20/06/2023
Disgusting. Only use someone professional, fully vetted and well established in this industry. Too many supposed dog walkers/trainers popping up in the surrounding areas without any care for customer or pet!
⚠️WARNING UPSETTING IMAGES AND STORY – DOG NEGLECT⚠️
‼️Widnes Dog Walker ‘Harry Dunn (Harry Nathaniel on Facebook)’ gets RSPCA caution for starving Lurcher puppy Otis to near death‼️
With permission from the RSPCA, we can now share the story of Otis, a beautiful 12-month-old puppy who nearly lost his life to neglect by the person who was meant to care for him.
In 2022, we were called by a concerned landlord to report a puppy he had seen in one his properties, being rented by Harry Dunn. WAW visited the property and found three dogs, two adult Lurchers of normal weight and the skeletal Otis.
The owner, Harry Dunn, claimed that Otis had been to the vets, which turned out to be a lie 😞.
We also found out later that the RSPCA had visited two weeks prior to warn him that he needed to sort the dog out and they would revisit to check for improvement.
We took Otis to our vet for immediate assessment, who discovered he had open pressure sores on his legs from sitting in a dog crate full of his own urine, he weighed only 4.5kgs, and was days away from dying 💔
Harry refused to sign over Otis, even following him to the vets. However, he was eventually persuaded that it was in the best interest of Otis to surrender the puppy into our care.
WAW contacted the RSPCA and provided evidence for which they took out a prosecution.
It was also found that Harry Dunn fed his other two dogs, but left little Otis out, leaving him to sit in his own filth, starving to death!
Sadly, despite all this, Harry Dunn only received a caution from the RSPCA.
We are disappointed with the outcome, but are pleased to report that despite his neglect, Otis is recovering and living life to the full, thanks to our locum vet who has nursed him back to health.
🚨Harry Dunn (Harry Nathaniel on Facebook) is a DOG WALKER IN WIDNES, and we feel he should not be allowed to have his own pets, let alone abuse the trust of his customers🚨
Please share so any of his customers are aware and can decide if they want their much-loved dog looked after by a man with a RSPCA caution for purposely starving his pet dog, who would have died without the intervention of his landlord and WAW.
