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Daughter's 7-year-old dog returned after an accidental theft caused a fraudulent rescue, resulting in a roadside abandonment where the Yorkie’s true rescuer stepped in to finally bring the pup home

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    "I literally saw this little dog get abandoned today."
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    I literally saw this little dog get abandoned today. I was much further down the road when I saw a van stop open the door and put something out on the road. It then
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    drove off. I assumed it was trash, which was bad enough but as I got closer I could see it was this little dog. I stopped my car opened the door
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    whistled and the dog came and jumped in. I got it checked for a microchip which it didn't have and of course there was no collar.
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    I've taken it home much to my two cats dismay. I have no idea if its a puppy or if this is its full size. Not sure if I am going to keep it or find it a good home.
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    At the moment she can't seem to focus on anything but the cats. She weighs all of six pounds and both
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    cats are pretty much double her size. Any guesses on breed mix or possible name suggestions?
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    UPDATE: for those who asked. She is doing ok. Getting ready to head to bed so will see how that goes. The longer I spend with her the more
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    obvious it is she has been someone's pampered pet. She is both house and leash trained but she refused any type of dog food. Only thing I could get here to
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    eat was some chicken. Both she and then cats are currently coexisting but everyone is sleeping. I was just back on the local
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    lost dogs site and while there are some responses no one claiming to be the owner. Mostly its just people telling me they want her if I
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    don't. Would have been a piece of cake to re-home this dog. So the initial dump becomes even more questionable. I keep getting visions of a little old lady missing her companion.
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    Update: I believe I have found the owners. I am currently negotiating return. Will post full story once I know it.
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    Final update: I did find the owners. They were not the people who dumped the dog. The dog originally got out of their yard via a hole in the back fence. It
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    was provided by the new Beagle puppy the family has. She went missing in the early morning and was found by a neighbor. Who then
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    posted a picture of her in the town's chat page on Facebook. He unfortunately was too trusting and gave the dog to the first person that
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    claimed it. Which was not the owner. Meanwhile the owner posts pictures on the areas lost dogs page run by the County shelter.
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    This proceeds to cause an uproar across the towns Facebook pages. I think the people who took the dog either panicked or changed their mind when they found out
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    she was 7 years old and spayed so she couldn't be bred. Then they dumped her. I do not use Facebook and had contacted the shelter directly. They
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    contacted me this morning and put me in touch with owner. So the little girl was a 7 year old Yorkipoo named "Belle". The family have a 13 year old daughter and its really her dog. She
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    has had it since she was 6 and she was a crying mess last night. I suppose it was bad of me but I couldn't help but point out that if they had the dog chipped she would have
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    been home yesterday afternoon. I felt a lot of sympathy for the teenager having once lost a most beloved pet that was never found.
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    Anyway drama over kids ecstatic, Mom's relieved and Dad has some fencing work to do when he gets home from the deer lease. Oh, and my cats are celebrating. M

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