It's hard to find someone who didn't have a crush on Jonathan Taylor Thomas when they were growing up, but the '90s heartthrob has changed quite a bit since his Home Improvement days.

Over the weekend, the now-39-year-old actor was seen out in Los Angeles, walking his dogs, in his first public sighting in eight years.

Sporting a bright blue New York Mets baseball cap, a navy zip-up hoodie with white drawstrings, blue jeans, Nike sneakers, sunglasses over his eyes and a face mask tucked under his chin, JTT kept his left hand in his pocket while his right hand held tightly onto two leashes, which were attached to two small and adorable white dogs.

It's an incredibly rare (and exciting, depending on your age) sighting considering the 8 Simple Rules alum has not been photographed publicly since August 2013, when he was spotted out and about in L.A. rocking a flannel shirt, tan jacket and dark-rimmed glasses. (See above.)

To fans, it felt like Jonathan backed away from the spotlight just as his career was taking off.

At the age of 7, he appeared onscreen for the first time in the Playhouse Disney series,The Adventures of Spot. He then went on to voice young Simba in The Lion King, before landing his best-known role: Tim Allen's son in Home Improvement. JTT played the rambunctious Randy Taylor in the television sitcom from 1991 to 1999.

The following year, he graduated with hon