Esther Salmon only has pictures left of her dog Millie.
The Rio Grande City woman showed Action 4 News pictures of Millie riding on a scooter, dressed in a shirt, and catching some zzzz’s.
These are all memories that she keeps close to her heart.
Salmon said they’re the only thing she is left with after Millie was euthanized a few days ago.
"This dog means the world to me,” said Salmon. “I raised her from the hour she was born--I nourished her."
Animal control picked up Mille and brought her straight to a veterinarian clinic—this because there is no kennel to keep dogs in Rio Grande City
"We are working on building a shelter,” said Rio Grande City Manager Juan Zuniga. “We hope to have a kennel constructed in the next few and stop things like this from happening again."
Salmon said she was not even aware that there was a city ordinance, concerning a leash law, until she went to city hall and complained about what happened to her dog.
She said that is when they gave her a handbook that outlines the year-old ordinance.
Zuniga said he feels bad for what happened and that the situation could have been handled differently.
"I talked to the officer and the dog didn't have tags,” Zuniga said. “She was well groomed and had a collar---we should've knocked on few more doors."
Salmon said her dog always wore tags and it was just poor judgment on the city’s part to euthanize Millie.
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