Emaciated Brookline Golden Retriever Mix Brooke Adopted By Foster

BROOKLINE, MA — The golden retriever mix found wandering the streets of Brookline weighing just 10 pounds in the late January cold has a new forever home with the woman who fostered her as she regained her health.

The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said Brooke was found in the area of Newton Street and Clyde Street in Brookline and was less than half of what a minimum weight should be for a 3-year-old mix of her kind.

"On a scale of one to nine, with one being extremely emaciated and nine being obese, she had a body condition score of one," MSPCA-Angell Animal Protection Division Vice President Mike Keiley said at the time.

She was admitted to Angell Memorial Hospital and put on a nutrition plan to help build up her weight before she was made available for fostering and then adoption.

As it turned out, Brooke "unsurprisingly captured the heart of her foster" and on Monday the MSPCA said that Brooke was officially adopted by the foster.

"Sweet Brooke has been growing and healing since she came to us emaciated in January," the MSPCA said on Monday.

Brookline police had sought any information from the public on the dog's former owner and the cause of Brooke's condition.