Lamb of God will live. In Austin.

The yellow Labrador, until recently used by her owner to collect pocket change off downtown Dallas visitors, has "come within a hair's breadth of being euthanized" several times since being sentenced to die last month for biting a boy in the face, said Brad Lollar, an attorney working to save the dog's life. But the same municipal judge who ordered the dog's destruction on Nov. 20 modified his judgment on Monday afternoon to spare the dog's life and send her to a no-kill nonprofit in the capital city.

That's what the nearly dozen attorneys representing the dog and her 48-year-old owner, panhandler Sean Baugh, wanted. And according to court documents filed Monday, that's what Dallas' in-house attorneys wanted, as well, after spending weeks in court arguing that the dog, which had bitten three people since last Christmas, was a "time bomb" with "multiple personalities" likely to bite again.

"I'm pleased with the outcome," said Dallas city attorney Larry Casto. "Maybe in the future we have helped establish a process that can be used on the front end before we have to get all the damned attorneys involved."

On Tuesday, Dallas Animal Services workers once prepared to euthanize Lamby will instead drive her to Austin Pets Alive, a nonprofit rescue shelter that rehabilitates and finds new homes for dogs once deemed "dangerous." According to the joint motion filed by the city and the dog's attorneys, Austin Pets Alive will then take ownership of Lamby.

Officials at the shelter, which is headquartered on the shores of Lady Bird Lake, were not immediately available Monday.

Court documents also say the nonprofit will provide the city with a waiver of liability and "assumption of risk" prior to this week's final transfer. City attorneys had argued for the past month that they couldn't cut Lamby loose because Dallas Animal Services would be liable for any future attacks following the Nov. 20 destruction order signed by Judge Michael Acuna.

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But after numerous hearings and filings -- in both municipal and Dallas County court -- that delayed the dog's destruction, city attorneys agreed last week to discuss "proposed alternative outcomes" for Lamb of God, according to the joint motion filed Monday. Casto and DAS director Ed Jamison have maintained for weeks that they didn't want to kill the dog but were left with no choice following Acuna's original order, which gave the dog until Nov. 30.

"We're very, very grateful the city has reconsidered its position," said attorney George Milner III. "And we're grateful that we found an outcome that doesn't involve killing Lamby."

Three of the many attorneys who represented Baugh -- for free -- said the city agreed to the out-of-town shelter in large part because of its size and reputation as an animal-behavioral rehab facility. Austin Pets Alive was most recently in the news for taking in and adopting out animals left homeless following Hurricane Harvey.

Sean Baugh and Lamb of God. (Jessica Brodsky / Facebook)

Awwdoptable, an Oak Cliff-based animal rescue that rehabilitates and rehomes companion animals, had hoped to take the dog since she was first impounded in early November, after Lamb of God bit a boy who was dangling a dollar in front of the dog. The boy wound up at Methodist Dallas Medical Center, where he received five stitches in his left cheek.

Awwdoptable's director Lee Jamison said Monday she, too, would have moved Lamby out of Dallas and didn't understand why the city felt the need to turn over the Lab to an out-of-town shelter. But in the end, she said, this outcome is far preferable to the fate expected just last week, after Acuna initially denied granting the dog a new hearing.

"It's unclear why an Austin-based organization was deemed better suited to rehab and rehome a DFW dog with countless supporters over any DFW-based org," Jamison said via text. "But the city of Austin has done an amazing job significantly reducing their euthanasia rate in partnership with APA, and I'm hoping Dallas' collaboration with this group results in a similar reduction. I'm proud to live in a city that was committed to finding an inclusive solution, ensuring the whole community's safety -- Lamby's, too."

Baugh was in court Monday, waiting with attorneys for Acuna to sign the final document in Lamb of God's long, strange trip through the courthouse sparked in large part by Facebook posts from downtown animal lovers who wanted the dog spared and her owner separated from his pet. Baugh risked arrest by being there: He has more than a dozen outstanding warrants, including some related to the dog, which he would dress up in sunglasses and cowboys hats to get the attention of generous passers-by.

"But I had to be here," Baugh said. " Because it's a great day. Lamby lives!"