This post was meant to be a submission in @mctiller's contest but I missed the deadline. Posting anyway cause, like, whatever. It's basically my rendition of Jack London's Bâtard

Painting by Pablo Romero

Kurt the Cur

By T. Dalton

Dennis Young discovered Kurt on his deathbed. Overrun with mange and infected wounds, the dog (a Korean Jindo) was no different than anything else delivered to Doc Young, the Vet in Midland, Atlanta. It was on death’s door and it was up to Doc Young to push him on through. An unfortunate scenario, but one necessary to the modern age. Euthanasia was an obligatory fact to being a vet. That didn’t bother Doc Young. In fact, it was exactly what attracted him to the profession.