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Pilgrim gets adopted
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Neglected Cocker Spaniel Abandoned at Humane Society
Staff from the Waterford Humane Society discovered an abandoned cocker spaniel outside their facility Saturday morning. They turned him over to Waterford Animal Control and named him Pilgrim. Officer Robert Yuchniuk said Pilgrim’s hair was so dirty and matted he could barely walk. Under sedation groomers Gina Garreffi and Caitlan Nadolny removed 7.6 lbs of feces matted fur.
“He now looks and feels 1,000 percent better,” Yuchniuk said. “I also want to thank Doctor Cathy Clark for administering a sedative shot to make the painful grooming process bearable for this guy. He did wonderful and is now back at the shelter smelling like shampoo!”
Cocker spaniel breeder threatened
A Westford, Connecticut woman reported she had been harassed by other breeders concerning the East Coast Cocker Classic held on March 30 through April 1, 2012. Reportedly, Hamden city officials had warned participants at the event about leaving their cocker spaniels unattended in a nearby warehouse. Since the Westford breeder did not attend the event she was suspected of reporting the unattended cockers. The Westford breeder claims she and a friend in Glastonbury, CT are being threatened by breeders in Connecticut, New Hamshire, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
Cocker spaniel available in Connecticut
Poor Freckles was found way out in the country on someone’s front steps probably feeling lost and hungry. He sat there a few hours waiting for someone to let him until officers from Ellington Animal Control came for him. Turns out Freckles was microchipped leading officers to an address in Rockville, Connecticut–ten miles away where he was found. No owners could be found at the residence. Contact names on the microchip are Julie St. Amand, Jeffrey Spencer, and Stacey Perrone. The address on the microchip was listed as 96 High Street, Rockville, CT 06066.
Freckles was terribly matted and dirty. He also had an eye that needed treatment and an ear infection. He’s currently being cared for at Ellington Animal Control and has his own Petfinder Profile. Call (860) 870-3155 if you are interested in Freckles or have information about his owners.
Cockapoo breeder faces $250,000 bond
Gloria Marriott (A.K.A. Linda Snow, Mary Howard) was offered a plea bargain of nine months in jail in return for having her bond reduced from $250,000 to $49,000 dollars. Charges stem from an animal cruelty case when she was arrested February 18, 2011. Police became suspicious when overpowered by the smell of feces and urine then discovered five dogs in neglectful states some with matted fur, all without food or water. Marriott faces five counts of animal cruelty and running a puppy mill from her Mystic, Connecticut home. Regardless of her plea bargain she will remain jailed for violating probation in Massachusetts where she was convicted of animal cruelty–over 100 sick dogs were found on her property. Marriott runs the Web site conneticutcockapoos.com with the tagline “Breeding For Quality – Raised With Love.”
All five dogs have been adopted and placed in good homes including the brown cocker spaniel pictured above. Drew and Londa Wesche adopted two of the dogs including the cocker renaming her Katie. “They are great. We couldn’t have asked for better. I think they are kind of like POWs. They formed this bond in the awful situation they were in, and they can’t not be together.”