Gabby was the last dog standing at the Hunter RSPCA after the shelter slashed adoption prices and rehomed 99 per cent of the animals in its care.
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The three-year-old mastiff-cross with a love of hamburger squeak-toys and ear scratches watched over 140 of her companions leave the shelter in the care of new families last weekend.
The mass adoptions were sparked by the RSPCA's state-wide "Clear the Shelters" campaign which allowed dogs and cats to be adopted for $29.
In December the Mercury reported the Hunter RSPCA was operating at 160 per cent of capacity and struggling under the pressure of mass surrenders.
RSPCA team leader Kristen Muscio said the Hunter shelter adopted out more animals over the weekend than it had done during the entire rest of the year up to this point.
"There was just a mass of people outside the doors each day," she said.
"I've never seen that amount of people in the shelter before.
"It was exciting, exhausting."
The shelter's website now only lists Gabby and a new surrender, Dougie, for adoption.
"Gabby has been with us so long, we're all very attached to her," she said.
"It'd be a really happy ending if we could find her a home, but it would feel like rehoming our own animal."
Ms Muscio said numbers in the shelter had never reached zero and with each animal adopted out, a stray filled the slot.
"We're still at capacity for stray animals," she said.
"We really need people to come in and pick them up."
Hunter staff encouraged anyone who could give Gabby, Dougie or any of the other animals a home to call the shelter on 4939 1555 between 9.30am and 3.30pm on any day except Tuesday.
