Marina Livery watches Athena grow into giant dog in 5 months — The Dodo
Marina Livery found the dodo story at her front gate in Brazil one morning late last year: a plastic bag holding 3 frightened, abandoned puppies, including Athena. When the puppies were old enough to be adopted, she took Athena home, and by 5 months old the black pup had grown far beyond what fit in her hand.
Marina Livery and Athena
Athena was small enough to fit in the palm of Livery’s hand when she was first found, but the dog she later brought home had already become a giant by the time the footage reached ages 6 days to 5 months. Livery put that change in plain language: “Little Athena has grown into a giant!”
“Watching Athena grow up has been a unique and rewarding experience,” Livery said, adding, “She is very affectionate and super loving. She has a playful nature but is incredibly gentle.” That combination of size and temperament is what makes Athena more than a viral-looking transformation; she is also the dog Livery chose to keep after the rescue had moved past the emergency stage.
Will PitBull Rescue
Several other neighbors had bags of puppies left on their doorsteps, bringing the total to 10 abandoned puppies. Local animal rescuers from Will PitBull were alerted and worked to track down the puppies’ mother so the group could be reunited under their care, a step that kept the young animals together long enough to be handled safely.
The mother and the puppies were all eventually adopted into loving homes, which is the part of this story that matters most for anyone following the rescue side of it rather than the visual joke of a once-palm-sized dog becoming enormous. The outcome was not just one adoption but a full rehoming: 10 abandoned puppies and their mother all ended up with families.
All 10 puppies
Athena’s size change is the attention grabber, but the real result is the rescue chain that followed the abandoned bag at Livery’s gate. A neighborhood problem turned into a coordinated recovery, then into adoption placements for every dog involved.
