It was an unlikely friendship born out of adversity.

Unusual animal friendships have always made our hearts melt, and we’re sure that we can speak for everyone when we say that we want more.

In an animal rescue shelter in New York, a Chihuahua and a pigeon share a dog bed. The 8-week-old Chihuahua, Lundy, doesn’t know how to walk. And his best friend, Herman the pigeon, doesn’t know how to fly.

Their differences didn’t stop them from being friends.

The two of them met at The Mia Foundation. The New York-based non-profit is dedicated to giving pets with birth defects a chance to experience what love feels like.

“Our main goal is to take in animals born with birth defects,” Sue Rogers, founder of The Mia Foundation, told PEOPLE, “But people bring us injured birds and squirrels sometimes.”

Herman is already a senior as far as tenure in the foundation is concerned. He arrived at the rescue several years back when he was found unmoving at a car dealership. He stayed in place for three days.

Herman was rescued but he’s stuck on the ground.

Rogers shared that after taking the bird in, they collaborated with a mentor involved in wildlife rehabilitation. While Herman managed to recover his strength, he lost his ability to fly. They are not sure if it was caused by a sickness like the West Nile Virus or a result of a brain injury.

Since then, Herman became a permanent resident of the foundation. And in his stay, he met the puppy that he took under his wing.

Lundy was original from South Carolina.

He was surrendered to the foundation when he was just 4-weeks-old. At first, Lundy was trying to learn how to walk. Then one day, he just stopped moving and pawing. The breeder who owned Lundy asked the foundation if they could help Lundy.

When Lundy finally met Herman, Rogers thought that they wouldn’t warm up to each other.

The two instantly gravitated towards each other.

At one point, Rogers even suspected if they were right to think that Herman is a “he” because he began showing materialistic qualities towards the puppy.

Their adorable interaction was posted on the organization’s website and needless to say, people were head over heels for the duo.

Rogers hopes that Lundy will find a forever home.

He might be at home with Herman, but the little puppy still deserves a family that will take care of him. To help Lundy through the process, Rogers tried to figure out how they can rehabilitate the puppy.

She shared that Lundy’s mobility challenges might be caused by spinal cord damage, in which case, the puppy needs to learn how to walk in a wheelchair.

Rogers is not a stranger to these kinds of cases.

She founded The Mia Foundation to honor the memory of Mia, her late dog who was born with a cleft palate. She shared that she was asked to put Mia to sleep right after she was born. She didn’t go through with the euthanization and instead lived 22 happy months with Mia before the puppy passed away.

The foundation has since worked with 1,000 animals. Ten of them are permanent residents at the non-profit. These ten animals travel to different schools with Rogers as they tackle the negative effects of bullying and why it’s okay to be born unique.

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Source: Facebook – The Mia Foundation, People