Santa is sure to visit Katie this Christmas, though she’s already received the best gift of all – a loving family!

What a great holiday surprise, an update on Katie, one of the many dogs rescued from Gabbs, Nevada a year ago. Dorothy Morrison, her former foster Mom, notes how happy and relaxed the fortunate canine is in her new home and reported “Last year when I was trimming the Christmas tree, she would just lay on her bed and not move. I would move her around my house. She did this for about two or three weeks.”

However, take a look at Katie this year (the black dog in the photo above). Now in a “very loving adoptive home,” she fits right in with her family. No longer the timid wallflower, she went right along with them to Petco to meet Santa to have her photo taken.

You can be a part of Best Friends’ efforts to save companion animals like Katie and the other 143 Gabbs dogs. Donate today to support the Best Friends Rescue Fund.

Read more about Katie from when she was rescued a year ago here.

Posted by Jennifer Hayes, Best Friends staff
Photo credit: courtesy of Dorothy Morrison