A man has been jailed and banned from keeping dogs for five years after letting his dog suffer with a painful skin disease for up to six months. His pet Mylo's skin was thickened, pink, flaky, scabby and bleeding on his legs, feet, stomach, chest and genital area, a court heard.
The RSCPA said the male tan chihuahua type also had obvious fur loss and pinkness around his eyes and nose and was biting and scratching at his irritated skin. He was rescued from outside a supermarket by a member of the public along with a black and white female chihuahua, called Lily, who needed an urgent dental procedure to remove loose teeth as she had dental disease.
RSPCA Inspector Amy McIntosh said both dogs were microchipped which enabled them to establish that Stephen Hopkinson, from Fleetwood in Lancashire, was the owner of the pets. He has now been jailed and banned from keeping dogs, LancsLive has reported.
