A wounded dog found in her dead owner's arms after the fatal tornado that ripped through Van, Texas, two weeks ago has found a new home.

The dog, a Great Pyrenees believed to be about 8 years old, has been renamed Emma

"Emma went and crawled up underneath his [her former owner's] arm for comfort, so a very sad situation -- but she's going to have a good home," said Cindy Nash,

Michelle Shockley, who works as a supervisor at a nearby zoo and helped with the rescue, said Emma was in a large crate in the back of a pick-up truck when she first saw her.

"I was sitting in the back of the pick-up and she came out on my lap,"

Shockley made the decision that day to adopt the dog and, at the suggestion of a behavioral psychologist