Beau was surrendered by his owner to the rescue one day before the shelter was going to confiscate him for neglect and abuse. It brought everyone to tears when they saw him struggling to come into the vet's. He is 10 years old and was originally adopted from the Orange County shelter in 1999 as a 2 month old pup. The neighbors had called the shelter when he and two other dogs were abandoned in the yard. The owner called our hotline last night about surrendering Beau to rescue. She had a choice, either us or animal control taking him tomorrow. The shelter will pursue getting the other two dogs left in the yard.
Both of Beau's ears are infected - you could smell them when he came in. He was covered with mats, feces and foxtails. There was wire wound up in his tail feathers. His toenails were so long, they curled around and back into his pads. They will require several trimmings to get to a proper length. Finally, Beau has a very large ulceration on his nose, which may be due to fly-strike, but the vet is checking for cancer. Thankfully, he is just the sweetest, calmest boy and lay there with his tail thumping as the vet staff worked on him.
