It's a stark contrast to the five years Mazzie, a floppy-eared German shepherd, spent as a narcotics detection dog in Kuwait.
Not much is known about Mazzie's handlers or what happened to him. He and several other working dogs were contracted out by an American company to Kuwait International Airport.
"The fact is these dogs have worked their entire lives, they've lived in a kennel their entire lives," Kristen Maurer, president of the Texas-based nonprofit, said.