--- title: Watch Sickly Pup Grow into a Strong and Stunning Great Dane description: Pegasus continues to defy gravity canonical: https://time.com/3855699/pegasus-great-dane-growth-video/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-12T16:31:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:37.154Z og:title: Watch Sickly Pup Grow into a Strong and Stunning Great Dane og:description: Pegasus continues to defy gravity og:url: https://time.com/3855699/pegasus-great-dane-growth-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Sickly Pup Grow into a Strong and Stunning Great Dane twitter:description: Pegasus continues to defy gravity twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Sickly Puppy Grow Into a Stunning Great Dane > Sponsored content. 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Due to the numerous health complications that come with reckless breeding, Pegasus and the other puppies were given a short life expectancy. Sadly, Pegasus’ brothers and sisters did die, but she continued to live on. One of her rescuers, Dave Meinert, decided to take the tiny pup under his wing. Others warned Meinert that Pegasus would likely die young or grow to be deaf and blind, but the animal lover was determined to help the puppy live life to the fullest. “For me, she had already been born. Nothing was going to change that,” Meinert told The Dodo. “By rescuing her, at least I could be certain she’d be looked after and not discarded or left to die like many of these dogs when the problems start.” To help document this journey with his new furry friend, Meinert, with help from an animal therapist, filmed Pegasus using a treadmill for five months, which he calls The Pegasus Project. The treadmill helps the puppy overcome some of her disabilities, while the video allows us to watch this beautiful dog grow. Today, Pegasus is alive and thriving. While she will have some extra obstacles in her life due to her harsh beginnings, this pup appears to be handling them in stride. _This_ [_article_](http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20922218,00.html) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com)_._ ### 10 Puppies That Look Even More Adorable Underwater  Pringles & Pickme Seth Casteel  Monty Seth Casteel  Popsicle Seth Casteel  Ginger Seth Casteel  Ruger Seth Casteel  Rolley Seth Casteel  Iggy Seth Casteel  Reason Seth Casteel  Corey Seth Casteel ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3855699/pegasus-great-dane-growth-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3855699/pegasus-great-dane-growth-video/"},"headline":"Watch This Sickly Puppy Grow Into a Stunning Great Dane","datePublished":"2015-05-12T16:31:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:37.154Z","description":"Pegasus continues to defy gravity","url":"https://time.com/3855699/pegasus-great-dane-growth-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Dogs"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kelli Bender / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3855699/pegasus-great-dane-growth-video/","name":"Watch This Sickly Puppy Grow Into a Stunning Great Dane"}}]}] ```