Starved puppy thrown from a van on the roadside in Yorkshire saved by vet

Megan Everett, who’s head nurse at Chantry Vets on Brindley Way, Wakefield, went above and past the decision of obligation to provide Dodger a second likelihood of a cheerful life.

The young Lurcher was ravenous and riddled with parasites, with patches of red-raw pores and skin, when he was dumped beside a street close to Wakefield.

A passer-by who witnessed what occurred spent a number of hours making an attempt to catch the pup and took him to Chantry Vets the place the workforce rallied to take care of him.

Megan then took Dodger home to satisfy her husband Richard and their seven-year-old Lurcher Bambi and formally adopted him.

Megan’s devoted care was rewarded on the British Veterinary Nurse Association Congress 2023, which celebrates the veterinary nursing occupation, the place she gained the Hill’s Award for the Most Transformed Life.

Megan stated: “It’s lovely that all that hard work paid off and it was great to get recognition.

“Dodger came in as a stray in May. He looked neglected. He was only 13kg but should have been at least 18kg at the time. He was bald in places; his skin was raw, and he had fleas and mites.

“He needed to be fed every few hours because he had been starved.

“He started to come outside with me at lunch times, and I couldn’t resist.

“He was very nervous and is most fearful of men. We knew he would be a work in progress. For the first three months he wouldn’t go for a walk with my husband and would run home if we practised recall.

“He used to steal food and we had to watch him all the time because of the risk of him swallowing foreign objects. These issues are all getting better as time goes on.

“I try and see things from his point of view, and it makes me proud to see how he has come on.

He is a lovely dog and has a lot of character. Not having him now would leave a significant hole in our lives. Considering what he has gone through, the trust he now has in people is incredible.”