Sugar the rescue dog was dealt a tough hand. Discovered on the streets of Tacoma with her front paw nearly severed in 2021, the pit bull terrier mix went through months of rehabilitation and surgery before she could run again.
Now, the 5-year-old pup is a finalist for People magazine’s ‘2025 World’s Cutest Rescue Dog Contest’. Sugar is one of ten dogs chosen out of thousands of entries nationwide. Voting runs online through Sept. 15 and if she wins, she’ll be featured in People magazine and a $1,000 prize will go to the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County, where she was adopted out of. The winner will be announced Oct. 8.
Sugar’s owner, Paige Calcagni, said she saw a photo of Sugar on the humane society’s website and was immediately drawn to her unique striped coloring. Calcagni agreed to medically foster Sugar for about four months as she recovered from a tendon surgery on her front paw. At the time Sugar also had a torn ACL on her back leg and a sprain on her other back leg…