PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A young pup has found her forever home after being treated for months at the Arizona Humane Society (AHS) for severe burns and heat stroke.

Claire, a nine-month-old Australian Cattle Dog, was found locked in a crate for hours in the blazing summer sun at a home in July. When AHS Cruelty Investigators found her, she was unresponsive and had an internal temperature of 109 degrees.

“One-hundred and four (degrees) is usually when you start seeing possible seizures, and we start running into organ failure,” Arizona Humane Society Cruelty Investigator Lacey VanDeLaare said. “So, for her to be at 109 (degrees) and still here, she by all means shouldn’t be here.”

Rescue crews immediately went to work trying to stabilize Claire’s temperature before taking her to the shelter

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