Mrs T

Update Thankyou all for the lovely comments, I wish everyone shared our attitudes towards our companion animals. Unfortunately, there are various degrees of cruelty and neglect happening everywhere in our communities and not all have happy endings like this little guy. I was in the fortunate position to be able to offer him a stay in my home to recuperate and its been lots of fun having him here. I took this photo yesterday (at three and a half weeks) trying to get a similar angle to the newspaper photo for comparison. Puppy weighed in at 12.1 kg at his checkup today and the vet revised his age estimate to 8-9 months. There's been a bit of a growth spurt, his head is getting Staffy wide and his neck has thickened up so his head no longer looks out of proportion. I don't think my photo skills do his cuteness justice, he's much cuter in person :D

A shelter worker called him 'Fatso' , we're calling him 'Puppy'. I'm glad I googled for the newspaper article to get the before photo. That how I found this forum and I couldn't resist sharing the photos.

A Good News Update I'm the lucky foster mum. The newspaper photo was taken nearly three weeks ago and puppy is recovering better than anyone expected. He has gained 4.5kg since then and has been home with me for 10 days. These photos were taken at the two week mark, and he looks healthier every day. He has plenty of puppy energy for playing with my German Shep X and he's always ready and willing to give cuddles to humans.