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02-03-2008, 06:14 PM | #1 |
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| Tragedy with our Milo :( I used to just be a lurker and reader but I have decided to join up and post for the first time because of something that's happened to my little Milo and because of a nasty thread I saw here where people were upset at somebody not keeping a puppy because the puppy wasn't exactly what she wanted. A couple weeks ago, I placed an ad online asking for a small dog of any breed to accompany our Yorkie and be a buddy to him. I got a response that told me she had a little male Yorkie that she'd sell me for 200 dollars without papers and 600 dollars with the papers. She basically saw my posting, thought he'd be great with another friend, and wanted to discourage breeding by charging so much more for the papers. I never had any intention of breeding. How could I?? I was going to have 2 males. So this really seemed like it was going to work out excellently. We met them at a neutral location, and I picked Milo up. He was absolutely gorgeous. The first thing we noticed was that he didn't like to be held. So on the drive back, he was in the back seat the whole time. When we got home though, he was near impossible to get into our house. He actually BIT me when I tried to reach for him! I called up this lady right away and tried to figure out what could cause this. Then she offered up a piece of advice that I probably should have been made aware of earlier: she had gotten him out of a puppy mill situation (or so she thinks). He had basically had no socialization at all prior to going to this lady. She was selling him to us because she had fallen ill and didn't have much time for him anymore. Over the next week or so, he got a lot better. He still didn't like to spend a lot of time with people, but he wasn't hostile anymore. Honestly, I'd thought about taking him back and just getting a refund because I feel that I should have been made aware of how timid he is and his background, but I didn't want to give up. I felt I owed him more than that. I was his 3rd owner in his 9 months of life. Eventually, I felt comfortable taking him outside to go potty without a leash on. Then, a couple of days ago, when I was taking him out he took off. Me calling him did absolutely no good...he stopped a couple of times to look back and that was it. I didn't have shoes on and couldn't run after him without them, so I had to go back inside and run upstairs to get them quickly so I could go out and run after him. When I got back outside, I didn't see him right away. I ran down in the direction he was running though and eventually I found out what'd happened to him. He'd ran into traffic and gotten hit by a car. I'd never dealt with a dog that was so skittish and scared before and so liable to run. I'd never had any experience with a "puppy mill" dog. I guess the moral of the story was that I wanted to help save a dog and ended up doing a disservice. I don't feel personally responsible, but I also didn't get what was represented to me. For what it's worth, I also haven't gotten the shot records I was promised to be mailed to me. I guess it doesn't matter now. This just goes to show that perhaps people who feel that, when they get a dog who maybe has issues that they weren't aware of and perhaps can't deal with, it's a good idea to re-home the dog or try to give it back aren't bad people. |
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02-03-2008, 06:21 PM | #2 |
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| Here's a picture if anybody wanted to see it. |
02-03-2008, 06:24 PM | #3 |
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| Welcome to YT. I am so sorry about your little Milo.
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02-03-2008, 06:27 PM | #4 |
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| A dog that spent his life in a puppymill has no consept of being outside his cage. It's quite normal to be petrified let alone skittish. This dog should never have gone to a home. He should have been surrendered to a rescue with experience in dealing with puppymill rescues. There he would have been rehabilitated the best he could be and then hopefully ready for his forever home. It's tragic that this little guy ended up as he has. Elaine |
02-03-2008, 06:27 PM | #5 |
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| I'm so sorry for your loss. You did the best you could with little Milo.....he had a loving home while he was with you!! |
02-03-2008, 06:28 PM | #6 |
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| I'm so sorry to hear what happened to Milo...it is so sad that he had to live his short life terrified. ~~HUGS~~ |
02-03-2008, 06:29 PM | #7 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| I am so sorry about your sweet Milo. He was very lucky to have such a warm and loving mom even if you didn't get to have him as long as you'd hoped. |
02-03-2008, 06:30 PM | #8 |
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| I'm so sorry this happened. Just curious why off leash? |
02-03-2008, 06:31 PM | #9 | |
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02-03-2008, 06:31 PM | #10 |
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| RIP dear Milo. I am so sorry that happend to you. What an awful ordeal to go through. That woman who sold him to you should of been forthcoming to you so that you could of made a choice or rehomed him to an experienced rescue person. I feel badly that Milo"s previous owner only cared about the "mighty" dollar. That little guy was lucky to have you in his short life, thankfully he did experience love with you. Thankyou for sharing the picture.My heart is heavy for you & your yorkie that you do have is very lucky to have you for a Mom and who sadly lost his fleeting buddy. Last edited by vviccles1; 02-03-2008 at 06:32 PM. |
02-03-2008, 06:31 PM | #11 |
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02-03-2008, 06:39 PM | #12 |
Just Pawz Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Liverpool, NY
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| He was a real cutie Rip Milo. I'm sorry for your loss but i'm glad you decided to open up and post here on YT. It's not all bad here and I'm certain you would like it here if you give us a chance.
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02-03-2008, 06:42 PM | #13 |
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| I'm sure I will, I just wanted to say that people aren't terrible dog owners if they feel they may not be able to care for a dog that may be different than what they expected. If i'd have given up right away, it's likely he'd still be with us. |
02-03-2008, 06:49 PM | #14 |
With Indy In My Heart Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas
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| Thank you for opening your heart to us. I hope we'll deal with it gently. I'm so sorry about little Milo. Accidents happen and they are not necessarily due to neglect. Sometimes we have the best intentions and do the thing we think is right and it doesn't turn out the way we intended. My Tinkerbelle always runs away off leash, so I don't let her off! But you didn't know Milo would run. I hope you will find a furbaby to love again soon. |
02-03-2008, 06:50 PM | #15 |
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| I'm so sorry to hear about Milo ((((((((hugs))))))))))
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