Three-legged Queensland pup becomes bub's best friend

It would've been easy for someone to overlook Snowy, the three-legged pound pooch.

But when Brooke Hodgson saw the Staffy Boston Terrier cross, she knew she had to have her.

Her one-year-old daughter Ella was born with only one arm and, after seeing Snowy's listing, Brooke seized on the opportunity to give her little girl a "fur baby" of her own.

So she sent an email to the Animal Welfare League of Queensland (AWLQ) asking if they could hold the abandoned dog at their Gold Coast Rehoming Centre.

"It's going to be great for her when she realises she's different," the 21-year-old said.

"When she's having a bad day, to know she's not alone."

She admits it took Ella a little while to warm to the new addition, but now the affectionate pooch is truly part of the family.

So much so the lively pup even crashes Brooke and her partner's bed at their Loganholme home.

"Last night we were lucky enough to have all five of us in the one bed," she laughed.

The pink-cheeked bub has even taken to her new pet so much she cries when Snowy goes outside, Brooke says.

Along with her partner and three-year-old son Blake, the family run rings around Snowy in the backyard every afternoon.

Before finding her new family, Snowy was one of up to 70 dogs up for adoption at AWLQ's Gold Coast centre.

Last year, the organisation rehomed more than 7000 animals in total across the state.