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WHEAT RIDGE - He might weigh a pound. He has no name. And his odds of surviving the weekend are not good.
Dr. Peter Erling, a veterinarian at the Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital figures the Pekinese mix has about a 30% chance of pulling through.
Friday afternoon a 19 year old Edgewater woman saw two boys "playing catch" with the 3 week-old puppy. Edgewater police say it's a disturbing case of animal cruelty.
"How could you not know you were hurting something like that," says Commander Mike Marchese. "They were throwing it back and forth like a football."
The woman who took the puppy from the boys immediately knew something was wrong. "He was crying, seemed like he was struggling to breathe," says the woman who wants to remain anonymous. "I got mad because I have pets, and I don't think it's right."
Edgewater police say they are looking for the boys who ran away shortly after they were confronted by the woman. It's a felony to treat a dog this way according to Marchese.
Erling says all he and the rest of the staff at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital can do now is wait. "We never know how these things are going to turn (out). The first 24 hours is absolutely critical."
"I just think it's a despicable act. There is no place in society for this type of behavior," says Dr. Erling.
Dr. Peter Erling, a veterinarian at the Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital figures the Pekinese mix has about a 30% chance of pulling through.
Friday afternoon a 19 year old Edgewater woman saw two boys "playing catch" with the 3 week-old puppy. Edgewater police say it's a disturbing case of animal cruelty.
"How could you not know you were hurting something like that," says Commander Mike Marchese. "They were throwing it back and forth like a football."
The woman who took the puppy from the boys immediately knew something was wrong. "He was crying, seemed like he was struggling to breathe," says the woman who wants to remain anonymous. "I got mad because I have pets, and I don't think it's right."
Edgewater police say they are looking for the boys who ran away shortly after they were confronted by the woman. It's a felony to treat a dog this way according to Marchese.
Erling says all he and the rest of the staff at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital can do now is wait. "We never know how these things are going to turn (out). The first 24 hours is absolutely critical."
"I just think it's a despicable act. There is no place in society for this type of behavior," says Dr. Erling.
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