By Mallory Brown
Meet WYATT.
Wyatt was picked up on Wyatt Jarrett Street in Blakely, Georgia.
And no, he wasn’t out running the streets, chasing women, or disturbing the peace.
He was chained up and anchored in the ground walking in his own filth for who knows how long.
Thanks to the neighbor that fed him when she noticed he wasn’t getting food or water and called for help.
According to the officer who told me about the dog, the owners moved away and abandoned him.
They packed up their belongings, loaded up their lives, and apparently decided the dog was a permanent fixture of the property.
That is a living, breathing animal. NOT a satellite dish you forgot to take down.
And poor Wyatt was just sitting there, probably wondering when somebody was coming back.
A little educational moment
Let’s have ourselves a little educational moment, shall we?
MOVING DOES NOT CANCEL YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO YOUR ANIMALS.
Dogs are not lawn ornaments, rental property accessories, or part of the landscaping.
They need food, clean water, shelter, veterinary care, and HUMAN BEINGS who actually give a rip about them.
And for the folks in the back: ABANDONING AN ANIMAL CAN HAVE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES IN GEORGIA. Being inconvenient does not make a dog disposable.
If you cannot keep your animal, REACH OUT FOR HELP. Contact Animal Control, rescues, or shelters. Give somebody the opportunity to help before you leave an innocent animal behind.
Relieved of his duties
Now, as for Wyatt?
This handsome black-and-white gentleman has officially been relieved of his duties as the unpaid security guard of an empty residence.
He didn’t deserve to be left behind. He didn’t deserve to wonder why his people never came back.
But he DOES deserve a future where the only thing he’s chained to is somebody’s heart.
Welcome to your second chance, Wyatt.
And to whoever needs to hear this:
IF YOU WOULDN’T LEAVE YOUR REFRIGERATOR BEHIND BECAUSE IT COST YOU $1,200, MAYBE DON’T LEAVE YOUR DOG BEHIND BECAUSE HE COST YOU NOTHING.
THANK YOU to Lane Davis for coming to help get him off that anchored down chain and loaded up. Also to Josie Foy who stayed and helped him feel safe and secure when he arrived so fearful.