Sarah was especially happy when a friend of hers revealed that she wanted to give the dog her forever home.

Megan Shelton told The Dodo: “I have a special place in my heart for pit bulls. I think they’re a very misunderstood dog and a misunderstood breed.

“And when I saw her in that video, literally crying in a cage, I cried. My kids cried. I showed my husband, and he said we could go look at her tomorrow.”

Cinnamon took no time at all in making friends with Megan. In fact, her tail wouldn’t stop wagging when they met.

Dogs are sympathetic creatures who share our joys and sorrows but emotional crying is usually an action associated with humans.

Sarah caught the encounter on camera and uploaded that, too, to her Facebook.

Gone were Cinnamon’s tears, replaced by an excitement that couldn’t be contained.

The Shelton family already had a three-year-old Pit Bull named Blu, and so the only hurdle left was seeing if the two dogs would be able to accept one another and co-exist.

To tie a pretty bow on the whole thing, Blu and Cinnamon – who the Sheltons would later name Rosie – got on like a house on fire. Rosie got a loving family, and the Sheltons were gifted a special dog indeed.

Look at that wagging happy tail!!!