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They received plenty of donations from strangers--including some from Winston's current owners, Casey and Kelley Johnson--to nurse him back to life.
Now all he needed was a family. "I knew when I first saw this dog I had to have him. I mean, everything he's been through...he should hate everybody. He doesn't. He hates nobody," Casey said.
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Casey and Kelly are enjoying life with Winston more than ever before.
"He's not a dog. He's family," said Casey.
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