Dog abandoned outside Norfolk SPCA finds new home
Dec 24, 2024
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — You can call it a coincidence.
Sharon Tomosovich calls it her Christmas miracle.
A dog that was abandoned and nearly hit and killed outside the Norfolk SPCA Adoption Center and Veterinary Clinic has found her way to her forever family.
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"I wasn't actively looking, but I thought, one day the right dog will come along, and she just seemed like she was the right one," Tomosovich said.
The right one — with the wrong family.
A few weeks ago, 10 On Your Side showed the video of a puppy that was abandoned outside the Norfolk SPCA. The puppy was tied to a pole, but broke loose and
"It broke my heart to see how someone could do something like that to her, or any animal, that there are other options," Tomosovich said. And anyone that has a dog that they can't keep, or can't take care [of], just please — there are other options not to tie them to a gutter and walk away. She's so lucky to be alive, and so many dogs aren't."
Good Samaritans jumped out of their cars to rescue the pup — the SPCA later named her Grace.
"It seemed like an omen to me because I had just lost my dog of 13 years, and her name was Grace," Tomosovich said. "And she would just look so sweet. I've been very sad about losing my dog, because it's only been about a month-and-a-half that I lost her."
Now that the empty space in her heart is filled with her new fur baby — who needed her just as much.
"She ... almost laid down on my lap immediately," Tomosovich said. "And I just knew. I think we both knew that she's where she needs to be, with me. And I'm able to be home with her now, and she's lot lots of love, and lots of attention."
Tomosovich renamed Grace to Holly Grace, to go with the holiday season — proving the pawfect gift found its way to a good home just before Christmas.