Dania Méndez opens her home to Rorro and Milo

The actress, host and influencer spoke with Paws in Town about her bond with her two rescued animals, and why, in her words, "adopting says something about the goodness of the person who does it."

Dania Méndez welcomed Paws in Town with two unexpected co-stars: Rorro, her dog of almost six years, and Milo, her cat, who dropped by to say hello before wandering off. What started as a light seasonal profile turned into a direct testimony in favor of adoption.

Rorro

He came into her life almost six years ago, a gift from a follower who saw him rejected by his own pack. Dania didn't hesitate — she asked her to bring him over.

Milo

He was found under a truck at two months old. Today he shares a home with Rorro as part of the family.

Before Rorro there was Muca, her French bulldog for ten years, and before Muca, Lola, the chihuahua from her childhood who, she admits, "was really more my mom's than mine." Dania talks about all three with the same ease, the way someone recalls people rather than pets — a word she rejects outright.

"Rorro and Milo were never pets. From the moment they came into our lives they became one more member of the family, and that's how they'll stay until the day they die." Dania Méndez

A territorial, overprotective, slightly teenage dog

We asked her to describe Rorro and the answer came without a pause: territorial, clingy, overprotective, convinced that everything in the house — including her — belongs to him. "He's an ogre crossed with a macho guy, but also crossed with a teenager and a baby," she sums up, laughing. When her mom isn't around, her grandmother is; when her grandmother isn't around, someone from the team is. Rorro, she insists, is never left alone.

Her position, no filter: don't buy, adopt

Adoption was the topic that got the most energy out of the interview. Dania was blunt about people who buy animals instead of adopting them, even at the risk of sounding harsh.

"I think someone obsessed with buying dogs says more about how empty and superficial they are. We come into this world to give love, to be a good example."Dania Méndez

Her message wasn't just talk: she shared that her cousin had found a two-month-old puppy that same day, one who had spent two nights out in the rain, and they adopted him on the spot. They named him Nachito.

For Dania, the act of adopting says as much about the person doing it as it does about the animal receiving it. "It says something about the goodness of the person, about whoever's heart it touches, about whoever is empathetic toward animals," she explained, adding that if she could have one superpower, it would be a simple one: more human awareness and more empathy toward animals.

If you can help today

Dania closed the interview with a concrete ask: you don't have to adopt to make a difference. Feeding a stray dog, sharing on social media, or supporting a shelter counts too. "It all adds up, believe me."

Before saying goodbye, even Rorro got his moment on camera: asked how he'd describe his mom, Dania translated on his behalf with one word — "good" — sealed with a kiss.

The interview ends the way it began, with a message repeated on purpose so it sticks. Adopt, don't buy.