A man broke down in tears when he discovered a heartbreaking note hanging on the neck of an abandoned dog.
Lionel Vytialingam lives in Ipoh, Malaysia and he was returning to his car after shopping from a local grocery store.
He noticed a dog was walking on the road and no one was with the poor pooch. Lionel immediately sat in his car to follow the dog to offer her some help.
Lionel got teary-eyed with shock and disbelief after reading a note which was attached to her collar. He took to Facebook to share the story and wrote, “I acted without thinking yesterday, and I made decisions without deciding…”
“As I was getting groceries, I caught sight of a lone [little] dog running aimlessly in the middle of a big road, Jalan Canning Estate in Canning Garden, Ipoh.
Thank God it’s the MCO [Malaysia movement control order] and traffic wasn’t the usual. Still, car and bike horns were blaring at this aimless lost creature. I held my breath each time she swerved into them or they into her.”
“I got into my car, followed the little one a bit, then stopped by the roadside. Thank goodness she chose to walk towards me, away from the middle of the road. She had a soggy note folded up and tied around her neck. I tried not to move at all, to maybe gain her trust. She stood away for about 10 mins, watching my every pulse, it seemed, before she finally approached me from the back, sniffed, then walked round to face me. I asked her if I could look at her note.”
The note that was attached to the dog indicated that her owner has abandoned her and hoping for someone to take her with them.
It read, “Hi! My name is Siggy, and I’m the most loving and attentive doggy you’ll ever see! My master is very sorry he had to leave me here with you, but he just can’t look after me anymore. I’m very sorry about that, as I am sure he is too.
Please take me into your home. Please let me be a part of your family. Please love me.
I am a Goldendoodle, I’m 5 years old this year, and I have not been neutered. I am very nice, I haven’t bitten anyone, ever! I am a good guard dog who will sit in front of your door all day, and bark at anyone who comes to your gate. Until you tell me to stop. Or if I know the person very well. I can do some tricks too!
I hope you’ll accept me.
With love, and some woof,
Siggy.”
He read the note with the hope that it would have Siggy’s owner address but it told the different story.
“By this time she had formed the most intense, most pleading eye contact with me from under her matted fringe. I unhooked the note, opened it up and read it right there crouched by the roadside. There was hope, I thought, there’d be some owner’s contact or address, I thought.
But it was… sigh, a different sorta note. And I broke down in tears, one hand firmly grasping onto her sticky knots of fur,” Lionel continued in his Facebook post.
Without thinking twice, he decided to take Siggy with him. Lionel fed the dog and gave him a cozy bed to rest.
“I experienced all kinds of emotions, but very little foresight. Probably wasn’t a good sight for all the passing vehicles.
But inside of that moment of mental blankness, I decided. She was going to get into my car and off the road. Not because I knew what I was doing, or where to go, but because right then I knew I didn’t need to have all the answers before I took a step forward.
And so I brought her home. Fed and bathed her, dried her off, and put her to bed. She’s downstairs now in a cozy bed I made under a couch where she seems most comfortable, and I’m up here in my bed, about to feed her bread and honey and chunks of chewies in my dreams.
”
“I don’t know what matters lie ahead to decide, but I know, for now, I have a few more smiles to share when I wake tomorrow morning. The pictures I’ve posted are in sequence. You’ll see the folded note around her neck in the first pic and the full note in the second.”
Lionel also advised people to not adopt a pet if they are not ready for a full-on commitment. “If you have committed to your best ability (you’re certainly a kind soul), but for some reason, you have reached a point where you can’t anymore (it happens; we can’t predict these circumstances), PLEASE do not do not DO NOT abandon/leave/disown/un-own/’release’/’FREE’ your pets onto the streets.
Reach out and ask for help, and speak up if you’re desperate, use the internet if you can, call a friend, maybe,” he added.
Siggy will move to Lionel’s brother home forever after the lockdown ends. He said, “We’ve found this little girl a HOME! Yesterday’s tears and fears have brought me to squeals of joy today! My brother is taking her in after the MCO. Till then, she’s all mine!” the man writes excitedly.
People praised Lionel for his kindness and revealed the note broke their hearts too. We need more people like this man who makes us believe in humanity.
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