I'm just showing y'all his big old balls.

(funky upbeat music)

- This week Ladylike is fostering doggos.

- We are partnering with Dogs Without Borders

to foster dogs for the next two weeks!

- The organization will provide and pay for

all the dogs' medical needs and food needs

and any of their equipment.

- And the individual, aka Ladylike, provides homes and love

while they search for an adoptable family.

- I've literally never had a dog in my entire life.

I don't know much about them.

I recently got these plants.

They are real, they're my first plants,

so I'm a little worried that the dog may

think that it's an area to pee in.

- I have never had an animal on my own besides

a baby duck that I had for eight weeks.

Does the water and food go in the crate?

I've never crate trained before.

- I'm a woman who has a big maternal instinct.

I have two cats, I have a fish,

and we're about to have a dog.

Are you getting a new brother?

I think you're getting a new brother.

Yeah.

- Being in LA and there are dogs everywhere,

I've gotten more comfortable with them

and just like, them being around,

and I think it'd be really cool to actually try it out

and see if I could have a dog.

- I don't want to own a dog until I have a house with a yard

but I've been wanting to foster a dog

since I moved into my own place.

Now, I can help the little puppers to find their homes.

I wanna meet the pupper, I'm ready.

(chill electro music)

- My name is Crystal.

I work for Dogs Without Borders.

I am the Rescue and Foster Coordinator.

I've been working for Dogs Without Borders for two years

and I've been involved for about three and a half.

What we do is we go to all of the kill shelters

in Los Angeles, county and city, and we pull small dogs

that are potentially adoptable dogs,

and give them a wonderful forever home.

- When we got to Dogs Without Borders,

they were kind of like bringing out the different dogs

that they had available that they thought

would be good matches for us to be fostering.

Unlike Chantel and Freddie, I've actually met the dog

that I'm going to be fostering.

His name is Atticus.

He is a German Shepherd Hound mix.

The reason why I was able to meet him before is

I'm at a point where I would actually like to adopt a dog.

My boyfriend and I live together in a house.

We've been together for a while and we're kind of ready.

- My advice for first time fosters

would be a lot of patience.

A lot of these dogs are neglected, undersocialized,

and don't know human interaction so they do need

somebody to show them a lot of love and affection

and learn to trust.

- This may be my first time ever at a dog shelter.

I don't know if I should expect to be assigned a dog

or if I go, sort of, choose which dog I think is the cutest.

I really want a very chill dog.

I want a dog that acts like a cat.

And then I see a little black puppy named Oreo.

- Who is this little guy?

- He seems pretty shy.

He doesn't know, really, what to do or how to navigate.

He literally gets there two hours before we get there.

- And then I saw this other little white

flash of a dog just like, pew.

I don't know who's gonna get him,

but I'm gonna try to go for this little black fur dog.

- Which dog would you say is the easiest dog

for a first time foster?

- For the ones that are here right now,

it would probably be Oreo, only because he was in a home.

- The white little dog that was sprinting around,

turns out his name was Bucky.

Bucky still has his balls.

Really, Bucky?

(laughter)

I think Bucky is just like, a little horny too.

- I like Oreo because he's good with cats

and I do wanna get a cat eventually.

It could be a chance that I adopt this dog.

- Freddie kind of lets me know, like,

"Yeah, I'm thinking about Oreo, you know?

"I think he's super cute," and whatever,

and I was like, "Oh, yeah, okay!"

- Looking like Oreo might be my man.

- Atticus is my boy.

(laughter)

- Yeah, I guess that leaves me with Bucky.

- I'm gonna be taking home Oreo.

He's a little younger than I initially said that I wanted.

I initially said I wanted an adult, like an elderly dog,

and he's eight months, so, it's fine.

- I'm gonna be taking home little Bucky.

I'm so excited to get him in my little home environment.

I rename him on the spot, because I was like,

I cannot have this humping dog named Buck,

and so I was like, "You know what?

"I think his name could be Frank."

- I feel good about all the dogs we've gotten today,

and it's gonna be a ride.

It's gonna be a wild ride.

(laughter)

- We'll see what happens.

- Yeah, let's do it. - Let's get them acclimated.

- Let's go!

(crosstalk)

By the end of the shelter visit, right before I packed Oreo

up into my car, I decided to change his name to Earl,

because when I first saw him,

I didn't really know that he was a puppy.

He looked like an older, more seasoned dog.

He has, like, a beard situation.

He looks like he's seen a lot in life.

- When I took him home, he was just like, sniffing around.

He met the cats.

He went in every room.

I introduced him carefully to every room in my apartment.

I gave him some food, some water.

His foster family had actually renamed him Dino,

and he only responded to Dino, so I thought,

let's just keep his name consistent.

Let's just keep his name Dino.

- Taking Frank, formerly Bucky,

home for the first time goes pretty well.

I missed my exit a few times because I was distracted

by just how cute he was being.

Hi, buddy.

But we eventually get home.

We made it, huh, buddy?

We made it here.

Look at your teeth!

What are those teeth? (laughs)

Now I see why they called you Bucky.

- So, I open the door to my apartment,

and Earl just jets out of my apartment.

He's not on leash.

He literally sprints down the sidewalk.

I think it's over, at this point,

I think it's like, actually done.

He's run away and I'm just a failure.

But I ended up catching him.

I scooped him up, he immediately peed in my arms.

I take him into the apartment and then I just had

to take a breather and recollect myself.

And I'm tired, I ran very fast

and very far in Birkenstock sandals.

- I think I'm in love.

- He's sleeping so soundly!

(Earl cries)

- [Freddie] Okay, well, we have to get ready for bed,

and I'm tired, so please go to bed.

Goodnight, Earl.

Love ya!

- First morning walk with Atticus.

It's about 6:45 in the morning.

I got up early because I'm trying to train him

that I'd like to go on little jogs with him.

He did a nice, big old poo.

I'm used to little dog poops.

He pooped and I was like, "Holy God!"

- Frankie has kennel cough that he got from his time

in the shelter, so they gave me antibiotics to give him.

Half in the morning and half at night.

But the pills that she gave me

weren't ones that could be cut.

It was an actual pill so I had to open it up

and disperse the inner powder, and so it looked like

I was there making, like, drug deals in my kitchen.

Frank!

Maybe if I let him come to me, and maybe that'll work.

(laughs)

- I bring him to the office

and he's so well behaved at the office.

He's just sitting on his little bed cushion next to my desk.

Everyone's just like, "Oh my gosh, Earl's so chill!

"Oh my gosh, Earl's like, so calm!

"What a calm, sweet puppy!"

My boy!

And I'm like, "I know."

- We're off to work, first day.

We've got a day where we are shooting on set.

On day two, we went to the office, 'cause he was supposed to

be in the video where he gets a bath

and meets everyone here at Buzzfeed, and that didn't happen.

I am here on set trying to get our life together

and pupper is not about it.

Maybe he's not a set dog.

It is his first day at Buzzfeed

and I think he's just a little nervous.

There's a lot going on.

I canceled my shoot!

I was 40 minutes behind schedule

and Atticus was very spooked.

His first day at Buzzfeed does not need to be on set.

He was fine for the first three hours,

and then the growling started.

We have a bit of a problem.

Atticus, out of nowhere, is getting really dog aggressive.

He's growling at Earl, Freddie's dog,

and he's growling at Frankie,

which was not the case yesterday.

I had no idea how isolating it can be to have a big dog

until we started fostering him.

It is 1:45, maybe two o'clock and we were sent home.

For multiple reasons, just because we want Atticus

to feel more stable in a situation and I think it was just

making people on the floor a little nervous,

which I completely understand, having a big dog barking

is just a lot to have in an office.

- Now, I'm about to give him a bath for the first time.

- I hope that he's not scared of the bath, but we'll see.

If he is scared, we'll take it slow.

Frankie, it's okay, buddy.

I don't wanna make him so scared.

Why are you so scared of water, buddy?

- Come on, you're doing such a good job.

(Earl cries)

I will say that I did say that I wanted my dog

to be like a cat, but I'm so thankful that he's not

like a cat in this scenario,

because I would have 17,000 scratches on my face.

- I'll wrap you up.

We'll wrap you up.

Oh my God, just showing y'all his big old balls.

- I've made a huge mistake by taking Dino to work.

I think it really freaked him out.

I'm borderline worried that he's traumatized.

- The next day, we're playing with Earl by the desk

and Devin notices that he has ticks.

Is he bleeding?

He's bleeding a little bit.

- So, we found another one.

It's okay, honey.

- That's a tick.

I'm at Tail Waggers right now

about to go pick up Earl's meds.

I'm feeling really down and pretty discouraged.

I feel like I have bad luck with animals.

I adopted a cat quite a few months back,