Add a four-legged member to your family this Christmas

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-- look meanwhile instead of buying another sweater or tie this Christmas which people really want to return when I consider the gift of that rescue with a you -- with -- -- volunteer with the adopt.

There are many ways you can help me here to tell us more the -- now this year -- forgotten friends of analysis and -- a -- this year coordinated with forgotten friends.

And together they're trying to find home for these great animals.

Today it's rusty and lucky welcome back to both the thank you so much for having us -- whose rusty who's lucky if this is -- site rusty tell me a little bit about rusty.

OK rusty is a little tell lap that was rescued from animal -- control here in the city we rescued him the day before -- to hit.

He actually was starting to get sick in the shelter.

And we -- -- afraid that he would end up on the euthanasia -- so Molina.

Went into the city to pick him up kind and bring him to us he's an up Foster home in Oceanside and he is doing attack.

Does he get along that he hop on the furniture receive friendly -- children friendly can't.

People.

-- McConnell now let's look at lucky lucky is a mix of.

Pit bull and golden retrieves me yes I'm lucky is about a year year and a half he was also rescued from the Brooklyn -- that.

He was Arnie finish analysts he was found as a -- with a severely broken -- it -- and he required two operations to correct and who pays for that.

We didn't I mean that the bird basically funded through all donations like the kind of for the community and fundraising and.

Right so pause for causes -- -- said this is -- roughly a year and a half yet.

So a year and a half and what do you think the characteristics of lucky -- I have to watchdog good Glaxo re jumping ability should you have shape mentally -- adds I am very Barry play followed he's he's pretty and another dog.

Yeah I think it because of his surgery Hugh -- I'm limited activity for about two to three months of he's making up for lost time -- -- -- he can get involved and -- gym class absolutely that is fantastic now if we want to find out if we wanna without these dogs or other goes what are we go.

But you can -- go to wallet site -- is www.

Forgotten friends of Long Island dot org.

All right great and a lot of people of course some pets disappeared what we're doing our homes so especially now.

When -- these people without homes a lot of times of pets are also without homes absolutely absolutely pets are a lot of -- without homes but especially in our shelters on Long Island and here in the city.

I act does know what happens with a rusty let us know what happened lucky in hopes of both get lucky get -- home today.

-- -- that's pause for a cause continues all week -- the southeast area animal control authority will be here with more adorable dogs.

As part of our get a dog for Christmas push.

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