Emmy, a pit bull mix, was left outside and alone last week as temperatures plunged below freezing. When her family abandoned her in Ecorse, Michigan, during a blizzard, the scared senior dog had no choice but to curl up in a ball for warmth and trust that someone would find her.

Fortunately, rescuers spotted Emmy just as a light layer of snow fell on her fur.

"She'd been outside for a day and a half in the bad weather," P.O.E.T. Animal Rescue board member Lauren Boesen told The Dodo. "It was probably two degrees Fahrenheit out there with 30 mph winds."