Elias Weiss Friedman

She basically puts food out to try and get these puppies off of the beach and...

into a better life and so not everyone can do that and that's not how people by the time the dog is transported to new york city and is on a is it a adoption van in columbus circle and is then adopted by a well-off family and it's going to live a nice life in its brownstone in brooklyn that is the goal but it didn't start that way

It's not the way these dogs' lives started.

And so just having an appreciation for all the work it takes to rescue these dogs, often from the brink of death.

A lot of these dogs literally, and I've seen the worst of it and the unfortunate reality of having to dogs not make it.

And so.

Someone's got to do this work.

And it's almost always these like badass women often who have tattoos and pursue the boxer.

That was the first time I met her was seeing her box in a ring.

There's just something like you need, like you're saying, there's this grit about them.

I think I'm not sure if there's like some of the Hollywood version of, oh, well, my dog's leash got entwined with your dog's leash.

I think the times that I'm thinking of are when I like help people get engaged.

For example, like I remember this guy reached out and said, I'm going to propose to my girlfriend and she's such a fan of the doggist.

And I don't know if the dog's name was, I don't know, let's say Miles.

We love our dog so much, and I want him to help.

Could you photograph Miles?

And we're going to have a sign on his neck saying, will you marry my roommate?

Will you marry me?

And so helping this guy, posting on the dog, I said a specific time, and then her seeing it and saying yes.

People love these stories because people love romance and love, but it's just the fact that dogs...