This poor little shih-tzu named Sidney has no end of ailments – not that this was made clear in the Facebook advertisement which mentioned only some eye and dental “issues”.
Hoping to give Sidney a better home, animal lover Lee Elms bought him for £425, reduced from £499, from Catwalk Pets & Rescue in Ilford, East London.
What vets found is shocking. “Some dental issues” turned out to be serious dental disease that required all but 10 of his teeth being taken out.
He had fleas, lice, a yeast infection, ears full of dirt and mites, a deformity in both forelegs and he was seriously underweight.
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