SADIE UPDATE VS

THE DOG NAMED SADIE, (WHO WAS STABBED BY HER OWNER MONDAY), IS ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. SADIE, IS A CATAHOULA HOUND, AND IS BEING TREATED AT THE HARDEN RANCH VETERINARY HOSPITAL IN SALINAS. SHE WAS BROUGHT IN AFTER HER OWNER MARK DOUBEK CONFESSED TO STABBING HER WHILE ALLEGEDLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. DOCTORS SAY SADIE HAD 3 NECK WOUNDS THAT ARE NOW HEALING. SHE IS BEING GIVEN PAIN MEDICATION AS WELL AS ANTIBIOTICS. THEY EXPECT SADIE TO RECOVER, BUT DOCTOR LOLY HOGAN EXPECTS HER TO HAVE PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE TO ONE EYE. MEANWHILE, 45-YEAR-OLD DOUBEK IS IN MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL CHARGED WITH BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, RESISTING/DISOBEYING OFFICERS, VIOLATION OF PROBATION, AND CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.