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Bruno’s first-ever walk turns into an emotional breakthrough as a disabled rescue slowly learns that a lead and harness can be safe. The team takes him outside for the first time in his life, moving in tiny steps, letting him sniff, pause, and explore at his own pace before he finally steps through the front door and starts walking. What begins as a nervous, uncertain moment becomes a powerful rescue dog progress story, with Bruno bravely checking out the outside world, then needing reassurance when a grass cutter comes near and he becomes overwhelmed.

Alongside Bruno’s journey, the episode also follows Zaza’s meet and greet with potential adopters, where her confidence grows once her best friend and support dogs join her. Later, updates show rescued dogs settling in, including Jockey relaxing indoors and Bagel keeping Bruno in line at night, while the shelter team continues working with scared dogs who need patience, trust, and socialisation. It is a moving dog rescue documentary style vlog filled with first walks, adoption updates, rehabilitation, and real-life animal welfare moments.

Perfect for viewers searching for rescue dog stories, disabled dog rehabilitation, dog adoption updates, and emotional animal rescue content. If you enjoy dog rescue vlog, first walk reaction, scared rescue dog progress, and shelter transformation stories, this episode delivers a heartfelt look at how patience and care can change a dog’s life.

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00:00This is Bruno. He's a disabled dog we rescued over a week ago and today we're gonna try and
00:05take him outside on a walk for the first time in his life. But first we need to start picking
00:12up
00:12poo and we're gonna have a slightly different morning this morning because Zaza has got a
00:18meet and greet with her potential adopters and they've got a dog called Hudson. So let's go to
00:26that and get Zaza to beat Hudson for the first time. Hopefully they're gonna get along.
00:44So Zaza was a little scared and unsure of the whole situation she was in so we brought her best
00:51friend
00:51Rebecca out to see if it would help boost her confidence. You've got one job to do here
00:55Becca all right. Oh she's excited. Her hackles have gone up with excitement.
00:59Oh look at Zaza. Good girl.
01:04Good girl.
01:06Good girl.
01:07Yeah I'll hold her.
01:08She's like hello let's be friends and she's like I'm busy. I'm busy.
01:13Good girl. Good shape.
01:17It helped a bit but not loads so we brought out Kaya, Kobe and Moki so that Zaza had her
01:24entire
01:25support system with her and we couldn't believe how different she was.
01:29I think you're struggling.
01:31Kobe's I'll take some.
01:32Lissaza's I've taken it quick now.
01:34Look at her.
01:35He's like I know all the tricks.
01:39Kobe's just happy to be here.
01:42Oh and by the way if you remember Kola, a tiny dog we rescued a few months ago, when our
01:47neighbour adopted him, we ran into them on the walk and look how big and brave he's gotten.
02:09So to no surprise, Teagan and Tyler decided they wanted to adopt Zaza and we've since
02:15had some updates on her, Zaza took only about half a day to settle into her new space, she's
02:21already playing with all her toys and Hudson.
02:25Her name has also changed to Zala.
02:27It's so sad to see them go but when we get updates like this, it's just so incredible
02:31to see how we helped change that dog's life forever.
02:34So Zala's story ended amazingly but now it's time to continue working on Bruno's because
02:40we're going to attempt to walk him for the first time.
02:43So first, we need to get a harness on him.
02:47Good boy.
02:48And then I'll just move it towards his face.
02:50He's not doing too bad.
02:53Oh.
02:54Yes.
02:55Good boy.
02:57Good boy.
02:59Clever boy.
03:01No, not the whole pouch.
03:03Then Dilnaz clips the lead on him and we try and get him used to the feeling of the lead
03:08and walking on it.
03:09So I'm not going to pull him if he doesn't want to walk.
03:12I'm going to give him a moment.
03:14It might be the first time he's ever, ever had any kind of leading harness on.
03:18Probably.
03:19Yeah.
03:19Yeah.
03:20So the only time he's had it wasn't a great experience.
03:23Yeah.
03:23And the chances are lots of rescues use slip leads, which is understandable.
03:26I get why they do it.
03:28So it's hard for him.
03:30He probably associates lead with it hurting.
03:33Yeah.
03:34So all I do is just keep the lead nice and loose.
03:37So there's no pressure from me whatsoever.
03:39Yeah.
03:39And then let him just feel the weight of it.
03:42And I'm going to add more weight to it by like releasing it more little by little.
03:46Mm-hmm.
03:47Holding.
03:48Yes.
03:48Good boy.
03:51That's really good.
03:52So it's baby steps with him.
03:53Yeah.
03:54So again, I'm just going to step away.
03:56And it's when I say lead pressure, there's no tugging or anything, right?
04:01Yeah.
04:01Good thing.
04:03This is so new for him.
04:04It is so new for him.
04:06He's planting his feet again and he's tucked his tail a little bit.
04:09So I'm just going to ease off.
04:10Do you reckon he's just unsure what all this is?
04:13Yeah.
04:13And I don't think he's, based on this and what we were talking about, I don't think he's
04:19had a lead and harness on him properly.
04:20Yeah.
04:21Yeah.
04:21I think the whole sensation of it is new to him.
04:25Yeah.
04:25But it's progress from what you were saying about, you know, how he freaked out over having
04:29the harness on.
04:31And also, it's progress from when I put the lead on him and he just, he went.
04:35Yeah.
04:39There he goes.
04:41Yes.
04:43No, it's here.
04:45Oh.
04:47Bruno darling.
04:48He's really using that sniffer as well.
04:50He's like, hang on.
04:52Got it?
04:52Oh no, you dropped it.
04:56Oh no.
04:57Oh, there goes Bruno.
05:02What?
05:03She almost opened the door there.
05:05I know.
05:06Bruno is ready to start him to look so much more comfortable on the lead.
05:10So it's time to take him to the front door and see what he does.
05:13So when the front door opens, he's going to get bombarded by sight, sounds and smells.
05:19So he'll probably want to investigate, but we don't want to force him out.
05:23Okay.
05:24Not that I'm saying you ever would because I know you wouldn't, but let him do it at
05:28his own pace because there's so many new things happening for him here.
05:31So again, I could use a treat and lure him out, but I don't want to put that pressure
05:36on him because he'll follow the food and then he might eat the food and go, I don't like
05:41this.
05:42This is really scary.
05:43He's not sure, but that's okay.
05:45That's a big step for you.
05:47The good thing is here.
05:49Okay.
05:49He hasn't freaked out and he's not trying to pull away.
05:52Yeah.
05:53So he's happy to explore at this pace.
05:56Yeah.
05:57Okay.
05:57And that's what we do.
05:58We slowly build up his confidence.
06:00And then what you can even do is like, you know, in terms of like free work, like set
06:04some up here, like a few cones here and like a few bits here.
06:07So he kind of goes, Oh, what's that?
06:10Yeah.
06:11Sniffing the letterbox, sniffing the mailman.
06:14Oh my God.
06:18Oh my God.
06:20Oh my God.
06:23We could not believe Bruno stepped outside and wanted to go and explore.
06:28We were all shocked and so excited.
06:31He then even went to explore even more.
06:34Oh my God.
06:34He's walking.
06:36Oh my goodness me.
06:37Look at that.
06:39Oh, Bruno.
06:40The bins.
06:41It'll probably be the bins attracting him.
06:43He might.
06:43Let's see if he tries to go back.
06:45He literally looks like he's just landed on another planet.
06:48He is feeling a little bit overwhelmed.
06:50So we do need to make sure that he decompresses after.
06:53Bruno was being super brave until somebody cut in the grass came near him.
06:57This is part of socialization.
06:59Oh, it's okay.
07:00What happened?
07:01I missed it.
07:01Oh, he's got scared.
07:03And he shut down.
07:04We were honestly so happy.
07:06We had Dylan as with us when this happens because we could see how scared and unsure Bruno was.
07:12Right.
07:13Right.
07:13Okay.
07:13So I think he did submit initially.
07:16Yeah.
07:17Like he was like, don't harm me.
07:18I'm not a threat to you.
07:20Yeah.
07:20But then he where he came into my hand.
07:23I think he was looking for content like that.
07:25He's looking for contact and looking for reassurance.
07:29Oh, that's so sad.
07:31The thing is though, I'm a bit worried he's shutting down.
07:33Yeah.
07:33So we just need to be careful.
07:34Dylan has asked the man to turn the machine off as we had a scared rescue.
07:38He very kindly did.
07:39And we then picked Bruno up and took him back inside and stopped the session.
07:44This is what could happen in the real world.
07:46But when we got back inside, we were really happy to see Bruno seem to shake it off.
07:50Dylan has then told us to give him a chew to help him de-stress after that incident.
07:54Bruno did amazing on his first walk.
07:57It's something we can definitely progress with him moving forward.
08:00But now we've got to show you the progress of our two scared dogs, Bagel and Jockey.
08:05So it was nighttime and Bruno was like moving some rugs around.
08:09And then Bagel decided he's had enough and told him to go to sleep.
08:14And then we have Jockey, who yes, is there laying in our lounge next to Ella.
08:20At one point, she even came onto the sofa.
08:23We cannot believe the progress she has made.
08:25If you guys think she should win the trophy of the most improved rescue, then let us know in the
08:30comments.
08:31So the entire reason we have done this series, of course, to help all of these dogs is because we
08:37are fundraising for Happy Shelter.
08:39Now, if you can't afford to fundraise, that's fine.
08:43Because if you just subscribe to us on YouTube, we'll donate a penny.
08:46If you follow us on Instagram, we're posting every single day on there.
08:50We'll donate another penny and then we'll donate a third penny.
08:53If you add us on Snapchat, you can simply scan the QR code to do this.
08:58Now, let's go to Happy Shelter to see another terrified rescue.
09:01He's adorable and his name is Nico.
09:04So this is Nico.
09:06As you can see, he's absolutely terrified.
09:08So he was also from the terrible kill shelter where basically dogs had to fight for their own food.
09:13The people that own the shelter were pocketing the money.
09:16And you can see the poor damage he's done.
09:18He's basically one of the most scared dogs in the entire shelter and probably the oldest.
09:24He's so cute.
09:25So apparently he'll come out, eat his food, have a drink and then basically just be in here the entire
09:29day.
09:30Poor thing.
09:30So every donation helps support dogs just like Nico.
09:34He deserves a second chance because it's not his fault that he was put in that terrible, terrible shelter.
09:39And you can see sadly the damage that has now been done.
09:43You can just see the pain in his eyes as well.
09:46Really, really sad.
09:47But Happy Shelter and Kamau have been amazing enough to take all of those dogs from that terrible shelter and
09:53give them another chance.
09:54Nico is adorable, bless him.
09:56But now something huge is happening because Becca has her first meet and greet for a possible adoption.
10:02But first we're taking Becca to the vets to get a checkup on her poor.
10:06Poor is all good.
10:07So now it's time for Becca to meet her potential new family.
10:11Who's that Becca girl?
10:12Look at her.
10:20She's got such a nice personality.
10:27So they're going to get back to us with Becca as more of the family needs to meet her first.
10:31And of course, we need to speak about what we're going to do with her poor.
10:35But now we're going to check donations.
10:38So we have reached a little over £38,000, which means we are 96% there to our goal.
10:48Guys, we are so close to hitting £40,000.
10:50If you didn't know, this is the last week of our series.
10:54So let's try and finish this strong and reach our £40,000 target so that your name can be there
11:00in every single video that we do in the little dog silhouettes.
11:04It's going to look so cool.
11:05So the top donors are all the same.
11:09If anybody wants to knock Kristen Bell off top spot, be our guest.
11:13And some little shout outs.
11:15We have got Sky with the £5,000, Cara with the £59, Susan with the £18 and Kyla with the
11:22£5.
11:22Thank you so much to everybody that has donated so far.
11:26You can continue to donate and you can help us reach our £40,000 target by scanning the QR code
11:32on screen now.
11:33And tomorrow we're going to have Dilnaz come back here and we're going to attempt to take Jockey out for
11:39a walk for the first time ever.
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