Rocky: Another Dog Unchained!

A reader wrote in last week about an emaciated Boxer tethered with no food or water.  What should she do?  I told her to take pictures from the street to document the neglect and call Animal Control (in the county).  She went back with her camera!  This isn't a good shot but it's good enough for you to get the idea; tethered dog, no water, no food.  Sadly that picnic table had nothing on it for him.  Garbage was strewn about.  A dog house with no shavings.  On an emaciated dog, it's not easy on his body to lay on wood. 

As frequently happens, when the lady was taking the pictures the owners came out.  They gave her the dog! 

His name is now Rocky and the lady & her husband are keeping him.  He's been to the vet and was found to be heartworm positive.  Darn.  He will get treated.

Here's Rocky in his new home with a soft, clean, cushioned bed.  Look at that picture.  You can count his ribs and his vertebrae.  He only weighs 47 pounds.  

Rocky,  you're safe now.  Your guardian angel arrived!