Severely Matted Dog Finds Home After Getting Drastic Makeover: See Photos [Video]

Talk about an extreme makeover!

Reggie, a six-year-old Maltese, recently got a new lease on life when the Arizona Humane Society (AHS) shed his matted coat and helped him find his forever home.

The canine, the AHS said in a press release obtained by PEOPLE, was surrendered to Emergency Animal Medical Technicians by his previous owner in mid-December 2024, when he was severely matted.

“When Reggie first came in, he was just covered in mats. It was basically one entire mat,” AHS Groomer Amitie Davis said in a statement.

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“Reggie’s case was definitely the worst I’ve groomed. It was so thick and the top layer had so much feces on it that it was hard to …