When a man living in Detroit returned home one day and noticed that someone had dumped a chained dog in a neighboring backyard, he frantically began calling around for someone to help. Luckily, rebel dogs detroit took the call and sent a volunteer, Tiffany Perkins, out to investigate. She had no idea what to expect when she first arrived — but as soon as she saw Beaker, her heart just melted.

“Beaker was timid and cowered behind the garage to hide,” Perkins told The Dodo. “He peeked out the side as I started calling for him. As I got closer, his tail started wagging. Then he pushed his weight against us for petting him — and seemed to be visibly relieved. He ‘meeped’ like a muppet, he was so excited, so he got the name Beaker!”

After being chained up and abandoned, Beaker was understandably a little nervous at first, but as soon as he realized Perkins was there to help him, he completely relaxed and was so excited to meet his new best friend.

“𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒, ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑢𝑏𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑜𝑠,” 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑. 𝑈𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑘, 𝑠𝑜 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡. 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟’𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒’𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑔 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ

“We had lots of bonding time in the car waiting for his surgery for 5+ hours,” Perkins said. “He was napping with his head in my lap after a while.”

Even after everything Beaker had been through, all he wanted was to be loved — and finally, his wish had come true.

Beaker is now healing from his surgery in his foster home and is just the happiest dog anyone has ever met. For Beaker, it doesn’t seem to matter what happened to him in the past. What matters is where he is now and all the new friends he’s made who care about him and are making sure he’s happy and safe.

“He’s learning how to be an indoor dog with unconditional love in his foster home,” Perkins said.

Beaker is currently looking for his forever home and would love a home with another playful, energetic dog who can continue to show him the ropes and become his best buddy. As soon as Beaker laid eyes on his rescuers, he knew he was finally safe, and he’s so excited to find the forever family he deserves.