Crawfish the poodle arrived at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary with 17 other dogs in need of help Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

Crawfish the poodle is enjoying his new chapter. In August, the 3-year-old dog arrived at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, with a totally different look than the one he is sporting today.

In private, his refuge was drawing. Hugo’s ink and wash visions of imaginary castles, monsters and seascapes are as poetic as his writing. His works inspired Romantic and Symbolist poets, and many ...