An Old English Sheepdog Named Cocos Was Found Trapped In A Kitchen Barely Able to Move Until They Shaved 4 Trash Bags Full Of Fur From Off The Poor Dog

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July 11, 2017

Daily Mail

This story begins with an old Russian man passing away. He was the owner of an Old English Sheepdog whom he loved and cherished. But after his passing, his beloved pup was sent to relatives who were the last people on earth who should have never had him.

Over the course of the next year, he was terribly neglected by his new owners. They only supplied him with just enough food and water to keep him alive. His thick coat became so heavily matted that he could barely walk. After 12 months of his horror, rescuers heard about the dog and came to his rescue. When rescuers arrived they found the dog covered in a mass of stinking hair which had feces and urine soaked into it.

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Dog worker Vitaly Kornilova said: "He could barely walk and was in a pitiful state. Relatives called us to take him away because they decided they wanted to sell the flat now that the inheritance paperwork had been completed." The new owners didn't care for the dog at all and didn't even know his name so rescuers named him Cocos.

Cocos is a Bobtail, which is a breed of Old English Sheepdogs. This breed grows a particularly thick coat. It took 6 workers and 3 hours to shave Cocos and groom him properly. His hair was so matted he didn't even look like a dog. They had to cut off clumps of hair to even get in a position where they could shave him. 

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They filled several liter-bags with all his matted hair. Finally freed from his horrible ordeal but the journey for Cocos was not over yet. Once he was shaved, they realized the condition the dog was really in. He had abscesses and sores all over his body. His hair had covered all his pain for the past year.

His condition was worse than they had thought and he needed a lot of help to fully recover. He underwent many days and weeks of treatment to get him healthy again. Cocos was a champ through it all. This happy and sweet dog returned to his normal self after being treated with love and care. It's amazing what love can do. 

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