Rusty, a Labrador-pit bull mix who was once slated to be euthanized after biting a 2-year-old child at a pet adoption event in 2017, will instead live out his life at a boarding facility.

The city of Dallas announced Rusty’s ultimate fate in a brief news release Thursday.

“This morning, in response to an agreement between the City of Dallas and [Dallas Pets Alive], a Dallas County court ordered Rusty to be released by [Dallas Animal Services] to an agreed boarding and rehabilitation facility where he will live out the rest of his life,” the news release read.

Rusty’s saga began in December 2017 when a Colleyville couple said the dog dragged their son around and “would not let go. It was flailing him around” during an adoption event at Klyde Warren Park.

The order to euthanize Rusty originally was handed down by a Dallas municipal court after a judge heard evidence that the dog had lunged at the toddler while he petted animals at the adoption event.

The dog was scheduled to be put down in January 2018 until a judge blocked the order on a request from Dallas Pets Alive.

At the time Rusty’s initial fate was being decided, Dallas Pets Alive disputed that the dog had caused “serious bodily injury” as defined by state law.

“The city failed to offer legally or factually sufficient evidence to support both the ‘severe bite wounds or severe ripping and tearing of muscle’ requirement and the statutory requirement of hospitalization,” the group’s attorneys wrote.

Rusty is at the prearranged boarding facility and is no longer at Dallas Animal Services, the city’s statement read.