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South African filmmaker Dave Meinert wasn't sure how long Pegasus the Great Dane would have when he took her home.
She had some bad prospects, due to her breed, compounded by her specific provenance -- people Meinert describes as irresponsible breeders, who'd produced pups especially prone to health problems, including deafness and blindness.
"Most of her siblings died," he told The Huffington Post.
Being a filmmaker, Meinert documented his and Pegasus' early time together in this time-lapse video showing her shoot up with an astonishing rapidity during those first five months of life.
It's gorgeous and melancholic, and without knowing Pegasus was still alive -- put away the tissues; she is -- you'd be a blubbering mess at the end.
What you can't see is what happened once the camera stopped rolling. Which is even more powerful.
Pegasus got an even bigger love, with a new best friend who's a fellow Great Dane. She got a new home, with a person who adores her, while being too aware that their time together may be brief and hard. A person who wants to show the world how heartbreaking careless dog breeding can be.
Meinert took Pegasus home about a year and a half ago. Pegasus was sick at the time, with diarrhea and skin allergies, among other conditions. Meinert bought her anyway.
It was "a way for me to be sure she'd be looked after," he said to Fast Company, one of dozens of news outlets to report on the time-lapse video in the last week. "For me, she had already been born -- nothing was going to change that. By rescuing her, at least I could be certain that she wouldn't be discarded."
He made that incredibly moving film -- called The Pegasus Project -- to document their time together. For it, Meinert took the same photo of Pegasus nearly every day for five months. They're tied together in the video as a way of "recording and celebrating all her healthy days left," he says.
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Bless this man for what he did for Pegasus.
She had some bad prospects, due to her breed, compounded by her specific provenance -- people Meinert describes as irresponsible breeders, who'd produced pups especially prone to health problems, including deafness and blindness.
"Most of her siblings died," he told The Huffington Post.
Being a filmmaker, Meinert documented his and Pegasus' early time together in this time-lapse video showing her shoot up with an astonishing rapidity during those first five months of life.
It's gorgeous and melancholic, and without knowing Pegasus was still alive -- put away the tissues; she is -- you'd be a blubbering mess at the end.
What you can't see is what happened once the camera stopped rolling. Which is even more powerful.
Pegasus got an even bigger love, with a new best friend who's a fellow Great Dane. She got a new home, with a person who adores her, while being too aware that their time together may be brief and hard. A person who wants to show the world how heartbreaking careless dog breeding can be.
Meinert took Pegasus home about a year and a half ago. Pegasus was sick at the time, with diarrhea and skin allergies, among other conditions. Meinert bought her anyway.
It was "a way for me to be sure she'd be looked after," he said to Fast Company, one of dozens of news outlets to report on the time-lapse video in the last week. "For me, she had already been born -- nothing was going to change that. By rescuing her, at least I could be certain that she wouldn't be discarded."
He made that incredibly moving film -- called The Pegasus Project -- to document their time together. For it, Meinert took the same photo of Pegasus nearly every day for five months. They're tied together in the video as a way of "recording and celebrating all her healthy days left," he says.
Rest of the story with pictures
Bless this man for what he did for Pegasus.
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