“He brought me joy every single day for the last 12 years. Levin goes on to thank Oogy’s supporters, and state that he hopes Oogy’s Facebook group will continue to help animals in need.

He was 100 years old and kept our spirits up through the whole ordeal but he’s gone from us.” I put moisturizer on his big fat nose and drops in his eyes so they wouldn’t itch, just like I do every day, and I put his warm orange coat on him, the one that Linda gave him, and we went for a ride. He kissed us back,” Levin wrote on Facebook. “Oogy had’t been able to navigate the steps for a long time now - and the four of us spent every minute of the weekend together, sleeping in the family room, eating there, watching movies, going out for short walks. Levin’s heartwrenching post details how one of his grown sons pulled a mattress into their family room so that Oogy’s loved ones could stay by his side during his final hours. Now adults, Levin’s sons had loved Oogy for half their lives - they were just 12 years old when the disfigured puppy became part of their family. Heartwarming and redemptive, OOGY is the story of the people who were determined to rescue this dog against all odds, and of the family who took him home, named him 'Oogy' (an affectionate derivative of ugly), and made him one of their own.According to the Facebook post, Oogy spent his final hours surrounded by family, including Levin’s twin sons. The Levins, whose sons are themselves adopted, were unable to resist Oogy's charms. 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. Now in paperback, the New York Times-bestselling story of a puppy brought back from the brink of death, and the family he adopted.

Oogy the dog only a family could love