As soon as he arrived at the shelter, everyone was shocked by the puppy’s incredible story, and took to calling him “Miracle Puppy,” because the fact that such a tiny creature had survived such a massive fall was truly a miracle. The little guy was only 6 weeks old, and after everything he’d already been through, all he wanted was to be loved by his new shelter friends.

“When I met this little puppy not long after he came into our shelter, all he wanted was to be held,” Jennifer Olohan, communication and media manager for AAC, told The Dodo. “He was hooked up to an IV to deliver fluids, but despite that he kept trying to walk to the front of his kennel to get to me. I snuggled him as much as I could, being careful of his IV. He’s really just a sweetheart!”