Terrier left for months with traumatic untreated injuries

A NEWCASTLE woman has been banned from keeping dogs for 18 months after leaving her Yorkshire Terrier with multiple untreated fractures, one of which hadn't been seen by a vet for over a year.

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Olivia Hutchinson, 20, of Dene Avenue in Brunswick Village, admitted an animal welfare offence before appearing at Newcastle Magistrates' Court on May 29.

The court heard that RSPCA inspector Lucy Green went to Hutchinson's flat on September 16 last year, after a report was made to the charity from a concerned member of the public which suggested a dog was living there with a broken leg and had not been taken for veterinary treatment.

Upon arrival, the inspector saw a Yorkshire terrier called Molly holding her front right leg in the air, and the foot appeared to be swinging while she was walking around. Hutchinson told the inspector that Molly had been seen by a vet a few months before, but she agreed to let the officer take her for urgent treatment.