Man's Story About How A Rescue Dog Saved His Life

by Guest Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:17 pm

He had type-2 diabetes, weighed 340 pounds and medications cost him over $1,000 a month. He was withdrawn from society and "felt really uncomfortable around other people," he said in the video above by Humane Society Silicon Valley. He had just "stopped living."
After a flight was delayed because the airline attendant couldn't get him in the seat belt extensions, O'Grey decided to make a change. That change included an "obese, middle-aged" rescue dog named Peety, who was left neglected and alone in a backyard.
"He'd gone from being in a situation like I was, where he didn't have any friends and he didn't know anybody, and really became a proud dog," he said.
Daily walks with Peety and better nutrition helped O'Grey lose 140 pounds.
"Beyond unconditional love, Peety taught me absolute loyalty," he said. "He looked at me in every sense as though I was the greatest person on the planet. I decided that I wanted to be the person who he thought I was."
Although Peety has, sadly, since died of cancer, O'Grey has adopted another dog named Jake, who he is going to run a half marathon with. But he will be grateful for Peety forever.
"Thanks to Peety, I wake up every day wanting to be the best person I can possibly be," he said. "I think about it now, who rescued whom? I mean, did I rescue him or did he rescue me?"
The Humane Society Silicon Valley's Mutual Rescue program is meant to share stories about the impact rescue animals have on lives:

Mutual Rescue is an initiative that aims to change the way people see animal welfare. By sharing stories about connecting a person with an animal, Mutual Rescue hopes to demonstrate that when you support your local animal shelter, you’re not just enhancing an animal’s life—you’re also transforming a person’s life as well. The stories shared by everyday people through Mutual Rescue are testaments to the incredible impact that an animal and a person have on each other, and that “rescuing” isn’t in just one direction.

See more stories at the Humane Society Silicon Valley's MutualRescue.org.

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