There is one unifying theme that brings us together at Milo. We love our pets!
With the arrival of Spring, Milo Point Richmond is celebrating our lives with dogs. We have been in our new home for over a year and it is a wonderful place! Indoors and out, Milo dogs prepare to take on the world through a partnership with their adopters!
Milo Point Richmond has great outdoor space and we continue to make improvements to our indoor space. Adopters can spend time in one of our three dog yards, letting the pack get to know a potential new family member off-leash. Milo is all about letting dogs be dogs; letting them co-mingle as much as possible, to romp and play. We encourage off-leash activities for dogs whenever appropriate.
Small children and their parents walk our Chihuahuas, small Terriers and Poodle-mixes, while adults take large dogs to our Milo Dog Park to romp and play ball. Our colorful, historic town of Point Richmond is welcoming, and Miller Knox Regional Park and trails provide a great place for longer adventures with the dogs. We host a “Cuddle Club” on Wednesdays at 2pm, an hour of lap time nurturing dogs and pups, which brings in older adults and children. There is always a dog to love at Milo!
At Milo we have a diverse group; many types of dogs and a lovely diverse group of wonderful volunteers and adopters who come every day to enjoy the company of dogs (and cats!).
Milo volunteers, like our dogs, come in every age group and from hugely varied backgrounds, and all are welcome. It’s very exciting to be located in Richmond, which is an easily accessible, central location for Bay Area residents. New volunteers join our corps among Chevron employees and interns, Point Richmond neighbors, folks from El Cerrito, Albany, Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and other East Bay neighborhoods. It’s been wonderful to see our devoted friends from Marin County realize how quickly and easily they can hop over the bridge and arrive at Milo. They all come because they love the dogs, and they enjoy being part of a community steeped in this love.
Some of us can’t imagine a life without dogs. We aren’t bothered by clothes with constant bits of fur, the paw prints, the ripped up toys, the missing slippers, the noise and clamor, the excitement and joy of life among dogs. For most of us, to be without a dog or a pack would be quite sad, an incomplete state of being.
One recent rescue story from Milo is of two Poodle-mix females, Maven and Mattie, who were rescued from a backyard breeding situation in Modesto. Maven seemed relatively well cared for and social, while Mattie was one solid clump of messy, matted fur, and more shy. Both had been bred. We believe Maven is Mattie’s mother and is perhaps the dog kept in decent shape to show as the mom of whatever litter of puppies they had – “the front dog.” Where they lived was a trash strewn muddy hole behind an apartment building with other dogs on chains, even Chihuahuas on chains! We were glad to get Maven and Mattie out of there and back to Milo.
Milo staff and volunteers spent hours with scissors freeing Mattie from the mats that bound her. Though still ducking under Maven for protection, Mattie was soon sharing space on the laps of children and enjoying walks and cuddle time, emerging from her shell and becoming more secure. We were thrilled to see her tail wagging. And soon, like Maven, she was adopted.
If you’ve not been to Milo’s new home in Point Richmond, come by and see what over 20 years of dog loving goodness means for all kinds of dog breeds and mixes who would have otherwise faced euthanasia in California shelters. One by one we’ve rescued more than 25,000 pets. And until there is a place for every dog to call home, the Milo Sanctuary and Milo Point Richmond will be here at the end of the Richmond Bridge.
Lynne Tingle is the Founder and Director of The Milo Foundation. Lynne started Milo in 1994 at the 283 acre Sanctuary in Mendocino County which provides animals the time and space to lead quality lives while awaiting forever families. Lynne lives in Pt. Richmond with her partner and their pack of dogs and one fine cat. Lynne loves helping match people with their dogs and can be found at Milo Point Richmond most any afternoon.
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