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Woman From Alabama Adopted A Sweet Dog Only To Learn Something Shocking About Her During A Vet Visit

Woman From Alabama Adopted A Sweet Dog Only To Learn Something Shocking About Her During A Vet Visit

If there is one thing that every owner wants to do for their dog, it’s to make them feel safe and loved in their home.

We always try our best, but sometimes certain things can happen that are out of our control. If we take the pup to a park, then accidents can happen and he could get injured.

Luckily, we are always there to help them. Something similar happened to this woman who adopted a senior dog.

She always took care of her new dog, Posie, only to later learn something about the pup that shocked her.

He Was Hit With What?!

sweet old dog
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When Kelly P. Bergman first adopted her dog, it was during her time in Alabama. She found Posie in a shelter and she was surprised to learn that the pup was a senior.

She wanted to learn about her backstory, but much of it was shrouded in mystery. No one really knew where she came from.

The only thing Bergman knew was that Posie had already been in many homes by the time she adopted her, so it’s hard to say who her real owners were.

The only thing they knew was that she was a senior dog. She was maybe 13 years old or maybe even 15 years old. It was hard to tell.

Nevertheless, Bergman really loved Posie and she wanted to give her the best life possible. They moved to New Jersey and that’s where Posie’s incident happened.

dog playing with toy
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Bergman noticed her dog was coughing a lot, so she took her to the veterinarian for an examination.

However, what the veterinarian found inside shocked her. Apparently, the X-ray showed strange objects below her heart. 

He identified them immediately as pellets from a BB gun, as he had already seen this before. It looked like Posie was shot with a BB gun at some point during her stay in New Jersey.

Luckily for Posie, the cough has nothing to do with the pellets and it is not causing her trouble so she will be okay. As for the cough, the veterinarian is treating it with steroids so she is in good hands.

Internet’s Reaction

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After the entire incident, Bergman posted Posie’s story on Reddit where she got a lot of responses from other people about her dog.

One person commented: “Omg, people are terrible! I am so sorry. Thank you for adopting an older dog. She must believe she went to heaven when you adopted her.

Yeah, I can’t understand why someone would shoot a small dog with a BB gun. That is just so cruel. She must have been terrified.

Another person said: “I understand this well. I adopted an elderly pitbull and I found out from the vet that someone shot her with duck shot in the lungs. I was so angry.

I can’t even begin to imagine how angry I would feel if something like this happened to my dog. It’s just a terrible situation to be in.

Lastly, somebody commented: “These kinds of things make me hope that instant karma is more than a good song.

Hopefully, whoever hurt Posie has learned something and is not hurting dogs anymore. She has done nothing wrong and that was just a really cruel thing to do.

Nevertheless, seeing responses from people like this always restores my faith in humanity because I just know there are so many people out there who love dogs and would always try to help them in tough situations.