Looking for lost dog info

Kings County Animal Control is seeking the public's assistance to identify owners of two dogs.

One female Pomeranian - an adult, about six-plus years of age and weighing only seven pounds, possibly deaf - we will call her Ms. Innocent. She was found in a state of dehydration, emaciated and skeletal under her severely matted coat - so matted in her

skin around her hind end, she was almost immobile. She was found on the Brow Mnt Road near Glenmont about January 30. No tags.

"I found the dog one day in my garage," says the lady who found her. "She was so hungry, she found her way to my garbage. Although there was a mess all around, I didn't care. All that I could see was a tired, hungry dog that didn't have enough energy to even be scared of me. I was nervous at first but, once I went toward her, she just walked over to a plastic tarp and curled up to go to sleep. I felt so bad. It had been so cold lately, my heart couldn't bear to turn the poor thing away. I picked her up and brought her into the house. She had no energy even to

drink for the first day, let alone eat anything. I made her a nice, warm bed and she slept well the first night, too exhausted to do anything.

The next day she would waddle over to the water and food I had put down for her; she drank and ate very little. During this time, I examined her and called animal control. She was all fur and bones. If it wasn't for her fluffy coat, she would have been a skeleton. I took pictures of her before I did anything. Then I went to work trimming the matted hair as best I could to help make her more comfortable. She was so good. I could do anything I wanted to her and she wouldn't even budge or

protest - not even a whimper. Once the trimming was done, I gave her a warm bath, which she enjoyed. Her favorite part of the whole thing was when she was wrapped in the warm towels and we cuddled her 'til she was dry.

"My children were so excited to help. She was very good to them and loved to have them near her. All she wanted was love. By the third day, she would get up when we came near her bed. She loved all the affection we could give. When she saw the boys coming she would get up to meet them. She even started wagging her tail, a good sign. We had to feed her canned puppy food because she couldn't eat the hard food. With a few days of good food and warm sleeps we could see a huge difference in her. The last couple of days she was with us, she would even play a

little. Her tail continued to wag and we could see she was happy.

"I could cry just thinking of how helpless she was. She was so worn out, I

know she would have died if she spent any more freezing nights outside."

The second dog is a male, intact three-year-old Chihuaha Pug cross, reported to be hanging around a home in Steam Mill for three days, near the intersection where Maple Lane meets North Aldershot Rd. "Chipug" is of good body weight - about 22 lbs, but he suffers from an obvious untreated skin condition about his ears and over his back that leaves him very aggravated, with itching and scratching to the point he is fly catching (hallucinating). He also has an underbite and the rest of his teeth are simply out of alignment, which often causes a lot of problems in these mix breed dogs. No tags.

Neither of these dogs were reported missing. Their medical needs indicate long-term neglect, and they are presumed abandoned by their owners and impounded as strays of the county as a result. Failing to provide necessary medical attention to your animal and abandoning (dumping elsewhere or leaving your pet behind) your animal is an offence under the NOVA SCOTIA ANIMAL CRUELTY LAWS and the Crimminal Code section 446. Failing to register your dog each January and failing to have that county ID tag on your dog are both offences

under the Kings County Dog By-Laws with a penalty for each offence being $100 to $5,000. The minimal ticket amount issued for each dog in each offence is in the form of Summary Offence Tickets in the amount of $222.

If you recognize either of these dogs, can identify an owner or a civic

address of where they were owned, please call Animal Control at 678-3647.