BINGO !!! They were abused. The problem was the Dogs probably stood taller than Her and out weighed Her. With 2 of them She never had a chance if/when something triggered the situation.
The oldest Daughter has a Great Dane German Shepherd mix that was raised from a Pup and it’s a Big Baby. She’s big but not the size of a full blood Great Dane. And skinny too.
When We rescued Molly (The Black one on My FRHomepage) Our Cane Corso Italian Mastiff weighed 44 pounds, Her Feet and Nails were cracked/bleeding/worn down to the Quick. Her Face was covered in bite and scratch marks from when She was “living” in the ‘hood in Charlotte and the bros’ were Training Her to Fight because they thought She was a “Big” Pit Bull” !!!
I’m 6’1” and 300# if I had to fight Molly (130#) I might come out alive but shredded. For Me to Win I would have to break Her neck or maybe be able to strangle Her but I would still be messed up when it was over.
We got Her healed and fattened back up. Her Feet and Nails healed. It took about a year for Her to let Me pet Her. She was still scared of Men and loud voices. Now She knows that I’m a good Good Guy. And WOW ! does She HATE the bros’ !!! Even if She’s in the House and sees a Black Person walking on the street She goes bonkers at the window. We don’t worry about anybody breaking in while We are Home or Gone, She and Savannah are on duty. And as the Pics show They are both spoiled rotten with Beds/Milkbones/Rawhides/Pig ears/never ending food bowl and most table scraps.
Molly is Savannah’s ears because She was Born Deaf. All Her other senses work overtime. She either sleeps next to Us in the bed or touching Molly do She knows what is going on.
If there is reincarnation I hope I come back as a Dog with Owners like Us.
I have a suspicion that she tried to stop a fight and wound up caught in the cross hairs, particularly since it mentioned a bite on her ankle, as though she kicked at them as they fought and was bitten in the melee.
““They would get in fights with each other. They would take it out on her if I wasn’t around.”
Seriously, breaking up a dog fight is risky business, especially in a breed of that size and even though you hate to let them continue, you need to protect yourself, first.
However, there is this puzzling bit
“An officer who responded to the home for a possible overdose found...”
“ “Numerous” beer cans and medication bottles were also strewn about the living room and kitchen, according to the station.
“Matthews told police that his wife started most mornings by drinking beer and taking “numerous” prescription medications”
She’s dead in the bathroom, the dogs are outside, there’s a bite on her ankle and the dogs “killed her”?
This whole thing is just weird.
PSA: Do NOT mix drugs and alcohol, kiddies.
This is a sure sign that her brain has outgrown her skull. :)
[and stop feeding pig ears, please, the recalls continue and none of them are safe, now]