Rocco is not Yoshi
 

I was disappointed to have to give Mary the news that Rocco is indeed not her missing Yoshi. I share everyone thoughts and hopes that she does find her beloved Yoshi someday...somehow:hearts-xx:hearts-xx

Loree- Foster mommy to Rocco:animal37

Mary I am so sorry this was not Yoshi. What a rollercoater that must have been. On the note of your migraines I did want to tell you that I just read something that stated magnesium has shown to reduce migraines. I have gotten them since I was 6 yrs old and 31 yrs later still suffer from them. I know your pain. The only thing that has reduced the severity for me is Excedrin Migrain. But due to a sensitive stomach it gives me ulcers. Maybe you could ask your Dr. or look into it for yourself about taking magnesium. Good luck on finding your Yoshi and I hope you feel better soon.
Hugs,
Melissa

Sorry it's not your Yoshi!

Now My Apology
 

I see now that Amanda did apologize....... and to Amanda and everyone else I apologize that I was harsh with my words also. I was honestly working as quick as I could to get the answers everyone wanted to hear and felt my intentions and integrity were being misunderstood. Believe me if I could have waived a magic wand and make this turn out the way everyone wanted I would have.

This whole situation is heartbreaking and heart wrenching for Mary her family and all the yt family members that have suffered right along with her.....:unlove:
Yohshi will be in all our prayers for a safe return......
Rizzo's mom forever :rbyorkie:

Wow, just saw the thread and read all the posts. I am sorry that this was not your beloved Yoshi Mary. I cannot imagine what a rollercoaster this has been for you.

All I know, is that you and Yoshi have so many determined, passionate people on your side, that my hopes will remain high until that one day comes, when it is Yoshi in the picture! :thumbup:

Stay strong!

Im so sorry Mary. ( HUGS) I hope you start feeling better.

Thank you Rizzo's Mom for helping to find out. and thank you for taking Rocco in , I hope he finds his forever loving family.


I must of missed it and hope noone minds me asking but what proved that Rocco was not Yoshi ?

Wrong microchip number and different manufacturer.

aww Mary Im sorry it wasnt him. And I hope you feel better. What a rollercoaster ride............

I have spent the last half an hour reading all these posts and I will admit I had a tear in my eye because it would truly have been a miraculous reunion.

I live in South Africa and I have lost a dog before but was lucky enough to find him a week or so later and it nearly killed me. My little yorkie has been lost twice this last week and luckily she too has returned home safely thanks to people's kindness and honesty. So I can only begin to imagine your pain and heartache and desperation to find him. It's always good to have hope. Friends of ours lost their maltese Cross in a house robbery and found her a year later a few miles from their house living in the bush in a small nature reserve, so I do believe you should always hold Yoshi in your heart and pray for his safe return and maybe one day your paths will cross again.

Your emotions have been running high the past few days and I also suffer with migraines and I know as soon as I am emotional they seem to hit me. I have been to a GP, Physio, Chiropractor, homeopath, neurosurgeon, tested my eyes&my teeth and had an MRI and none of them can tell me why I get them. So i feel your pain. I take what they call a "Migraine Pack" or cocktail of pain killers that make me sleep like im dead- so do yourself a favour and see if you can get something to make you sleep, turn off the lights and noise and have a rest.

The rest of us continue to pray for you and Yoshi - and a lot of respect to Rocco's mom for doing all she has done for you and for Rocco as a rescue Mom.

Possibly stolen and the people moved there.. And anything can happen in a year to make him aggressive. Especially coming from a shelter, it is very stressful and noisy..

When my vet checked a stray cat I adopted, and the shelter dogs, she said her scanner would pick up a chip from a different manufacturer, but wouldn't show the number. Also, when she was checking for a chip and found one, she continued the scan over the entire animal, to check for multiple chips.

Also, when purchasing a chip for your pet, be aware that some companies charge a yearly fee ($15-$50), and some charge a lifetime fee ($15-$100) and some offer discounts for multiple animals. Some also will let you list all your pets' chips on their site, even if from different manufacturers. All mine, of course, are different, and from the more expensive providers. I'm considering rechipping all of them from one place and making it for their lifetime.

They can't tell when the chip was implanted, only when it was registered by the owner, but that should track back to the owner, and when they registered it they ask for your vet info, and can get the date of implant from the pet's record at the vet's.

PS: I do everything they tell you not to do for a migraine: eat chocolate, if that doesn't work I ingest coffee or soda pop with caffeine.
Last week the chocolate worked wonders!

You would probably have to get a court order to get the pet/vet's name from the chip info to check the date as this would be considered someone else's dog. With a foster dog in transition, I don't know, might be worth calling the company explaining the situation.

So if it picked up a chip # and it wasn't Mary's will it be able to tell whose dog this is?

I'm very sorry it wasn't Yoshi, Mary. :cry8:

As long as the chip is registered, it will point to the owner. Some Shelters and Humane Societies have started chipping all dogs (not sure about cats) when they leave their facilities, and are listed as owners until the new owner registers the dog. I am not sure what happens if the registration runs out. The number will still be on file, but whether they provide info or not I don't know. You would think for a lost dog they would.

Oh, Mary! I am so sorry that it wasn't Yoshi! I was so excited to see the pictures and possibilty that it might be your baby boy!! Don't give up! I hope and pray that your Yoshi is still out there and is in a happy healthy home if he can't be with you!! :hug:

omg... i was reading and had to go look at the pictures myself and i couldnt believe how much they look alike. i am sooo sorry that this wasnt your yoshi..,

prayers sent your way((hugs))

Mary, so sorry this did not work out. We'll continue the prayers for Yoshi and you. Hugs.

Mary I am so very sorry this wasn't Yoshi.:(
I can't even imagine what you have been through.
I will continue to keep you and Yoshi in my prayers.

I hope you are feeling better.

Rocco Micro Chip Update-New News!
 

I wanted to expand on this micro-ship issue for Rocco. I did have the Vet’s office like I said go over him from top to bottom to find any and all microchips that could have traveled or been duplicated etc. They just don’t match Yoshi.:(
Ironically the day that I had his visit I returned home and got a call from the original phone number associated with Rocco’s microchip. They had found a phone number and Rocco’s DOB listed in their archives and it went to a pet store about 30 miles from me. I called the pet store and apparently they only keep puppy numbers listed for 5 years and Rocco is 5.5 yrs. Old (not 3.5 as we thought) so they have no record because the owner never registered him.:thumbdown So he will still go to ytnr for adoption.

A side point to this thread since Mary was talking about Migraine headaches I had to share this. This whole last week I had a migraine for a whole week while dealing with this dog issue and I was miserable. Every morning I woke up with a pounding headache I wanted to pull the covers over my head and go back to bed!
A friend gave me a sample of a holographic “chip” for pain. She told me to peel it off (about the size of a dime) and place it on my upper neck. I was in so much pain I would have done anything at that point. Well within one half hour the headache subsided greatly it was just faintly there. :eek:
I went to bed with those “chips” for pain and one for rest/sleep and I was out like a light for 10 hrs. My husband said he has never seen me sleep so sound. Next morning Migraine gone and has been since Tuesday GONE…GONE…these things are a miracle!!:thumbup:
You can use these on Pets also. Rocco is getting neutering this Weds. So I am going to use a pain ”chip” on him to keep him discomfort at a minimum.:animal36
Foster Mommy to Rocco:animal37

Wow, where do you get these "chips"? are they Rx?

Oh Mary i just seen this thread I'm so sorry sweetie!! (((((((Hugs))))))) Prayers that you're feeling better real soon. We're all praying hard for Yoshi.