Poor dog. Couple of things , dog is priority so please contact paws for advice asap. Also don't you have a national cruelty organisation in USA? SPCA? They need to be alerted as the previous owners can't just dump the dog that's cruel. I'd report the incident to them also . They may also have good advice to help.
I would give them a call. They are very easy to talk to.
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