That is a sad story for owner and for dog.... I feel for the owners, that should have never happened without them... I feel for the dog's pain, nobody can say just how much pain our fur babies are going through because they have no real way of letting us know....
Bottom line they never should have done this to him without his family being there, I can only imagine what goes through their head about that day and him being alone through that and probably wondering where they were...
I am glad to see some OSPCA's answering to calls though about animal's being in distress rather then ignoring them..... They just went about the whole thing wrong...