Family adopts malnourished dog that wandered into their home during storm in Philadelphia

Jacob Jarvis16 December 2019

A family has adopted a malnourished dog that wandered into their Philadelphia home during a storm.

Jack Jokinen said his wife found the dog when she went to grab a pacifier for their baby at 4am on Saturday.

She woke Mr Jokinen up, and he rushed downstairs, where all the doors and windows were closed.

After watching surveillance footage of his home Mr Jokinen, a sports podcaster, figured out that the wind had blown his front door wide open for several hours, he said in a video he posted on Twitter.

The surveillance footage showed a dog limp through the door at about 3.15 am.

Then around 30 minutes later, a man walked up, yelled to check on everyone in the house and shut the door.

Mr Jokinen took the dog, who is now named Suzy, to the vet where he learned that she had fleas, ticks and a heart murmur among other ailments.

"We didn't expect it but of all the bad things that could happen when your front door is left open - to end up with a sweet dog who just needs a good home," he said. "I mean wow this could have gone a lot worse."

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