Tossed out with trash, Oreo finds new home
Oreo, the South Carolina shih tzu whose owner put him out with the trash, has a new home.
Kevin and C.J. Miller, of Greenville, adopted Oreo Friday at the Greenville County animal shelter.
Last month, sanitation workers found Oreo in a trash bin waiting to be picked up at the curb. They returned the dog to his owner and called animal control officers who, when they arrived, found he had been put in the trash again.
Oreo’s former owner, Nancy Smythe, 58, of Spartanburg, has been fined $470 for ill treatment of animals, and another $80 because Oreo was not vaccinated against rabies.
“I just couldn’t believe someone would throw a dog in the trash, much less a dog this sweet,” said Kevin Miller, who picked the dog up Friday.
The Millers have a shih tzu at home, named Bam Bam, and had another who, partially blind and battling cancer, had to be put down in December, according to the Spartanburg Herald Journal.
They had visited several shelters before hearing of Oreo’s story.
“When I saw his picture on the Internet, I thought that’s him — that’s the dog,” C.J. Miller said.
(Photo: Michael Justus / Spartanburg Herald Journal)
Posted by jwoestendiek March 5th, 2012 under Muttsblog.
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Comments
Comment from vida
Time March 5, 2012 at 7:27 pm
So glad he got a good home, he looks like a sweet dog. I hope he now knows nothing but happiness.
Comment from Bree Plude
Time March 5, 2012 at 7:08 pm
Such a sad yet inspiring story. Sad that people can still treat dogs like “trash.” And Insiring that the cutey was able to find a loving permanent home to thrive in.