The lady who found the Min Pin didn't have the money to get him vet treatment. He was alert and eating but couldn't get up on his back legs and couldn't control his bowels. She called Tehachapi Humane Society for help, then called STOP. Her friend found us on the internet. I immediately put out calls to 3 other board members for an opinion of what to do. We all agreed to try to help the Min Pin as best we could, to at least get him X-rays. If he required expensive surgery, we would have to go to another plan since we don't have the funds. One of our members contacted the Tehachapi Humane Society for help within their Community Assistance program but the program rules don't allow helping a stray. So, I met the woman who found the dog at the vet's office, had it examined and X-rayed and it was determined that he had a severed spine and no bowel control. Dr. Anderson felt the dog was suffering and should be put down. And so now he has crossed the Rainbow Bridge.

The owners of this nice little dog didn't have a name tag on him and didn't have him micro-chipped. This was a pure bred dog and as nice as he could be. What a terrible shame that his owners couldn't have been more responsible.

Poor little thing.  That is a very unfortunate ending, but thankfully he isn't suffering any more.  If only he'd had an ID tag and/or microchip, we could have contacting his owners.  Thank you to all involved for doing what they could to help.