Pitbull puppy in California treated after exposure to fentanyl, owners could be charged with animal cruelty

A puppy has been administered the overdose-reversing drug naloxone. Police say the dog may have been exposed to its owners’ fentanyl stash in a car outside a Walmart in California.

The incident began with a "consensual" encounter between the couple and police on Wednesday outside a Walmart, department spokesman Kyle Oldoerp said. After officers discovered fentanyl in their car, the two were arrested, he said.

"Then the female said, ‘Oh, I think my dog is overdosing,’ " Oldoerp told the Los Angeles Times on Saturday. "She knew the symptoms because it was the second time the dog had overdosed."