Severely neglected dog found wrapped in a blanket in Norcross ditch

GEORGIA -- The dog was in such poor health he couldn’t see.

A roughly 2-year-old schnauzer-poodle mix (also called a Schnoodle), he turned up abandoned in a ditch Thursday outside Norcross.

He was “extremely emaciated,” “severely dehydrated,” and would whine in pain anytime someone touched him. The matting in the fur on his face was so bad he could hardly open his mouth, let alone peer through the tangles.

 

An animal control officer found the dog wrapped tightly in a towel at the intersection of Rotondo Way and Rotondo Place after a passerby’s report, said Cpl. Deon Washington, spokesman for the county police department. The dog was rushed to the clinic at animal control, where Dr. Solveig Evens treated him.

“Dr. Evans believed that the dog had been locked inside a crate and sitting in urine and fecal matter for a period of several weeks up to several months,” Washington said in a news release. “This opinion was based on the claws, condition of the fur, and the urine burns.”

It appeared the dog hadn’t been fed of given water in several days.

After arriving at animal control, the dog was shaved and treated with IVs.

Staff is hopeful he can recover.

“Because of this dog’s new beginning,” Washington said, “it has been named Adam by staff members.”

As of Friday afternoon, Adam was not eating. Once he is stabilized at the shelter, a local rescue group will be pulling Adam to care for him, Washington said.

The dog will need 24-hour medical care.

Anyone with information on the case should contact detectives at 770-513-5300. To remain anonymous, tipsters can contact Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477) or visit www.crimestoppersatlanta.org. Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case.

(Gwinnett Daily Post - Oct 16, 2015)