Rescue dog will soon cheer up kids in the hospital as a therapy dog

In just a short amount of time, Everest went from being homeless on the streets of Los Angeles to a well-loved therapy dog in training up in Oregon.

The nonprofit Hope for Paws rescued the starving Newfoundland from a street corner, where the tired dog was resting. They used a cheeseburger to gain his trust, then slipped a leash on him and took him to their recovery center, where Everest was bathed and received medical treatment. Not long after that, Hope for Paws received an application from a family in Oregon who wanted to adopt Everest.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.