Scruffy has found his forever home just in time for the holidays.

“I’ve been saying for years that I wanted a dog that was scruffy,” said Ashley Pieterse, Scruffy’s new owner. “Then he showed up and his name was Scruffy … He is perfect.”

Believed to be about five years old, Scruffy is one of 39 dogs that weathered Hurricane Harvey and were then retrieved by dog rescue agency Redemption Paws who transported the dogs to the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) headquarters in Whitchurch-Stouffville, just east of Newmarket, on Sept. 11 for a short quarantine period. Redemption Paws also took care of all Scruffy’s veterinary and dental care.

Pieterse and her partner, Ryan Woolcott, drove from Welland on Saturday evening to pick Scruffy up from Marina Bourguignon’s Stouffville home.