A woman was banned from keeping animal for five years after her dog was found covered in faeces and infested with maggots.
The suffering resulted in Ned the Cockapoo's collapsed state, skin lesions and maggot infestation. He was later put down to sleep, according on an RSPCA inspector.
Vicki Ann Ball, 37, from Horncastle in Lincolnshire, has been given a 12-month community order with 120 hours of unpaid work and a £500 fine and £85 victim surcharge.
Pictures showed Ned lying motionlessly with open wounds covered with maggots. The black pooch was put to sleep immediately due to its condition.
RSPCA inspector Kate Burris said: "On June 24, Ball took Ned to a dog rescue and signed him over to them.
"The dog rescue took him to a vet, where he was found to be suffering and put to sleep immediately on welfare grounds.
"He was in a shocking state - he was collapsed with open wounds that were maggots-infested. His coat was matted and covered in urine and faeces."
During an interview, Ball denied that she was Ned's owner but admitted that she had owned him from 2013.
She said she had given the dog away in between January to March last year 'free to a good home' on Facebook , but she couldn't provide any evidence of this.
She claimed she came home on June 24, last year, to find the dog on her lawn in a mess. After trying to wash him and cut out the matts, she took Ned to a dog rescue.
When the inspector vistied Ball's address she observed a run at the side of the house that was being dismantled and had dog faeces in it.
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A witness also gave evidence that they had seen the defendant with the dog recently and the dog was micro-chipped to her.
Ball appeared before Lincoln's Magistrates' Court on March 11 for sentencing.
In mitigation, the court heard that she had previously pleaded guilty to one offence of causing unnecessary suffering to Ned under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
Ball said she found the dog difficult to look after due to its behaviour and family commitments.
Inspector Burris said: "This was one of the most distressing cases I have dealt with because of the utter lack of any emotion or empathy displayed by the owner towards this dog."
