Its hair was so matted and overgrown, the poodle had to be sedated just to be groomed. Veterinarians found live and dead cockroaches snared in the 2.5 pounds of fur they cut from the dog.
The dog's condition was so unbelievable that Tracy Lapeyrouse named him Ripley.
The 2-year-old poodle was found Oct. 19 in a ditch in LaPlace, La., with no identification. He was taken to Lapeyrouse, who runs My Heart's Desire animal shelter in Houma, La., about 60 miles from New Orleans.
"He didn't know he had ears. When his ears would touch his skin, he would shake his head," Lapeyrouse said in a telephone interview from Louisiana.
"It took a week before he could walk normally."
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I wasn't that drunk... SCORE 106
Loves His Job SCORE 90
After not taking attendance all quarter, my TA was out of town on exam day. This was the last question. SCORE 66
Location of your waiter SCORE 177
The power of books. SCORE 221
When you get a fake number... SCORE 158
You guessed wrong! SCORE 244
Walkies SCORE 75
Double XP SCORE 69
Vet doesn't come cheap SCORE 77
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When he's stressed... SCORE 188
My whole life is a lie. SCORE 142
I've gone mad. SCORE 178
The military. SCORE 218
Pros/cons SCORE 102
Hakuna your tatas! SCORE 129
One of the many reasons Dave Grohl is my hero. SCORE 179
Seriously why? SCORE 128
Baby don't go SCORE 126
Stephen Hawking and Eddie Redmayne. SCORE 200
The most realistic scene in a Marvel movie SCORE 147
The British attitude... SCORE 158
i'm a good boy, but don't push me. SCORE 66
This SCORE 498
Never forget. SCORE 197
Whistling noise coming from the engine! SCORE 129
Jim Carrey on fame and riches. SCORE 193
Call me? SCORE 122
Survival SCORE 43
The professor paradox. SCORE 160
