Brevard County, Florida – Two men who adopted a dog in September 2025 were arrested last week after the Brevard County Sheriff’s Department found their small dog suffering in pain with a vest that was left on his body so long that the flesh had grown around the fabric. Sheriff Wayne Ivey said Michael Borowski contacted the sheriff’s office in May to make arrangements to return the dog, whose name is Teddy.
Efforts were made to give Borowski the resources to keep the dog, but the man allegedly offered to “knock him in the head with a shovel” instead. The violent comment led to a police investigation, with a responding officer finding the dog to be in so much pain from the embedded vest that he could not be examined.
Borowski was ordered to take Teddy to a veterinarian, who ended up referring the dog to a specialty emergency center that had to surgically remove the vest from the small dog’s body.
Borowski and Guanzon were charged with animal cruelty and given a $10,000 bond. Teddy was treated and has reportedly been adopted by a veterinary tech, and he is said to be doing “great.”
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27 Comments
Is anyone surprised though? If you cant even take care of yourself, no way are you taking care of an animal. That one guy has the same thing happening with his shirt. It’s just lose so it’s not hurting or cutting into him.
agree with Stephanie 💯%
thankyou everyone for caring about the Animals ,and being their Voice
both inhuman’s need to be fitted for straightjackets keep them in them for months until they suffer exactly like the Dog did, im thankful the Dog recovered from that barbaric ordeal and rehomed safely away from them 2
Stop giving away dogs & free adoptions! These people are sick and don;t deserve dogs!! Please stop this madness & screen potential adopters. These stories are making me sick!!
Kill these two evil devils Borowski and Guanzon! Make them pay!!!
Why would you give an animal to them? One look and you can tell they don’t have the intellect to even take care of themselves.
Both “men” look like Complete Idiots!!! Keep them in Jail!!! Maybe they will learn something Useful!!!!
there is no penalty strong enough for this piece of shit.
i seen the video of this…. Brevard county has the best when it comes to abusers…. i love it when the head sheriff hauls their ass to jail…. makes me smile…. to bad other places dont follow suit… that would end alot…. and that FAT UGLY MONSTER , needs that shovel to the head…. and so does the little creep with him… we have had enough of this abuse … an eye for an eye and alot of street justice would fix it…. that poor little teddy…. im glad he has found the best place for the rest of his little life….
agree 💯 % with Terree Moore, that Sheriff is amazing and im so thankful to him for dishing out true Justice for the Animals, Thankyou Sir 🙏
Trashy people like these two moronic SOBs make it hard to be proud to be human. They definitely knew better than to leave a vest on an animal without ever taking it off……both of them just didn’t care about the dog. Thank God he survived and was adopted by the vet tech angel to actually have a wonderful, loved life. Someone had to have seen the condition of this dog prior to it being in such dire straits – shame on you for not reporting it and letting it continue. I say “knock both these pieces of filth on the head with a shovel” like Borowski so eloquently put it and get them out of our society permanently!!!!
Send these pieces of shit to God and let him deal with them! That dog is one of God‘s creatures and God does not like people hurting his creation. “Better to tie a millstone around their neck and cast them to sea, then to let them hurt one of these little ones”!
LOOK AT THAT FAT UGLY CUNT-I HAVE A RUSTY OLD SHOVEL I WILL GLEEFULLY USE ON IT-I’LL START WITH THAT NASTY GRUESOME BELLY HANGING BEYOND HIS KNEES PIECE BY PIECE I’LL CHOP IT UNTIL IT SLOWLY BLEEDS OUT ITS TOXIC BODILY FLUIDS….MAY YOU BOTH SUFFER HORRENDOUSLY! KARMA-KILL IT PLEASE!
Couldn’t agree with you more!
Makes me mad n sad at the same time, wht was the purpose of getting a dog, if ur just goin 2 treat it like garbage? you really have to watch out for ppl out there, for good home’s. I feel so sry for this dog, they will get it one day, don’t worry dog.
100 percent an eye for an eye
Just scum. They deserve the worst. Borowski looks like a fat worthless piece of garbage and should be treated like one. Bless that innocent pup who was subjected to this. Hopefully a much brighter life is ahead as I cannot imagine how miserable that experience must have been.
I hope they get prison time.
Ban them for life from owning ANY animal! The stupidity of some people truly amazes me! 😡😡😡😡😡
They both need to be in prison and banned from animal ownership for life
Do the same to the same torture, abuse, cruelties .As they abusers, culprits , inflict .THIS IS PAYING BACK FOR THEIR CRIMES !!!! INSTEAD of encouraging them to repeat their crimes over and over!!!
Jail for these horrible people
THEY BOTH NEED PRISON( NOT JAIL), TIME! ANIMAL ABUSE IS A FELONY!!!
What kind of stupidity is this! These two slugs need to pay ALL of the veterinarian costs and then serve time for in jail for this stupidity!!! Please make them pay for this cruelty!!!
Look at those despicable slobs what they did to that dog is cruel and painful that dog suffered while they sat on their fat asses and did nothing! Put both of them in jail to serve time see how they like being wrapped up in a prison. So happy the vet tech took this precious dog and gave it new life!
is there a petition? these 2 need to rot in prison. what is the max sentence in this Country? Hopefully more than a slap on the wrist.
is there a petition? these 2 need to rot in prison. what is the max sentence in this Country? Hopefully more than a slap on the wrist.