As soon as he calmed down, he let a veterinarian come right up to him and kiss him on the nose.

An examination hinted at Weezer’s troubled past.

He had no tag and no microchip. And he had a large wound under his arm.

“It looked as though he had been wearing a harness or a rope at some point in his life that was too tight and became embedded,” Thomson said, “although when he was found he wasn’t wearing anything.”