A 10-month-old puppy was brought into the county’s Bonita animal shelter earlier this week with a “severe neck injury” caused by a tight collar and county officials Friday asked for the public’s help identifying the dog’s owner.<\/p>\n
The male shepherd, which was brought into the shelter on Monday as a stray, was wearing a chain collar around its neck that had not been loosened as the dog grew older and had become embedded in his skin, according to the county.<\/p>\n
Veterinary staff had to surgically remove the chain before treating the dog’s injuries and said he will have to undergo additional surgery in order to help the wound fully heal.<\/p>\n
Though the puppy was microchipped, the county’s Department of Animal Services has not been able to trace it to a registered owner.<\/p>\n
But Animal Services Director Vaughn Maurice says the puppy is recovering and doing well.<\/p>\n
“Once he’s fully healed, he’ll be neutered, vaccinated, and ready to find a loving home,” Maurice said. “Despite everything he’s endured, the puppy remains cheerful and full of life \u2014 wagging his tail at anyone who stops by to say hello.”<\/p>\n
Anyone who recognizes the dog and might have information regarding his owner was asked to contact San Diego County Animal Services at 619-236-2341. Callers may remain anonymous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 10-month-old puppy was brought into the county’s Bonita animal shelter earlier this week with a “severe neck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,84,76,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-10779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-san-diego","9":"tag-san-diego-county","10":"tag-san-diego-headlines","11":"tag-san-diego-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}