Once there, they cross paths with the one-eared dog who immediately greets them like they’re his long-lost family. Whether it’s by chance or fate, Levin and his sons arrive at Ardmore Animal Hospital one morning in 2002 for a grim task: Their elderly cat must be put to sleep.
The twins bring indescribable joy and upheaval, a cycle that would be repeated years later with the arrival of a four-legged troublemaker. The author, an attorney who, along with his attorney wife, were on the treadmill of attorney life when they received a call that would forever change their lives: It was the “stork,” delivering the news that they had been approved to adopt two newborn boys, twins they would later name Dan and Noah. When they were certain he did not pose a threat, the one-eared pup with the lopsided face was given a second chance, and adopted out to the Levin family. Against all odds - or common sense, it would seem - the animal hospital spent hours operating on the dog and fostering him through his recovery. Instead, he eagerly dispensed licks and wag, offering thanks to his rescuers in the only way he knew how. Despite everything that had happened to him, he showed absolutely no malice to other dogs or hospital employees.
But the staff at the Ardmore Animal Hospital, which sees this kind of thing all too often, immediately noticed something special about the white dog whose left ear had been torn off, his jaw smashed, the side of his head torn open. “Oogy” is the true story of a puppy who was used as “bait” for fighting dogs when he was just a few weeks old, and was so badly mauled and disfigured that he was nearly put down when he was discovered abandoned during a police raid in Philidelphia. I’m a sucker for dog stories, especially those with a happy ending, which I’m relieved to report is the case for Oogy despite his rocky beginning. I’m always anxious to know before getting emotionally involved & spending hours in a book if the animals or dogs fare well.
The Levins, whose sons are themselves adopted, were unable to resist Oogy’s charms, and decided to take him home Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “Oogy”an affectionate derivative of “ugly”, is a heartwarming tail for dog lovers, or for those who simply enjoy pulling for the underdog. He had been thrown in a cage and left to die until the police rescued him and the staff at Ardmore Animal Hospital saved his life. The dog had been used as bait for fighting dogs when he was just a few months old. What would begin as a terrible day suddenly got brighter as the ugliest dog they had ever seen–one who was missing an ear and had half his face covered in scar tissue–ran up to them and captured their hearts. In 2002, Larry Levin and his twin sons, Dan and Noah, took their terminally ill cat to the Ardmore Animal Hospital outside Philadelphia to have the beloved pet put to sleep.
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