Wilys accident

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  • ok, I was crying when I watched that. I am so happy that Wily is doing so well.


  • OMG! That video is amazing! Wily is such an amazing dog to go through so much and be such a trooper. I wish you the best of luck! He is an amazing little dog and has come so far! Thats awesome!


  • Im sooooo sorry :( this is heart breaking. Your in our thoughts and hearts :)

    lauren and kiro


  • how amazing that he is doing so well…. WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!! for Wily and his wonderful humans....


  • Wow what an amazing story. Have just read this thread and followed Wilys progress through it. I am so pleased he is making such wonderful progress, you must have worked so hard with him.
    The care centre sounds fantastic, don't think we have anything like that in England.

  • Houston

    I read it too. Amazing progress, and great story on CBS. I can not believe poor Wily had to go through that, great humans in his life..


  • I also just read this thread and seen the story. What a love your Wilys is you all are one of the best for finding the care and never never giving up. i hope Wilys is still doing so great.

    Rita Jean


  • We haven't heard from Wilysmom for quite a while. I hope the family is doing well.


  • What a sad, sad thing to happen - we will keep Wily in our prayers, and you too.


  • Awsome that Wily Has done so well with the rehab center…wish there were more around the country. That said, did anything ever come of the irresponsible sitter?? Other than a bad rep. here on the forums??


  • Awesome video~ you're a great mommy to help him recover so well!!


  • hi all,
    i just saw all these lovely msgs. thank you so much for the support! wily is doing GREAT. he goes to the park 2-3 times a wk now and is happy as ever. he's not 100% - no jumping or walking stairs, but he can really get running when he wants to chase something. he used to fishtail out when he would try to stop running - he's getting better control over that. he's still wobbly, but it's just part of his charm now i guess.

    most important thing is that he's happy and surrounded by lots of love from family and friends. we have a great basenji group that meets at the park every saturday morning. it's AWESOME. we had 10 kids there yesterday. soooo great.

    as for Dallas, the bad dogwalker, he has lost most of his business, but unfortunately still has a few clients. i'm really surprised by this b/c they know the story and still choose to stay with him. we never sued b/c it would've just caused us more stress and we chose to really focus all of our energy on getting wily better. so.. it is what it is. and i've made sure to get pet insurance.

    all for now. thanks everyone again! wily thanks you too…
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  • Very nice pics, Wilysmom. Thanks for the update. You probably made the right decision re: the dogwalker. Court, lawyers etc. are no fun and do take up a lot of time that is better spent on more important things, as you have chosen. And the reward would probably have been minimal. I think it is nuts that there are still folks willing to allow him to take care of their furbabies after knowing what happened. There's no accounting for some people's standards.

  • Houston

    Awesome news about Wily. I am glad he is alright and being able to be a basenji again, i.e running..
    I agree with BART on Dallas, the cr–-y dogwalker, he will get his when the time comes..no point wasting positive energy on him.


  • Just made my day (and I've had a bad weekend) to hear how well Wily is doing. Hope he continues to improve.


  • Very nice pictures thank you and your right about love it goes a long ways. I am so very happy for all of you.

    As far as dog walker his day as they say will come, (hope). Sorry I know that's not nice to say but what he did was not either.

    Rita Jean


  • @WilysMom:


    as for Dallas, the bad dogwalker, he has lost most of his business, but unfortunately still has a few clients. i'm really surprised by this b/c they know the story and still choose to stay with him. we never sued b/c it would've just caused us more stress and we chose to really focus all of our energy on getting wily better. so.. it is what it is. and i've made sure to get pet insurance....

    Glad Wily is doing fine! :D:):D:)

    As for dallas - does his dog walking business have a licensed? or is certified? or is listed in the Better Business Bureau?

    A suggestion would be to leave a feedback to those places so that other/future/potential folks looking for dog walkers are warned of this person. Just my $0.02.

    Keep posting more pics of Wily! Love pics!

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