Finally the breeders of Higgins will be prosecuted for animal cruelty.
When I picked Higgins up last year in Sweden he was on the small side, he weighed only 7.4kg and was 43cm tall instead of being approx 10.5kg and 50cm respectively at the age of 11 weeks.
I also noticed in his passport (once I was on the plane on the way back home) that he had only, and for the first time, been injected for pup illnesses and chipped the day prior to me picking
him up in other words on the 28th of April. Normally he should have had his first jabs at about 6 weeks.
Checkhovs breeder in the Czech Republic was very consequent in him receiving his jabs, he was done at 7 weeks, 12 weeks and 4 months as was Kouros' breeder here.
To build Higgins up and to get the weight on him I had to feed him 3 meals per day until his 8th month instead of to his 4th month as you would do with a normal pup.
Luckily, he hasn't suffered too much from the malnutrition and ill treatment that he experienced in his early days and thank god his siblings are now safe and well in good and loving homes.
I sincerely hope that the courts will treat these people with the disdain they deserve and ban them from owning or breeding animals for life.
Here some newspaper clips from 3 different papers
1).
Dog owners
suspected
for cruelty to animals
Animal welfare
inspectors found
dogs so neglected
that they were taken into custody
immediately.
Now
suspected of dog
owners for cruelty.
Related
It was
in July that
the county administrative inspectors
made visits to
dog owners after
a notification of
neglect
of both adults
and puppies. Five dogs
were recovered, and especially
the puppies were in very
poor condition.
Among
other things, they had abnormal
body and legs
after living in a very
confined space.
They were also
dirty and malnourished,
according to animal welfare
inspectors' reports.
CAB's
assessment is that there is reason to suspect
the two owners for cruelty to animals.
A notification
has been sent
to the Public Prosecution Office in
Örebro, which
must decide whether the
prosecution should be instituted.
2)
Dog breeder
charged to them for
animal cruelty
Published February 1, 2012
- 13:42
Updated February 1
2012 - 13:43
County Administrative
Board of Örebro has
handed over a suspected
animal cruelty case to
prosecutors.
It's about five
cared for dogs of the breed
Borzoi. At
an inspection, the dogs were
dirty and malnourished and
lived in cramped spaces.
The County Board
has received many
letters about the dogs on
the current kennel.
3)
So
shall Orebro
The couple
have plagued their dogs
The puppies were
cooped up in boxes in a
shed, the adult dogs
without water in a urine
smelly room.
Now the owners have
been notified for
animal cruelty.
Related
A man and a woman
have been notified to the
Public Prosecution Office in
Örebro on suspicion of
animal cruelty.
The County Board
has given notice for a
disposal of five dogs, three
cats and two
adult dogs.
The man and woman
to be together
to have had the dogs.
- I
have started investigation against
these people about
suspected animal cruelty.
The matter is, along with
various directives handed
to the police for investigation, says
chamber prosecutor
Anna-Maria Larsson at
Public Prosecution Office in Örebro.
Lack of food and water
The notification describes
that the puppies were
in very poor condition
and suffered shortages of food
and water.
The County Board
had the care
received numerous
letters concerning the animals'
lives.
In the notification, type
the County Board
that the puppies had
abnormal posture
and leg position,
abnormal movements, very
long claws and
were malnourished with a
hook, much
below normal. A puppy
was five months the two other
nine months.
County Administration
explains that the puppies
were cooped up in
boxes in a storage shed.
In boxers, there was no
water or water bowls,
only semi-arid
dry food.
The veterinary
The notification also shows
that there were feces
in the pens and smelled
urine and that two
puppies were very dirty.
The County Board believes
that the puppies lived in
small areas and
too little food and water,
also too little
stimulation, and that
they were out and
moved too little.
According to the county administrative
assessment puppies have
also had too little
natural light.
The adult dogs
were locked in
a room in the house.
The check showed that there
was no water to them and
it smelled very strongly
of urine.
The dogs were taken
to a veterinarian
for examination and
were taken into custody