deborah fuller has been banned from keeping animals after she dragged her dog behind her car, causing wounds as she drove at 30mph  a dog breeder and exhibitor who dragged her pet behind her car at a speed of 30mph and failed to get painful wounds to its paws and chest treated, has been banned from keeping animals and had her dogs confiscated deborah fuller, 56, dragged her dog tango for 400 metres behind her car as she drove along the b1066 near long melford, essex the rhodesian ridgeback was left with injuries to all four paws as well as grazing to his chest and a deep wound on his elbow he is believed to have somehow escaped from the boot of her car and was dragged along the single carriageway because his lead was attached to the vehicle's tailgate fuller, of lawford, essex, denied causing unnecessary suffering to an animal by not taking it to the vets and failing to take steps to safely secure a dog within a vehicle, but was convicted following a hearing at chelmsford magistrates' court fuller has also been banned from keeping animals for five years and had her 27 other dogs confiscated chairman of the bench anthony ealden said if tango had been taken to the vet earlier 'unnecessary suffering' could have been avoided he said: 'we believe for whatever reason, known only to yourself, you had no intention of getting veterinary treatment as a matter of urgency 'we do not accept your reason for delaying treatment as reasonable' the incident took place on june 11, 2014, when the dog was seen being dragged along the b1006 behind the car tree surgeons working nearby spotted what had happened and tried to get fuller, who is a rhodesian ridgeback breeder and exhibitor, to stop her car she didn't stop until she reached the end of the carriageway and they took her registration number and reported her to police who called the rspca, the court heard tango was later found by inspectors  in an outbuilding at fuller's home with bandages on his paws he was taken to a vet and given treatment for his injuries, which took eight weeks tango was left with considerable injuries to his paws and stomach, as well as a deep elbow wound  tango, a rhodesian ridgeback, pictured before being injured by being dragged along the road  fuller claimed she had not been aware the rear hatch of her car had opened and claimed she had given the one year old dog first aid, and had already arranged for him to go to the vet when police turned up mike fullerton, defending fuller, said:  'when deborah fuller was being restrained she asked why she was not allowed to take the dog to the vet' rspca inspector sam garvey said after the sentencing: 'eyewitnesses report they saw the dog being dragged about 400 metres at a speed of 30mph 'this must have been horrific for poor tango so painful, and so distressing 'it is hard to say what caused tango to be dragged behind a moving car in this way, but by the time we found him, seven hours later, he was urgently in need of vet treatment the animal was taken to the vets and treated for the burns, suffered when he was dragged along the road  judges ruled that the dog's suffering could have been avoided if fuller had taken him to the vets earlier  'he had injuries to the pads of all four feet, causing the black layer of skin to be removed he also had grazing to his chest area and a nasty deep wound to his elbow and leg area 'it took a period of eight weeks to heal the wounds and for his skin to grow back over his pads so he could walk without discomfort' fuller was also ordered to pay £3,000 costs, given a 12 month community order and a two month curfew from 7pm to 7am tango was taken to a vet for treatment after being found and has made a full recovery in foster care the court also allowed confiscation of all the animals owned by fuller, which are currently in rspca care tango was removed from fuller, along with more than 40 other dogs that were at her essex home  fuller and her partner phil sheldrake, 59, previously pleaded guilty to 16 charges of causing unnecessary suffering and failing to meet the dogs' needs at colchester magistrates court in june earlier this month the case was thrown out after the high court ruled that inspectors did have the correct warrant to seize 44 dogs from their essex home tendring district council had been granted a warrant to investigate 'nuisance' at the house, following complaints about noise and dog faeces the council joined forces with the rspca and seized 44 dogs from the house, with the animal welfare charity claiming several of the animals were emaciated however the trial was halted when district judge kenneth sheraton said evidence gathered by inspectors was inadmissible because they did not have the correct warrant
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warning: graphic content   deborah fuller dragged her one year old dog behind her car for 400 metres at a speed of around 30mph . animal was left with wounds to paws and elbow and grazes on his stomach . fuller, a breeder, failed to quickly take the animal to vet which could have reduced the 'unnecessary suffering' of the rhodesian ridgeback . she was banned from keeping animals for five years and given a curfew 