Miyo

Hi! My name is now Miyo but you may know me by my shelter name, Molly. I’m a 7 year old female black and tan Shiba Inu. I was picked up as a stray in North Carolina and taken to the shelter. I was so incredibly scared and I panted and shivered the whole time I was in the shelter. I have a bad leg injury that happened years ago and since improved, but the shelter knew I’ll need a doctor to look me over and make sure I get the treatment to heal. While I waited for rescue to find me, I lived in a cage with another dog. What no one knew was that I was pregnant. I waited a week until the day my kennel mate got adopted, and that very night I finally felt that I could safely give birth to my baby. I gave birth to her all alone in the middle of the night. I was scared and the sounds of so many other desperate dogs crying for their freedom weighed heavy on my heart. But I had the cage to myself and my baby’s health. I cleaned her and tried to warm her from the cold concrete floor. I did real good because she is here with me and she is alive.

DC SIR reached out to the shelter and were surprised to find out I had a baby. They worked with the shelter people to get me out very fast. They asked people on social media to help drive me to my foster home in the DC area. When the transport came for me I shook so bad and got so scared I soiled myself. I thought that this would be the end and my baby would be taken from me. But instead I found myself on soft comfy blankets in a warm car. The quiet was so beautiful to me that I soon fell asleep with my baby safely curled up under my protection. I woke up to find my transport people telling me how pretty I am and they gave me such delicious treats I could hardly contain my joy. I know I need to see doctors and may need more help but for now I’m happy to know I am safe and my baby is safe. I wish all the dogs I left behind in that shelter could be so lucky.

DC SIR will update if she can go to a home with dogs/cats/children here.