WATCH: Dog Dumped In Trash Bag Is Now Loving Life

GOWANUS, NY — The dog found stuffed in a garbage bag with his mouth taped shut near a Brooklyn highway has now been living a happier life cuddling in bed with other pooches in his foster home.

The 10- to 12-year-old shepherd mix, renamed St. Vincent, was moved to the Long Island home of Craig Fields, founder of the rescue group New York Bully Crew, earlier this month to be cared for while they find a permanent home for him.

Since then, St. Vincent has warmed up to Fields other dog, Enaya, enjoying lounging in the same bed as her with the Bully Crew has been posting videos of the adorable pair.

"He is SO happy and thoroughly enjoys his foster sibling," the New York Bully Crew wrote on Facebook last week.

"Saint Vincent has his quiet time but he actually prefers to be with his foster siblings," the group wrote in another comment. "From being found almost dead to now happily enjoying life, we are letting HIM decide where he wants to lay down. He also is moving around the house quite well and has his choice of many dog beds."

The images of St. Vincent happy in bed mark a stark difference from when rescuers first found the dog near death last month in East New York.

St. Vincent was found at Higland Park on Dec. 19 by a passer-by who noticed the black garbage bag moving and heard the animal inside struggling to breathe. The good Samaritan called the police who cut the bag open and found St. Vincent inside.

He was covered in his own urine, unable to move his legs and vets said he likely would've died that night if he wasn't found.

An officer who previously adopted a pooch from the Bully Crew responded to the 911 call and notified the rescue group. Volunteers from the group took St. Vincent to VERG-South in Flatbush and then to its Gowanus facility.

Vets feared he would never walk again, but after weeks in treatment St. Vincent eventually recovered and walked out of the medical center on his own.

Despite his horrific ordeal, doctors called St. Vincent a "gentle giant" who never once snapped at them during treatment.

"He's been nothing but kind," Dr. Brett Levitzke, medical director for VERG, previously told Patch. "Unfortunately we had to do a lot for him in those early days and he's just a gentle giant."

St. Vincent has been living at Fields home while they go through the process of finding a permanent home for him and there's already been plenty of interest.

Before Fields officially put him up for adoption, they got applications for more than 100 people who want to care for the pooch.

"He's a sought after big guy and we're going to find the perfect home for him," Fields previously told Patch. "He's going to live out his senior years comfortably."

Image: Nicholas Rizzi/Patch