Since the group's shelter was full, Rowles took Duke home and introduced him to his wife and other pets.

"He was OK when I approached him initially. But you could see that fear in the way he moved and the way he backed away for those first few weeks," Rowles says. "He really made an attachment with my wife Diane. He just loved Diane."

After getting surgery to fix his feet, Duke was able to walk around on non-wobbly legs. He learned to trust humans again and started to warm up to his new loving environment. Then something else amazing happened — he was adopted by the kindest woman in England.