Ellen DeGeneres recently had Best Friends Animals Society’s John Garcia — a star of National Geographic’s DogTown — on her show.

Garcia, a dog trainer, brought along one of the rescued animals he has worked with at Best Friends, a dog named Aristotle.

Poor Aristotle’s prior owner treated the pooch’s mange with a chemical that scarred him very badly and left him almost bald. But the care at Best Friends enabled Aristotle’s fur to grow back and his personality to shine.

Click here to see the segment.

“It’s amazing, you have fur everywhere,” says Ellen as she leans in to Aristotle, sitting on Garcia’s lap.

“You need a Liv-a-Little, that’s my pet food company, do you like it?” she says as she leans in to Aristotle and give him a treat, which of course he quickly gobbled.

Halo recently donated $130,000 worth (retail) of canned natural dog food and cat food to Best Friends, a sanctuary that is a refuge for up to 1,700 homeless dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, birds, and other orphan animals, who come from shelters and rescue groups all over the country.

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