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Lakey
Sunday afternoon (June 7), a dog was rescued from the middle of Lake Lavon. A boater spotted the dog swimming for her life & fished her out of the water. When first put on the dock, she was so exhausted she could barely stand. The dog was emaciated and very scared. A good samaritan took her home, and to his vet clinic the next day. She is now resting comfortably in a temporary foster home.
Vet says she is an
American Foxhound. The clinic also says she appears to be about 8
yrs old, but actual age estimated to be more like 2 yrs old.
Teeth worn down, not by age, but prob. by gnawing on kennel door.
She has been bred, no way to tell how many times. She shows signs
(behaviorally) of having been kenneled most of the time. These
are indications that she was kept for breeding purposes, probably
not a puppy mill per se, but more likely someone bought her to
hunt & she didn't make into a good hunting dog, so they bred her
to "try to get some good out of her." All speculation. What is
clear is that she'd been starved/underfed & was found in the
middle of the lake... She was also covered in ticks. Luckily, she
tested negative for tick-borne diseases. Unfortunately, she is
HeartWorm Positive & will have to go through treatment for that.
She also had whipworms and roundworms.
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