Malnourished, neglected Malinois with tattoo rescued from San Antonio, TX home - Page 1

This poor old girl...she's clearly had it pretty rough for quite a while.  Dog folks who are familiar with tattoos were able to point the San Antonio, TX animal control officials to where the old gal originated--Belgium--so maybe the breeder can at least identify who imported this 12 year old Malinois female into the US, if they've got their records that far back. 

Figured I'd post it the story on here, on the off chance that someone might recognize her by her tattoo or by name...

At least she got a holiday miracle--she wouldn't have lasted much longer, given the shape she's in at the moment. 

The person or persons responsible for that dog's condition should be put in a cage and treated the way that poor dog was.

APPALLING, how can anyone let a dog get into that condition!!!!!!!!!!

Can someone save her?? Is there anyone out there?? I see BNKEDE? Can't believe she got away from our military?? Do not get that at all.??  Maybe during the hurricane?

She has been identified as Elta van Joefarm. American Belgian Malinois Rescue is reporting that they've heard from her last owner of record, who is from the general area where she was confiscated. That individual has said they sold her when she was around 9-10 yrs old, and has said they will be meeting with the San Antonio Animal Care Service about her tomorrow.

Glad that someone came forward!

And I am not going to criticize them without knowing circumstances. It's not unheard of for a prospective buyer to out and out lie about the sort of home a dog will be getting. It has happened to breeders I know and respect, and who do everything they can to get their pups good homes. In one case, two pups went to someone who supposedly had the perfect home - large yard for turnout, etc.

Turns out the pups were kept crated nearly the entire time, in a small apartment. This only came to light when the owner was arrested, and animal control seized the pups and checked for a microchip. Breeder got them back, and was able to rehabilitate them, and eventually rehome them to good homes.

Yep, buyers can tell you lies, some buyers fail to do right by the dogs they buy ... but the 'person' who let this girl get into this state should be locked in a cupboard for weeks on end and starved, see how they like it.

I sold a 2 year male to England about 4 years ago new owners never changed his paper work to their names fully trained in protection and very high obience expensive dogs. About 5 months ago our kennel club contact me to say a dog had been found in England that was still registered to me I said I sold that dog many years ago but as I was still the registered owner he was still my dog I was told. So now I never send paper work with a dog it always gets sent after to the reg new owner and what that does is gives accountability for their new dogs.

I don´t even want to imagine what happened to this poor dog...

And at least for me the former owners should have a very, very good reason why they sold

1. an 8.5 years old dog ( 5 registered litters )
2. (!) a 9 or 10 years old dog... ( 1 registered litter )

It´s a wonderful world, isn´t it?

Unless you own a kennel, many places in the States have a limit of 2 or 3 dogs in a household. That could well be the reason the dog was sold. Also, many breeders place their retired bitches in retirement homes where they hopefully will get more care and attention than if they remained with someone who has multiple dogs to look after. And as we are frequently reminded by the Humane society, it's a bad idea to GIVE a dog away, as that's how some research labs and dog fighters find their dogs!

I will hang onto my dogs until they die/are PTS due to sickness or old age. Not all people are able to do that. But yeah, I would like to know the reasons why this dog was sold! And what sort of checks were made before the transaction was completed...

Susie, are the 8 and 10 year old dogs your own? Or were these other dogs belonging to this same person?