A Scots couple have been fined after a dog with lumps of matted faeces across his body had to be put down.
Patch, a 13-year-old black and white Cavalier King Charles spaniel, belonged to Richard Reynolds, 55, and Lesley Reynolds, 58.
The dog had been seriously neglected for a long period of time by the pair from Grange, Banffshire, according to the Scottish SPCA.