A dog that grew up in an apartment couldn’t contain his excitement when his owners introduced him to his first-ever backyard at their new home.
Megan Ferrin, 32, and her boyfriend, Dustin, raised their Staffordshire terrier Pit bull mix, Oliver, in a small one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in Nashville, Tennessee.
But as Oliver grew older, it became clear to the couple they needed more space.
When he needed to go to the bathroom, it required a trip down elevators, sometimes in the middle of the night, and the couple would need to walk him to a dog park to play.
Megan said the couple felt they owed a backyard to Oliver, who suffered with a rare bone condition when he was a puppy.
When they made the decision to move to a spacious, three-bedroom, two-bathroom property in Charlotte, North Carolina, which had its own backyard, they couldn’t wait to see Oliver’s reaction.
The day of the move, Oliver happily inspected his new indoor surroundings before the big reveal – his first-ever backyard, where he ran around with joy, sniffing and wagging his tail.
Megan said: “It’s hard not to get emotional seeing him having so much fun and seeing his big goofy smile that we love so much.
“He’s always been a smiley boy, but you can just tell he was in awe of his new home.
“He is so deserving of a good life and to be able to run and have fun and just be a dog.
“We weren’t sure how his bone condition would affect his life and were not sure if it will effect it again someday, but we’re just happy in the moments we see him enjoying himself and just being happy.”
