The 10-month-old dog was chained to an old truck outside of town and left to starve by his owner.
It’s heartbreaking to find out many dogs and cats being abandoned and abused by their own owners whom they love such a lot. But sometimes, the animal that has experienced the most serious injury will find that it has the happiest ending. Despite difficult circumstances, they need still survived to a certain happy lives with loving families that they deserve.
This was the case for Duke, a 10-month-old dog that was chained to an old truck outside of town and left to starve by his owner. The owner didn’t want Duke anymore and dumped him like trash because he was diseased and someone called him untouchable.
Without food and water for 10 days, Duke was extremely malnourished and weak. He was covered in his own feces, and had fleas everywhere his body. Additionally to his malnourishment, his legs were broken thanks to being mangled by prior abuse.
Given his condition, it seemed as if Duke couldn’t survive. But because of a sort woman and therefore, the Rudozem Street Dog Rescue, he was saved and even got help for his damaged body.
“It was a true shock when the vet said this was trauma to his feet,” Rowles tells The Dodo. “They were obviously broken. His feet were shattered. The ligaments on his feet no longer exist. Bones were just floating about in his fee
Since the group’s shelter was full, Rowles took Duke home and introduced him to his wife and other pets.
“He was OK once I approached him initially. But you’ll see that fear within the way he moved and therefore the way he backed away for those first few weeks,” Rowles says. “He really made an attachment with my wife Diane. He just loved Diane.”
After getting surgery to repair his feet, Duke was ready to walk around on non-wobbly legs. He learned to trust humans again and began to warm up to his new loving environment. Then, something else amazing happened — he was adopted by the kindest woman in England.
After so much struggle and torture, Duke now has beautiful feet, a loving home, and a happy ending!
