George Clooney Adopts Rescued Dog With Birth Defects

Two-time Academy Awards winner, George Clooney, found the perfect Christmas gift for his parents when he and his wife Amal encountered a video of an adorable terrier online. The actor and the human rights lawyer were immediately enamored by the rescued pup that they decided to welcome him to the family. 

Last week, an adoption center, LuvFurMutts, published online the heartwarming story of how a terrier named Nate found his forever home. Nate has been staying the shelter for nine months after he was rescued from a hoarder. The energetic and lovable pup would've been adopted quickly if not for the birth defect on his hind legs.

 "When we took Nate to adoption events, people would stare and kids would point," the shelter wrote on Facebook. "Several people applied to adopt him but then said no when they met him. He was with us 9 months. The lowest point came when an adopter cried when she met him and said she would be depressed the rest of her life if she had to look at him every day."

Fortunately, the Clooneys found him. 

The "Gravity" actor has been following the story of Nate for awhile when he decided to adopt the rescued dog for his parents. Nick and Nina Clooney have lost their terrier of ten years recently, so, finding Nate who is in dire need of a loving home was fated. 

The actor and filmmaker showed the videos of Nate online to Nina who immediately fell in love with the friendly fur ball. LuvFurMutts praised the A-listers for accepting Nate into their home wholeheartedly.  

The 54-year-old "Ocean's Eleven" star is a lover of dogs. He and his fashionable wife are parents to three dogs - all of them adopted. According to Hello Magazine, a few months ago, the A-list couple adopted a four-year-old basset hound mix named Millie who was found by rescuers wandering the streets for food scraps weeks before the Clooneys chanced upon her profile on Petfinder.