Rescue dog gets new shot at life thanks to George Clooney

A rescue dog got its happy Hollywood ending when it was adopted by the family of Oscar-winner George Clooney.

LuvFurMutts posted to Facebook the tale of Nate the Terrier, a dog with birth defects that "walked like a Hyena." The dog had been with the Fairfield, Ohio rescue for nine months and still had not found his forever home.

"When we took Nate to adoption events, people would stare and kids would point. Several people applied to adopt him but then said no when they met him," LuvFurMutts wrote on Facebook. "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."

"Why could they not see what we saw in him? A handsome, charming, sweet and normal little boy."

Luckily for Nate, there was a couple who was interested in giving him a forever home: Nick and Nina Clooney, parents of Oscar-winning actor and philanthropist George Clooney. The Hollywood star stepped in to arrange for the dog to live with his parents, whose own terrier had recently died.

"All details were handled by George's very efficient personal assistant, Angel. Angel said George picked Nate out, then showed him to his Mom, Nina, on YouTube," LuvFurMutts wrote in their Facebook post. "She watched his video over and over and she fell in love."

Clooney asked his father how he felt about how the crippled Nate walked around. "I guess it sounds like he gets around as good as we do anymore," his dad replied, according to LuvFurMutts. The dog was then delivered to Clooney's parents' house on Christmas Eve last year.

"We are just over the moon and most appreciative that they love Nate just the way his is - the way God made him," LuvFurMutts wrote. "It's truly a fairytale ending for Prince Nate... or should we say... a perfect Hollywood movie ending!"