A woman named Madi shared the most heartbreaking before and after photos of her dog, Penny, after getting out of an abusive relationship. This poor animal’s personality had changed completely while living with her owner’s partner. She was so stressed out, she could barely eat! In many of Mom’s pictures, you could clearly see the worry and sadness in the pup’s expression. Compare these images to more recent photos, however, and you’ll swear it’s a different dog!
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In her slideshow, Madi demonstrated some of the ways her partner’s behavior impacted her pet’s health. These pictures truly showcase the way that being in an abusive relationship can chip away at your well-being. If this environment caused Penny that much distress, we can only imagine how much worse things must have been for her owner.
“She always looked exhausted,” Madi recalled in one slide.
In the next, she added, “Her ears were always shot back.”
However, it was when her dog stopped eating that this woman realized something was definitely wrong. Penny used to love food, but she started skipping meals while living with her owner’s partner.
“I even took her to the vet to get lots of tests done because she was eating so little I thought she was sick,” the pet parent wrote.
Nowadays, both Penny and her owner are doing a lot better.
When Madi finally left her abusive relationship, she noticed a significant improvement in her pup’s demeanor. Penny’s appetite even returned! Mom remarked that her pooch “hasn’t missed a meal since the day we left.”
“I wish I would have noticed that she was hurting just as bad as I was,” the dog owner wrote in her caption. “I was so lost in my own mind that I missed all the signs.”
It can be extremely difficult and even dangerous to leave an abusive relationship, so no one is blaming this woman for staying as long as she did. We’re so happy to hear that both dog and owner are in a much better situation now!
If you or a loved one are in an abusive relationship, please visit the National Domestic Violence Hotline for help.
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