on my face.

  • - I'll wrap you up.

  • We'll wrap you up.

  • Oh my God, just showing y'all his big old balls.

  • - I've made a huge mistake by taking Dino to work.

  • I think it really freaked him out.

  • I'm borderline worried that he's traumatized.

  • - The next day, we're playing with Earl by the desk

  • and Devin notices that he has ticks.

  • Is he bleeding?

  • He's bleeding a little bit.

  • - So, we found another one.

  • It's okay, honey.

  • - That's a tick.

  • I'm at Tail Waggers right now

  • about to go pick up Earl's meds.

  • I'm feeling really down and pretty discouraged.

  • I feel like I have bad luck with animals.

  • I adopted a cat quite a few months back,

  • and then I had to get rid of him

  • because he was too sick to take care of.

  • I'm just like, damn it, like, am I even meant to have a pet?

  • I know things happen, I know it comes with the territory,

  • but it's still very discouraging.

  • I pick up the medication,

  • take Earl home, apply the medication.

  • Hopefully I'm doing it correctly.

  • He doesn't love it.

  • He's like, rolling around on his back trying to get

  • whatever substance is now seeping into his skin.

  • So I'm like, I hope that he's not rubbing it off.

  • - The next week marked the beginning of a week

  • where I had to take Dino to work every day.

  • I knew I needed help.

  • - My name is Dawitt.

  • I'm a dog trainer.

  • I own my own dog training company.

  • It's called A-Team Dog Training,

  • and we work with Dogs Without Borders to make sure

  • when the dogs are getting to a potential forever home

  • that they acclimate and transition successfully.

  • - Dawitt pointed out on Tuesday that Dino

  • has some protective issues when it comes to me.

  • - [Woman] How's today been, Devin?

  • - Much better.

  • I feel really confident to tell him no,

  • and when he's growling to kind of step in the way.

  • I've been given some really great tools.

  • Things started turning upwards.

  • We purchased a portable crate to keep at my desk

  • when he gets overwhelmed at work.

  • Where are you?

  • It's okay (laughs).

  • Isn't it crazy how much he's changed in a week?

  • - He is so calm, he seems super comfortable.

  • - He's completely sprawled out.

  • - He's a chill dog.

  • He's like night and day.

  • - [Dawitt] He's so excited!

  • - You're a good mom.

  • - Frank, what did you just do?

  • He chewed through her sandal!

  • - Look what I have to wear now.

  • I look like an idiot!

  • - At the office he was pretty okay if he has had a chance

  • to kind of run out his energy, but if he hasn't

  • gotten his energy out then he's a little bit difficult.

  • (growling)

  • (barking)

  • - Throughout the next couple of days,

  • Earl's personality and temperament completely changes.

  • He was very calm, lazy, chill and lethargic

  • when I first got him, and then once we got

  • the ticks off of him, he perks up.

  • He becomes super energetic.

  • He becomes much more lively.

  • He seems to be happier.

  • It was just interesting because it's almost like

  • those ticks were sucking the life out of him,

  • which is really sad.

  • Yeah, yeah?

  • You havin' fun?

  • It's good that he perked up,

  • but he perked up a little too much.

  • (barking) - No.

  • I don't need this.

  • I don't need this. (barking)

  • This is my set.

  • No, this is my set. (barking)

  • It's my set. (barking)

  • - Earl!

  • Earl was acting up on set, so I had to take him for a walk

  • so he can get some energy out.

  • Just me and baby Earl.

  • A working single mom.

  • - We're at the dog park today with the pups.

  • Unfortunately Frankie and Chantel aren't here today

  • because Frankie had to get her checkup from the vet.

  • - Devin's gonna play with Dino in the big dog park

  • and I'm gonna take little Earl to the small dog park

  • so he can hump everyone that he wants.

  • And not get killed.

  • He's so excited to play with other pups.

  • It's definitely a lot to get used to, but he's won my heart.

  • I love him a lot.

  • I don't know if the timing is right for me

  • to keep him forever because it is a big commitment.

  • It's like 15 years.

  • - I'm very impressed and proud of Dino.

  • He's having a great day today.

  • The past couple of times I've taken him to the dog park,

  • he has gotten into little spars with other dogs

  • if he feels like he's been cornered,

  • but that hasn't happened here at all.

  • He's been a great boy.

  • - When I got home that night,

  • it was clear that Frankie's kennel cough

  • was just getting worse and worse and worse.

  • Oh, hello.

  • (Frankie coughs)

  • Oh my goodness.

  • It's five AM and the little guy woke up hacking

  • so I'm gonna give him his cough suppressant again.

  • (Frankie coughs)

  • I was giving him antibiotics twice a day

  • and the cough suppressant three times a day

  • every eight to 12 hours, and so I had all these reminders

  • on my phone being like, "Give Frankie his antibiotics.

  • "Give Frankie his cough suppressant."

  • His defense to get me to not do this is just to curl up

  • on my lap and immediately fall asleep.

  • He's like, "No, I'm sleeping.

  • "I can't do this right now."

  • (crying and barking)

  • - While I ran errands, and he, I guess, freaked out.

  • Earl's separation anxiety has been rough lately.

  • I know he's a puppy and puppies do that,

  • but it definitely kind of snapped me into reality.

  • What are you doing?

  • That's right.

  • - So, overall we had a pretty good day today,

  • and I think I got a little too excited.

  • I took him to the dog park afterwards.

  • This time when I took him to the dog park,

  • he immediately got into a fight with another dog

  • and he was really aggressive and it kind of scared me.

  • It may not be the right time for Pat and I to keep Dino.

  • If things change or if things settle down more at Buzzfeed

  • where I can take him into work and just sit at my desk

  • and edit then things will be better.

  • - Today was the first day that Frankie's cough

  • really seemed to be getting a lot better now.

  • He's sleeping like a little baby.

  • Who's a little baby, Frank?

  • Frankie and I are very bonded, and from day one,

  • I keep sending my parents pictures of him,

  • because I want them to fall in love with him

  • how I'm falling in love with him.

  • Okay, so it's time for Frankie to go and meet my parents

  • and to meet their dog Linda to see if it's a good fit.

  • Hi Linda!

  • Hi Linda.

  • Their meeting goes really well.

  • We take them on a walk.

  • Linda, at some points, was kind of like,

  • "Who are you, what are you doing?

  • "Stop!"

  • And then Frank was just like, "Alright, I'm cool.

  • "I'm cool if you're cool."

  • - It's about 10:15 PM.

  • I have to take Earl out one more time

  • to make sure he doesn't have to pee.

  • I don't have a yard so I have to actually take Earl

  • on physical walks around my neighborhood at night

  • which isn't the best scenario.

  • There were times where I just wished that I could be inside

  • and felt a little unsafe at times.

  • - Dino just lunged at Mars again.

  • And Mars is over there on the windowsill.

  • I know I need to stay calm, but like, it's hard for me,

  • because I love Mars and I love Dino.

  • - I decided not to adopt Earl.

  • I think he'd be better off in a home that, A, has a yard.

  • B, has more members living within the household

  • so that he's home by himself less often.

  • - As it stands right now, Dino is living with us,

  • we are fostering him, but there's just a lot of questions

  • that have yet to be answered and it's just so stressful

  • so I don't want to take him off the market and have him

  • commit to a situation that's not the best for him.

  • - It's now been three days that Frank has been

  • with my parents and with Linda and it is going amazingly.

  • He's also helping Linda get crate trained.

  • Linda was not crate trained before, and so Frank,

  • being so good in his crate, is helping Linda be good too.

  • - He's not going back into boarding, thankfully.

  • We're gonna foster him until he finds a forever home,

  • and I think that forever home just needs to be a couple

  • or a family or a person who has the time and the patience

  • to really invest into him.

  • - If you're gonna get a dog or if you're thinking about

  • fostering an animal, be aware that it's gonna be a bean

  • that comes into your home with its own personality.

  • - Thank you to Dogs Without Borders for letting us

  • make this video with you and just showing people

  • how rewarding and pleasant it can be to foster a dog.

  • And thanks, mom and dad, for adopting Frank!

  • Thank you because I would've been a mess!

  • - I love baby Earl.

  • I want him to find an awesome home

  • and I'm happy that I get to hang out with him until he does.

  • (soft upbeat music)

- Oh my God.

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