Try and set up a play date and become friendly with the owner. Maybe then she will listen and might consider rehoming the dog.

You go save him girl.This has gone way too far,I think alot of us here in the beginning did not know that he was sooo small with no food and water and also being left outside all day everyday.This is riddiculous.I personally don't know how the manager or maintenance doesn't already know the situation.This little guy needs help and you were the one chosen for the job.be carefuls as you don't know this person and she doesn't seem cooperative especially after the note.Its hard but someone has to stand up for the wonderful animals who can't do it themselves.you gave her a chance now its time to act.

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom
PLEASE SAVE THIS DOG IMMEDIATELY!

I'm a bit "inflamed" right now, so I'm going to try to control myself bc the most important thing is this little dog.

We've been talking about this POOR CREATURE for days now - SAVE HIM ALREADY. Why wait until Monday? He is helpless, alone, suffering, neglected, abused. What more needs to be "discussed"?

Peanut, you are a such a kind soul and I know you're trying to do this in the "right" way. In this situation, there is no clear "right" way - other than getting this helpless creature to safety. I implore you not to wait another minute. Save him now.

If a child was neglected, abused - there would be no discussion whatsoever: CPS or a relative or whoever would swoop in, rescue the child, get the child to safety, and THEN discuss if applicable (even discussing if/when child goes back to abusive home). PLEASE GO GET THIS CHILD, DARLIN'!

The manager can follow-up as planned and inform them the dog is being held in a safe place until the proper discussions have occurred. You don't know what these people will do if confronted AND the dog is still there - what if they just turn it out? What if they give it to a friend/relative who could care even less for it?

PLEASE GO GET HIM, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!

Supporting you 2000 percent,
Ann


I would have to agree
....I've been trying to get this accross for days ! I am here in Scotland, and if I had the air-fare I would do it myself, sorry.
What is the point of this upsetting thread continuing day after day with people saying "oh, that is terrible" and nothing is happening ?
All of you who live near should be asking yourselves why you are not offering to support this woman with your presence and GO AND GET HIM and not instead saying it should be done "the right way"....that's how the little one will end up in a worse situation or maybe even dead, through INACTION !
Sorry to be so blunt, but do-gooders are fine, but where is the one willing to go and help and actually put their heads above the parapit and save this doggie ?
DON'T TAKE THE CHANCE THAT IT'LL BE OK UNTIL THINGS ARE DONE THE RIGHT WAY.
Plenty of us are worrying about him, but we need to actually do something NOW !!!

Angry and Upset Debra:(

Take the puppy. If these people want their dog not to get taken by someone, or to run away, then maybe they shouldn't be leaving it outside. So I say, take it and give it to someone you know to take care of for a few days. Then see if they put up ads to get it back. If they do, then you can bring the dog back and say that some one else in the neighborhood thought they'd seen it and you checked it out and guess what? You found the dog for them. Then say something like, maybe you should keep the puppy inside, that way it won't get away again.

If they don't post flyers, then I'd keep it and see if you can find another home for it. Do you have any no-kill shelters in your area. If so, then take it there, or else ask around where you work and where you hang out and see if anyone would like to have it. Or post an ad in the paper describing the dog that you found and see if the owners come forward.

Basically taking it away and then offering the dog back in some way, is like a first warning for them to take care of their dog properly or lose it.

I know everyone here would be all for you "stealing" a yorkie in trouble. Just do it but be careful its better than seeing an animal be mistreated.

Is anyone close by willing to help. Someone who has been here for awhile & trusted. Maybe could meet her somewhere if she chose to go that route. What a tough situation to be in. I know you are losin sleep over that little one:( We all are.

Why can't the ASPCA come out and investigate themselves? If the dog is out there w/no suitable shelter or food and water they will take the matter very seriously and get the dog out of that situation.

I know this is really hard for you to have to see every day and must be wearing on your heart.

I hope you don't feel like everyone is pressuring you into being a thief. Just remember you are doing it for a good cause.

oh my goodness
 

Peanut - you are doing a great thing for this dog, and do it your way.

i know how everyone feels and how our hearts break for this poor poor yorkie. i mean yes it is a horrible situation for both parties (dog and peanut, not neighbors they deserve a bad situation). but we can't really be encouragin her to STEAL the dog, she could get charged for stealing by the neighbors (esp since she is the only backyard neighbor, she'd be their first suspect) or the neighbors could do horrible things to her OWN furbabies, which she is also responsible for looking out for too .... i mean everyone has heard of those stories how pple have poisoned or done bad things to other pples pets b/c they were getting back at them for something.

she is doing something, that's what counts ... and she is doing what is necessary for now ..... later if things can't be settle amicalbly (sp?) then she can decide if she will go on to more drastic measures. but we should be here for support and to help keep everyone (including furbabies) safe ...

but like i said before, its not her fault if the fence somehow gets knocked over and the yorkie comes to her willingly b/c she has a bag of treats with her. as long as she does not take the dog from their property it's not stealing. ;)

I agree and thank you Calmly.

People here seem to be jumping on the person who is trying to do the RIGHT THING THE RIGHT WAY. We just can't go snatch dogs simply because some idiot leaves them outside.

IF the dog was being physically abused it would be different but this is a situation that she needs to handle very carefully.

Knowing Peanut as I do - She's doing exactly what she needs to do. There are too many nuts in the world and how would everyone feel if she STOLE the dog only to have the owners come after her ??? :( :( I know how I'd feel if something ever happened to her and I trust her judgement completely....I know how she is with her dogs.

My first impression was to steal the dog and help it, but after the heat of anger disipate as I read the posts I believe that you should do it the right way. These people are ina position that they cannot place flyers becuase they obviously can't have the dog in the first place. Talk to your neighbor tell her that the fact she has chosen to neglect her dog is unexceptable. Give her options, 1 she can give the dog to a better home, 2 she could place the dog with you and you could find a better home, 3 you can call animal control and have the dog removed, 4 you could call her apartment manager and have her either evicted or have the dog be forced out that way.

She may slam the door in your face so I suggest you give her a letter that she can hang on to and think about after she calms down. This is for the benefit of the dog, he deserves to be treated better than this. I am sure if the woman has even a shred of commen sense she will realise this and make the right choice. I think this would be a more legal way of doing this. It keeps you out of trouble and it definately gives the woman a chance to correct the situation regardless of if she is mean or not.

Good luck and keep us posted on the progress of project save yorkie~:animal-pa

I'm just staggered everytime I read people recommending STEALING someone else's dog, on this board.

Peanut, you've been beyond concerned in this situation, and have followed the proper steps. Please don't feel pressured to break any laws.

My thoughts are with Peanut and with the little Yorkie. I hope whatever happens the doggy comes out ok. And I applaud Peanut for caring in the first place. Every dog with idiot owners, should have a gaurdian Angel like Peanut. It is a difficult situation, but at least the baby is getting food and water.

I keep reading about how everyone wants her to go and steal the dog. IMO, I think that is going to cause more problems in the long run. I wouldnt want to sit there and wonder if her neighbors seen her do it and retaliate. Or something even worse. She just can't go steal the dog, it's just not acceptable. She is at least going over and feeding it, and checking in on it all the time. Yes we all feel bad for this lil one, and know that Yorkies are not outside dogs. But she has to do this the right way.
I, myself, would want to go and steal this baby from it's non-caring owners, but there is a time when you have to decide what is right and what is wrong.
Sure we all think it's abuse, why wouldnt we? We all love our Yorkies and would do anything for em. But the law is the law. Plain and Simple!
I come home every day to check to see if there is any updates on this story. I sure hope it has a happy ending. At least for that babies sake.

Well some people may get mad but this reminds me of something I had to do a few years ago. My friends step-mom and dad had a litter of puppies, they were adorable. They were a mix and looked like Yorkies. They gave them away. They gave 1 away to a family across the street, they were a young couple with young kids and they named her Chloe. They were NEVER home, they left Chloe outside all the time (and it's summertime and they lived in town). Chloe was left outside with NO FENCE, unleashed, and never had a collar put on her. Everytime I pulled up this tiny little 5 lb dog would run across the street to greet me and I was sick. It was going to get ran over, and those people were NEVER home. So I told her family I was going to drive up one day and holler at her and take her home with me and take care of her. Her stepmom said if you don't I am about to take her somewhere else... So one day I just did it. Pulled up, she came running over as usual, and we jumped in the car and went to the farm. That was over 3 years ago, almost 4 actually. Guess what, the people didn't notice the dog was gone for 2 weeks, and all they did was ask my friends stepmom if they were having anymore because they couldn't find theirs!!! Thats all they did. Ask for another one.

Needless to say Chloe has been living on the farm since and she is SUCH a grandpa's girl! She loved the farm so much that when I moved out to go to college last year she stayed with my parents and my sister at home. She's the happiest when she is in the pasture chasing deer, protecting us from the cows that are gonna get us, chasing cats at my gramma's and grampa's, riding in the tractor, etc. She is 13 lbs of joy! We wouldn't know what to do without her!!!

Although she doesn't like it when Zoey and Bentley come torment her now on the weekends... haha

I've saved strays and everything else, I don't like to see any animal suffer. I'm just like my grampa they all say. So I would have to say, I would have taken the dog. I wouldn't leave a kid or an animal in a situation like that... They are helpless and can't care for themselves. I know it's something that an individual has to decide, but I totally back you up. The poor baby is mistreated. Someone has to step in, and I'd rather it be someone on here than a dog catcher or something. You never know where they are going.

Anyways here is Chloe now 4 years old... Our world!

1. Chloe's first Christmas
2. Chloe last weekend after chasing the deer in the pasture. It was funny! Man she can run!
3. Chloe sleeping with Bentley last year. Everyone thinks Chloe is Bentley and Zoey's momma...