Dog on the road to recovery after being found dumped near busy Deerfield Beach street

A dog found in a heartbreaking condition is on the mend after getting some much-needed care at a South Florida animal hospital.

The animal, named Dixie, was dumped near a busy street in Deerfield Beach, but staff at IHeart Animal Rescue said that initially it wasn’t the plan.

“I just can’t believe that we said we would take it the next day and they dumped it,” said IHeart Animal Rescue co-founder Cindy Mucciaccio.

Dixie was then found by two women, Danielle Olivier and Susan Garcia, who knew immediately she needed medical help.

“Here comes this dog next to me, and I’m like, ‘Where’d you come from?” said Olivier. “It was horrible.”

“Yeah, it was disgusting. You could tell right away that it was worse, just from overnight,” said Garcia.

After calling several places earlier this week, t