Abandoned dog sickened by meth looking for forever home

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A canine recovered shivering and shaking with methamphetamine successful his strategy is proving he's a survivor.

The abandoned pup was rescued from a Fresno County spot and is present acceptable for a unchangeable and loving everlastingly home.

"He's wonderful. He's he's conscionable a fantastic dog," said Animal Control Officer Jessie Alcorn.

When Alcorn archetypal encountered a hound mix, present named Rockhound, helium was nervous, scared, and sick.

A acold antithetic canine than helium is today.

On April 2, she responded to an abandonment telephone astatine a spot successful Fresno County wherever she recovered 4 dogs and six cats.

She posted a announcement for the owners, giving them clip to assertion the animals, but by the clip she returned conscionable 2 days aboriginal the concern had taken a acheronian turn.

"I recovered this canine had intelligibly gotten into immoderate benignant of toxin connected the property," said Alcorn. "I noticed that helium was violently shaking, and was huddled successful the backmost of a canine house."

At first, Alcorn thought Rockhound whitethorn beryllium acold from a caller hail storm, but rapidly realized his information was acold much terrible than a heavy chill truthful she called her partner, Officer Breana Begin, for help.

"The different dogs successful the spot were shivering due to the fact that it was acold outside, but they weren't arsenic terrible arsenic him," said Begin.

"So we sprung into action. I took him with me, she took the different animals and past I benignant of conscionable rushed him to the vet to get him looked at."

Tests showed Rockhound had eaten meth helium had apt recovered connected the spot successful hunt of food. He had to beryllium enactment connected IV fluids and sedated arsenic his assemblage healed from the unsafe drug.

The officers aboriginal learned the owners had been evicted and near the animals down to fend for themselves alternatively of reaching retired for help.

"If you cognize that you're leaving the location soon, and you person a clump of animals that you can't attraction for and you request resources oregon you request to rehome them conscionable reaching retired to america earlier we person to benignant of travel up and lick the occupation afterwards," said Begin.

As for Rockhound, they judge helium is 2 years aged and he's showing nary outward signs of the trauma he's been through. Fixed and loving he's acceptable to find a spot to telephone home.

"Maybe a household that has different canine that helium tin play with due to the fact that helium is very, precise affable with different dogs," said Alcorn. "But thing that is precocious vigor that tin support up and beryllium playful with him due to the fact that helium has a younger canine and he's beauteous spunky."

If you'd similar to follow Rockound, sojourn Fresno Humane Animal Services wherever you tin find him oregon 1 of their galore different adoptable pets.

Fresno Humane besides offers mislaid outgo and escaped spay and neuters. For much information, click here.

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