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Milo - My Guardian Angel
Milo
- 3/10/2009

I'll never forget the day I purchased Milo, I had bought him as a surprise for my wife and a companion to our toy poodle Bailey. I told my wife to meet me at the groomers to pick up Bailey after work. It was actually a surprise I was having Milo groomed to look nice for his new mommy. When she arrived at the groomer I said well there he is and she looked at Milo (Also a toy poodle) and said You had bailey dyed white! . From that day on we forged a bond with Milo stronger than any other dog I ever had. Bailey developed a deep emotional problem with Milo and my wife so unfortunately we had find a home with only one owner and no other pets for him. It was either him or Milo and Milo hadn't done anything wrong, he was on all accounts the perfect dog.

As I said he was a present for my wife, but for some reason he attached to me and I got really attached to him. For six years we were unseparable, he would even sleep with his head right on my pillow next to mine. If I was at home, Milo was in my lap or following me wherever I went. He was unbelievably good. We barely had to train him, he potty trained really fast and he was good with everyone he met he just loved people. For a small dog he was courageous too.

A few years later we adopted a standard poodle (female). One day they were in the yard playing after dinner while my wife and I were watching T.V and we heard a loud cry. We ran to the back door and a male rottweiler had gotten off his leash and jumped our fence and was chasing our standard. Milo drew his attention away from her to let her get away but wasn't fast enough to get away the the Rottweiler nearly took his hind leg off. After the surgery on his leg he was never as fast or mobile as he used to be, he developed early arthritis and hard a hard time jumping on the bed or couch but he still had the same overly loving and attentive personality. As long as you loved him, he gave himself up to you.

He was the closest friend I had in the past 6 years, I told him anything and everything and he would never criticize or talk back. He would just listen and then give you a big kiss to tell you everything was ok.

Milo was there while I served in the Air Force moving with us from State to State. He was there each time we adopted a new dog that was never as good as him. He was there when my son now 3 was born and never became jealous and loved him just the same. Now we have a void in our famiy that will be impossible to ever match.

Milo was taken just one month after his 6th birthday, way too early. We came home one night calling to him and usually he would have already been at the door waiting for me when he heard our car, but tonight was difference. We went upstairs to see if he was sleeping on our bed but there was vomit and diarrhea everywhere on the floor. I thought maybe he got sick and knew he was in trouble for going in the house. When he knows he's in trouble for something he hides under the bed. So I went to my side of the bed and sure enough saw his little tail sticking out from under. I went to grab him and knew immediately. He was stiff, cold and his tail wasnt moving. I was breathless... I couldnt speak, our family pet was gone. Milo had gotten into the trash that day and eaten something that killed him. We're not sure if it was chocolate or something that had chemicals on it.

We found this site because Milo deserved a proper goodbye as any family member of ours. He gave us his entire life to serving our family. I can't say enough about our local pet passages Harris Funeral home in Irondequoit, NY. They met us in the parking lot as we carried him in. They prepared him in their viewing room for his funeral so that family could say goodbye to him. They treated him like they would have any family member with great dignity.

We chose to have Milo cremated and will be keeping his ashes to keep him close to us. We will never forget him.