Sanford was considered a “broken dog” when he arrived at a shelter in Texas. He’d been run over but also had a bullet wound in his right leg.
But when a foster mom took him home and introduced him to her other foster dogs he hasn’t stopped smiling since.
Foster mom Karen Velazquez says he’s the happiest dog she’s ever met.
“I am presently on my 52nd foster, and I can genuinely say that I’ve never had anyone as jovial as him,” Karen told The Dodo.
“He looks at me in a way that no other animal or human has ever looked at me, including my own pets. Essentially, the only time he is not smiling is when he is asleep or eating.”
He was found at the side of the road by animal control officers after being hit by a car and also had a bullet wound in his right hind leg.
He was taken to a small shelter in Dallas but they were short on resources so he didn’t get any medical care.