A Chihuahua survived an overdose of heroin and cocaine after getting into its owner’s stash at a South Carolina motel after the dog was revived with Narcan, according to law enforcement.
Shane Harris and Serrena Young were arrested by Myrtle Beach Police after the May 27 incident at the Palmetto Vista Motel and charged with animal mistreatment, according to a police report obtained by WBTW.
Young was additionally charged with possession and intent to distribute heroin, police said.
Harris and a home health aide who had been staying at the motel with him and Young rushed the 15-pound pup into a nearby fire station, where a Myrtle Beach firefighter gave the dog the opioid reversal drug using a nebulizer machine.
The dog was revived after a full nasal dose of Narcan. Responders then gave it oxygen and took it to the the Animal Emergency Hospital of the Strand for additional treatment, police said.
Harris told cops that the pooch had eaten about a gram of heroin that a man had left on his table at the apartment, making it sick.
Police searched the motel room and recovered a syringe filled with a clear, brown liquid in a black purse which tested positive for heroin and cocaine.
Young confessed the syringe was hers.
Harris and Young were each sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined more than $1,000, according to court records. Young was also given a $35,000 bond on the drug charge.
