Two neglected dogs found beneath matted and tangled messes
By: Cheryl Hanna
Rocky Mount, North Carolina - Can you find living dogs underneath
that mass of mats and tangles? Who could ever imagine two little dogs
neglected so badly that their rescuers originally thought the animals
were tree stumps in the middle of a fairway. No one was even sure they
were alive.
Meet Marley and Charley - discovered last Saturday by Rick Richmond
and Johnathan Cole Griswold. The men were playing disc golf; better
known as "frisbee golf" on the course at Sunset Park where they
frequently played - when Griswold detected a horrible odor. Thinking an
animal may have died in the immediate area, the men searched and within
30 feet of where they had been looking, they came across what appeared
to be two tree stumps.
It was the middle of the tournament, but this couldn't wait because
Griswold saw the "tree trunk" move. The men looked closer and could see
life with tiny, red swollen eyes beneath the tangles. That's when they
called 911. A police officer arrived and was just as shocked. He went
back to his patrol car and walked over to the "dogs" with a beef jerky
stick and some water, but neither animal would move. They just laid in
the fairway in the direct sunlight.
Animal Control was called, and the SPCA Alliance of North Carolina answered
the call. The nonprofit organization based in eastern North Carolina
rescues dogs from kill shelters in Nash, Edgecombe and surrounding
counties. Everyone there is a volunteer including Shelley Milburn who
immediately responded to the call.
By later that afternoon, the dogs were rushed to an emergency clinic
in Wilson and were sedated and shaved. Charley, the first dog weighed in
at 17 pounds when he arrived at the clinic, and after he was shaved -
two hours later weighed only 10 pounds. Marley weighed 15 pounds after
his bath and shave, and both dogs were then wrapped carefully in heating
blankets to preserve their body heat. The attending veterinarians think
the dogs are poodle/maltese/shih tzu mixes.
Yesterday, Charley and Marley were released from the clinic, and
Cindy Moore who is experienced in helping dogs to be socialized
volunteered to foster and rehabilitate the eight-year-old neglected
canines..." More
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