The shelter put out a social media post to try to find a new home for Toby.
"If he is willing to walk 12 miles to save his life, will you walk ONE to save thousands of animals like Toby?" they posted, along with a link for the SPCA Dog Walk and Woofstock (which we can all agree is a great name for an event).
Facebook users were shocked to read about the "heartless" family.
"Can you believe that how awful is that simply pitiful you can see the look of betrayal and abandoned in his eyes this breaks my heart to the core," someone commented.
"Those people should no longer be able to own a animal of any kind," someone else said.
This story does have a happy ending, though: Toby was adopted by a loving family last Friday, 13th.
