A person who let his pet canine turn out to be so closely matted that he was carrying an additional 21% of his physique weight has been handed a five-year animal ban and 12-month neighborhood order after a profitable investigation and prosecution by the RSPCA. 

Tim Ronald Springett, Ramsgate pleaded responsible to 2 animal welfare offences at Margate Magistrates Court on 22 January.

Russian Terrier Barney was seized by Kent Police's Rural Task Force and handed over to the RSPCA after the animal welfare charity made a number of makes an attempt to encourage Springett to have the canine groomed and correctly cared for. Springett informed RSPCA inspectors that Barney hadn't been groomed for 19 months and believed he didn't want clipping attributable to his breed. 

In her witness assertion, investigating RSPCA Inspector Tina Nash mentioned Barney was: "Extremely matted, with large clumps of fur hanging off of him that gave the impression to be filled with dust or faeces and tightly sure to areas round his again. The canine did not scent very good and made me need to wretch.

"The atmosphere was very untidy with numerous stuff in every single place and really soiled. I went into the again backyard which was lined in faeces and really soiled. There had been no dry areas for the canine."

Barney was taken to a vet the place he had 7.8kg of fur shaved from his physique. The vet mentioned: "The canine had been made to assist a coat weighing roughly 21% of his physique weight as he moved round. The weight of this coat would have risen significantly when the canine was moist. I'm in little doubt that this may trigger the animal bodily stress as he moved. It's my skilled opinion, primarily based on the data offered to me, that the person chargeable for the care of the canine had failed to offer the canine with a sheltered sleeping space with bedding. 

"The person had additionally did not groom the canine over many months and, as a consequence, had left him in a position the place he was more likely to endure."

Barney has undergone an incredible transformation beneath the care of the RSPCA and is now in non-public boarding, and he will probably be made available for rehoming.

In mitigation, Springett mentioned he had been unwell and his ill-health was behind the problems. He mentioned he loves dogs, and has labored with them previously.

As properly because the 12 month neighborhood order together with 10 Rehabilitation Activity Requirement days, Springett was ordered to pay £400 in prices and a £95 sufferer surcharge and was disqualified from maintaining all animals for 5 years.