Milo's silver lining

February 26, 2013 05:41 pm | Updated 06:14 pm IST

Sophie is three year old Indian female dog who went missing from AD Block, Annanagar on Sunday. She was wearing a red collar as seen in the picture along with a corporation license token around her neck. If you find her, please call 9176395035.

Sophie is three year old Indian female dog who went missing from AD Block, Annanagar on Sunday. She was wearing a red collar as seen in the picture along with a corporation license token around her neck. If you find her, please call 9176395035.

When Sanjuktha Ramachandran heard about an injured pup in Kodambakkam, she contemplated ringing up an animal shelter for help, as she already had a house full of rescued pets and was unable to find a temporary home in her friend circle. But when she saw the handsome four-month-old mongrel whose paw was crushed by a speeding motorbike, she rushed him to a vet for vaccinations and treatment. “Someone had tried to help, and had bandaged his paw with a sock,” she says. “He was nearly unconscious with pain.”

In just five days, the mongrel — now named Milo — went from whimpering puppy to vocal brat. Sanjuktha marvels at his spirit and intelligence, and observes that his loyalty kicked in from day one. “Within a day, he had learnt the routines in our house — he learnt from the other dogs when to bark and alert us about strangers and when it’s feeding time,” she says.

While Sanjuktha busied herself with the task of finding her latest rescue a good home, Milo perfected a manipulative head tilt that he used whenever he was being photographed.

He attended Chennai Adoption Drive’s monthly event where a family that had other rescued pets fell in love with the feisty pup and decided to add him to their furry family. “Milo’s going to Muthukadu where there are four other Indian dogs in their farmhouse,” says a delighted Sanjuktha. “And they’ve all been spayed and neutered.”

For her, Milo is the latest in a string of perfect endings, and she reveals it all began with an abandoned Indian dog she adopted years ago. “I knew he used to be someone’s pet as he had absolutely no road sense,” she says. She took Jackie in from the rain and gave him a home, and since then, there has been no looking back.

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