I apologize for posting this gut-wrenching photo; it will leave you staggered, as it did me, and wondering how any human being could do this to a dog. Usually, I would not post a photo like this; I couldn’t help it.
It is perhaps the worst image of an abused dog I can remember seeing, and on some level, it ought to be seen.
This is a neutered male recently surrendered to the Walton County Animal Control and shelter in Georgia. The shelter is hoping someone will want to help this dog and adopt him. He may be both blind and deaf.
This is not a case for everybody. I’ve met some tough dog rescuers who have handled this and worse.
I learned about this dog from my friend, the animal rescuer Carol Johnson of Arkansas, and FOMA. She can’t handle the dog’s adoption, but she can help people find the correct information about him. Her e-mail is [email protected].
She is the dog rescuer who brought Bud back to life, fostered him, and sent him to us.
She is an angel.
I have a link to the Walton County animal control. The animal control officer who brought in this dog is Bill Wise; his e-mail is [email protected].
The phone number I dug out for the shelter is 478 993-1032. Another link to the shelter’s adoption program is here.
Here is the link to WaltonPet.Net, a site for Walton County Shelter adoptions.
This is not something Maria and I can undertake right now. I’m not sure I could ever do it.
Bud was abused and near death when Carol rescued him; this dog is just soul-shattering. In my experience, there is always someone with a heart big enough to take in a dog like this and nurse it back to health.
Perhaps this poor dog will get lucky at last and find one of those people.
The dog is in Georgia, and this rescue could be both complicated and expensive if it happens at all. He appears to need extensive medical treatment.
He might be too far gone for adoption; I just don’t know.
Perhaps some of the blog’s Georgia readers will also want to know more. This blog has readers all over the country; I feel in my gut that we have a shot.
The best number I found was 478-993-1032. Carol doesn’t have a name for the dog, and she has not seen him and is not involved in any adoption.
All she knows is that he is a nine-hear-old poodle male. This photo was sent out in an e-mail from the shelter. To do this, they must think he can be saved.
Thanks for thinking about it. When we see a dog treated this way, we lose hope for humans. When a dog like this is rescued, hope returns.
OMDog, this just tears me up, but I’m glad you posted this precious little guy Jon. I’d give anything to be able to take him and bring him back to life and love, and tears are streaming down my face as I write. But at 81 and in pain, on a cane, it’s all I can do right now to take care of myself and my precious Zoey, the only one I have left of the four we had when my Don died in 2016. I will pray that somebody who is physically able to help will show mercy to this precious little fellow.
A good friend of mine volunteers with a senior dog rescue shelter locally. They specialize (not perfect word) in rescuing hard to adopt, senior, and mostly blind or deaf dogs that have little hope of being adopted from the county animal shelter after capture or *surrender*. I have heard her stories…..shared tears with her over some of the dogs they have taken in……… many, in the condition you portray here. However…….there are SO many loving and willing people that WILL adopt a dog like this in this condition…..this brings me hope, rather than sadness, to see this dog.
This dog, hopefully will be adopted by someone with a heart larger than what we can imagine…… the heart of an angel
Susan M
Hopefully the former owners of this dog are in jail.
“I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals” (so-called), and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.”
The Lowest Animal’ by Mark Twain
Unfortunately I currently have 4 dogs but would love to help. Can I sponsor this poor animal? Pay for grooming, vet check up, etc.
I don’t know Mindy, you’ll have to contact the animal shelter, the no. is in my piece.