. >> reporter: it took longer than they wished, but it today he's in a loving home, after karen duffy watched our story. >> i immediately just was in love, and ready to have him at the house. >> reporter: while watching news channel 8 friday she froze in her tracks. >> >. you could tell he was a loving dog because of their response and love for him, and their wanting him to find him a good home. >> reporter: last year her dogs died from old age, and she's missed the companionship, but our story made up her mind, so she reached out first things saturday morning, drove nearly two hours, and at long last give rufus the loving home he needed. >> thanks for having him on the broadcast, because i'm the lucky one. >> what a happy ending. he's adjdjusting quite well, surroundingsgs, but he has a a backyard and huge dog bed,d, and growing very attached to karen and her huhusband. >>> he looked like he was liking the back rub from. 62 -- there. 62 right nonow, northwesest winds at 9 miles per hour, clearer skies in the gulf of mexico, clouds on the horizon. a few more clouds tomorrow with a col

news channel 8 viewer karen duffy seen here saw our story and immediately made plans to adopt him the next day. >> you could tell that he was a loving dog because of their response and their love for him and their wanting him to really find a good home. here we go. >> roofus is fitting in nicely at the duffy household. he has a yard to play in, a large bed to sleep in, lots to eat and he's already growing attached to duffy and her >>> well, headed out to the state fair we should have some decent weather. obviously it's going to be cool. we've been talking about that. we night see a few clouds. there's a cold front moving through overnight, generally chilly, can't rule out a sprinkle. temperatures 51 degrees at 8 p.m., but dropping temperatures, maybe see clearing later tomorrow. we'll see our share of clouds throughout the day tomorrow. the eight-day forecast, the average line is 72 degrees. temperatures in the 50s and 60s for highs. 57 degrees at midnight, temps in the 50s, a slight chance of rain with the message of this front. it will help switch winds around to the northwest. it h

karen duffy in port richey said she was touched by the story so she called the story and adopted rufus. >> he's 10-1/2. and, you know, for people that years, maybe longer, but i have enough time to offer him really some good quality of life. >> rufus is fitting in nicely at the duffy home. he has a yard to play in, a large bed to sleep in and the duffy family says he's adjusting well. it looks like it. >> he's earned it. >> yeah, he sure has. >>> well, joining us now for another look at your first at four weather, here's julie. wait, i apologize. that. we're going to tell you about new black swans being hand-raised by city workers until they're old enough to be with their parents. >> they are hatched in an incubator. we'll tell you how this came together for another wonderful story. check it out. [ peeping ] >> we've been taking care of the swans for six years. this is our first babies that hatched. we were able to collect some eggs, put them into the incubator and the incubation period is considered between 40 and 45 days. we were able to go ahead and keep them in there and on that sa