A super cute puppy found with broken legs and ribs after being brutally attacked by her old owner, finally has someone to love her.
Chihuahua-cross Poppy had two fractures on her front leg.
Both of her bag legs were broken, too, and she couldn’t put any weight on them.
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The eight-month-old pup had three fractured ribs, was missing part of her ear, and had a cut tongue.
She was saved by the RSPCA from a house in Dorset.
Poppy was rushed to the vets for treatment.
The vet concluded that the injuries were non-accidental, as reported by Need To Know.
Poppy has found her forever home with Olivia Ball, 33, in Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire, where she enjoys daily walks to the beach and dips in the sea.
Olivia said: “Poppy came to me towards the end of the cage rest she needed, and the idea was to foster her and get her ready for a new home, but I couldn’t give her up, so I adopted her – we just bonded so much.
“Poppy came to me at a time when I had a lot going on in my life, with some health issues, and I had also just lost my cat after 23 years, so I was still grieving from that.
“But she came at the right time in many ways, as she brought something into my life which until then I didn’t know I was missing.
“She is great company and so loving and playful – a real ray of sunshine.
“She has been anxious at times and used to be sick from stress, for instance, if someone knocked at the door with a parcel.
“But for the past year, she hasn’t had any sick episodes in my care, so it looks like it is something she has got over; she just needed lots of reassurance.
“Now she loves nothing more than walking on the beach, with some of her dog friends, running into the sea and likes to say ‘hi’ to any new dogs she meets. Her injuries don’t hold her back, and she has no lameness. She is just the perfect dog, and it breaks my heart to think about what she went through as a pup.
“This is why I would urge people to support the RSPCA’s Summer Cruelty campaign to help us save more pets like Poppy who are suffering from horrendous cruelty.”
RSPCA Inspector Patrick Bailey, who fostered Poppy for six weeks, added: “It was so sad when I first saw Poppy – she was so happy and lovely – but because she had a fracture to her back left leg and two to her right front leg, to move and balance her weight she had to choose which fractured leg to walk on.
“She was using her front leg, and she must have been in horrendous pain every time she moved before we got to her.
“There were then fears she may have to have her leg amputated, but as the fracture had already healed partly, it was decided to give her pain management to help see if she could recover, and I am delighted she is now living a healthy and happy life.
“When I first took Poppy home, she was still recovering from her injuries, and the leg fractures were healing, so she needed plenty of cage rest to recover at first, which was challenging for such a young dog.
“Even as she was healing from such serious injuries, she was such a happy, friendly little puppy with a real zest for life, and she won the hearts of everyone she met.
“We had to make sure she didn’t jump around like a puppy would normally do, as we needed her injuries to heal.
“We would even take her into the garden on a lead at first so she could toilet without being tempted to try and run around.
“After her initial recovery, an animal care assistant at Ashley Heath Animal Home offered Poppy a more permanent foster home, but she fell in love with her, and after the court case concluded, she adopted her.
“She is now loved and adored, and I couldn’t wish for a better home for her.”
The RSPCA sees a shocking 33 per cent rise in the summer months.
Last summer, the charity received 374 reports of cruelty against animals every single day, which is, shockingly, one report every two minutes the line is open. In new figures the charity revealed this week, that beatings are also up 10 per cent year on year, with a heartbreaking four beatings reported every hour, or one every 15 minutes the call line is open.
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