Injured dog left for dead in Waco, Texas dumpster expected to make full recovery

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - An alert employee at Drug Emporium in Waco on Tuesday morning found an injured dog that had been placed in a trash bag and left for dead in a dumpster.

The employee shared the disheartening discovery in a social media post asking for help. The post quickly generated a lot of engagement with hundreds wondering what happened and asking how the dog is doing.

According to Scott Halvorson, the store manager of Drug Emporium, at around 8:30 a.m. on April 15, one of his employees noticed something suspicious happening out back.

“One of the ladies in the back room opened the door and she saw a gentleman that was throwing a bag in the trash,” the manager recalled, “the bag wasn’t really full and so she thought it was kind of odd, and so after he drove off she came and looked inside.”

That’s when she discovered there was a dog inside and immediately rushed to get help. “We came out here and got a ladder and got the dog out, and saw it was still alive and still had bright eyes. It had a wound on its side and we were afraid it got shot,” Halvorson shared.

He says animal control then came out, getting the dog to a vet as soon as they could. Dr. Jamie Britton with the Bee Creek Veterinary says that the vet was able to confirm it wasn’t a gunshot wound.

“Looked more like wounds from a dog fight of some sort,” she explained, “They took x-rays to make sure there weren’t any broken bones, there are no broken bones… he’s got about five pretty good sized puncture wounds.”

From there, the Mama Nutmeg Foundation Rescue helped get him to the Bee Creek Veterinary, where Dr. Britton is now taking good care of him.

“We were retreating some of the wounds for him and so we opted to go ahead and re-sedate him. He’s quite painful but, you know, it could’ve been so much worse,” Dr. Britton said.

But thanks to the staff of Drug Emporium and everyone else who helped, this little guy is expected to be okay.

“I think he’s going to make a full recovery. We just got to keep pain management on board, make sure no infection occurs, and otherwise he looks pretty good. He’s a pretty young guy so he’s got a great chance,” Dr. Britton shared.

To help with this little pups recovery you can either call the Bee Creek Veterinary to help pay for his vet bill directly or make donations to the Mama Nutmeg Foundation one of the following ways:

• www.mamanutmeg.org
• PayPal: MamaNutmeg
• Venmo: MamaNutmeg
• $MamaNutmegFoundation
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