Dog Found With Mouth Taped Shut Expected to Recover

Doctors expect that a dog found with electrical tape over her muzzle will recover from wounds she sustained. The tape had been there for more than 24 hours. Caitlyn, a 15-month-old chocolate Staffordshire bull terrier mix, was found in North Charleston on May 28, reported WCSC, a TV station in Charleston, South Carolina. The dog's injuries were so severe that doctors estimated she might lose up to one-third of her tongue because it was trapped between her teeth. According to police spokesman Spencer Pryorm William Leonard Dodson, Caitlyn's owner, was arrested Monday and charged with the ill treatment of animals. He said he taped the dog's mouth shut because she would not stop barking.