A poodle that was discovered among 250 others crammed in a single squalid property has found a new loving home in Hertfordshire.
Heartbreaking photos showing pooches packed tightly together in a filthy home in Nottingham touched the hearts of the nation after hitting the headlines last month.
The animal charity was even forced to deny the image of the severely matted dogs was fake or AI-generated because it was so shocking.
Rescuers found many of the dogs caked in their own filth with dozens suffering with skin sores and matted coats - while others were forced to sleep in a wood burner in the fireplace.
The RSPCA rescuers were tipped off about the house of horror by concerned neighbours and rescued 87 dogs while the rest were taken by Dogs Trust.
While a handful are still looking for their forever homes, the majority have already gone on to enjoy a new life with RSPCA adopters after less than a month.
Among those is Jenny in Hertfordshire, who is now living with Jayne Parratt, her sons Harry and Flynn and their goldendoodle Barney.
Jayne said: "The staff were so sweet, they carried her in to meet us as she hadn't walked outside before, and they explained ‘that she didn’t have a perfect haircut but they had done their best’.
"I realise now - having seen that picture - just how good a job they had actually made of cleaning her up as I hadn’t realised how bad she was when they rescued her. When we took Barney along for a meeting they fell in love immediately, so it was a no brainer.
“We went home and ordered her a lovely new bed and other bits. As we opened the box and unpacked it, she jumped straight into it and has just wanted to be in it ever since. It occurred to us that not only had she never had a bed, she’d never had anything of her own.
“Jenny and Barney are inseparable now and play for hours in the garden together and they now often choose to snuggle up on the sofa together rather than their beds.”
Many of the pooches were taken to RSPCA Southridge in Potters Bar, alongside centres in Surrey, Norfolk and Nottinghamshire.
Anna White, manager at RSPCA Southridge who was at the rescue and helped care for some of the dogs, said: “When we first went to the property and opened the door we were confronted by a sea of dogs - just like in the photograph - and you couldn’t work out which body part belonged to who.
“The smell was horrendous. The dogs were living in a slurry pit and there was nowhere on the floor which wasn’t covered in faeces and the ammonia was burning our eyes.
"They weren’t living in those conditions - they were existing. It is the worst scene I have seen in my 38 years with the RSPCA.
“When we were taking them out of the house they were very quiet but they have been amazingly resilient and soon became different dogs altogether - they have coped so well.
"I am so pleased to see how their lives are now transformed and it is fantastic."
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