[Jagshund]

He supposedly walked up to a house north of us & was taken care of for "a few days" by the couple. I doubt his origin story because his wounds were so severe that any realistic person would have rushed him to the vet as soon as they saw them- his missing leg had over 6" of exposed bone and the other two had exposed bone and mucho necrotic tissue. Our guess is that he was a hunting dog who got the snot torn out of him, his owners knew that they could not afford the accompanying vet bills and so they surrendered him under the guise of him being a stray. Either way, they did take him in & surrended him so although his condition was horrendous when he was finally seen at least they didn't just let him die- which seemed to be where he was headed for his first week.

The wounds and bite marks suggest coyote or a pack of large wild dogs, but since he is a black and tan I am inclined to believe it was coyotes due to their usually beng found in the woods. (though not always these days!)