View Full Version : THE VIDEO IS DONE!! Our Hero Miakoda
milos_mommy
10-02-2007, 05:49 PM
finally finished it. I hope everyone enjoys it.
Do NOT Crosspost. The pictures of Mia and Cole have not been okayed to crosspost by Miakoda.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuEVZhX5LtM
Buddy'sParents
10-02-2007, 06:05 PM
That was truly beautiful.
AgilityPup
10-02-2007, 06:15 PM
Great vid, had me in tears the whole time - RIP Sweet, Breave, Mia! We miss ya girl, as do your people!
~Tucker&Me~
10-02-2007, 06:24 PM
Lovely.
~Tucker
Laurelin
10-02-2007, 06:25 PM
Ahhh... youtube won't work on my computer right now! :(
~Jessie~
10-02-2007, 06:26 PM
Great job. It was wonderful :)
Tankstar
10-02-2007, 06:30 PM
What a beutiful tribute to a great sounding dog. Had me in tears.
Red_ACD_for_me
10-02-2007, 06:34 PM
That was beautiful :hail: !! I only wish I would have seen the thread to of been apart of such a beautiful tribute :(
Laurelin
10-02-2007, 06:37 PM
That was beautiful. It made me cry.
lilprairiemutt
10-02-2007, 06:37 PM
That was so beautiful. I cried the whole time I watched it. Such a wonderful tribute to a wonderful dog.
Baxter'smybaby
10-02-2007, 06:44 PM
:( it doesn't work for me....:(
jess2416
10-02-2007, 06:46 PM
That was just beautiful...
Bax, I had to refresh the page a few times before it finally worked for me
Maxy24
10-02-2007, 06:47 PM
That was beautiful, Good Job!
shadowfacedanes
10-02-2007, 06:48 PM
I'm bawling my eyes out. It was a very fitting tribute to a very special dog.
:(
PWCorgi
10-02-2007, 06:50 PM
*wipes tears*
Absolutely beautiful!
Baxter'smybaby
10-02-2007, 06:55 PM
yeah I got it to work--turned out great!
Fruit bat
10-02-2007, 06:59 PM
you did a great job, very nicely done.
ACooper
10-02-2007, 07:01 PM
That was so very beautiful Milo........I have a wet face and blury eyes.
verderben
10-02-2007, 07:08 PM
That made me cry :(
Gamedogs
10-02-2007, 08:06 PM
If that don't bring tears to your eyes nothing will... very good video, Thank you for your time making it.
We all need to fight for leash laws in our community because of things like this :(
*Danm allergies* Very nice tribute.
Toller_08
10-02-2007, 08:44 PM
That was beautiful. You did a great job!
SummerRiot
10-02-2007, 08:53 PM
I have tears down my face.. absolutely fabulous.
LuvinBullies
10-02-2007, 08:53 PM
Absolutely beautiful. I'm speechless.
drmom777
10-02-2007, 09:06 PM
That was beautifully done.
Xerxes
10-02-2007, 10:00 PM
Very well done. Very well done.
Alisha2324
10-02-2007, 10:06 PM
Very beautiful. Very nice job!
savethebulliedbreeds
10-02-2007, 10:09 PM
I watched the video 5 times now and bawled through them all.
What an amazing job you have done!
noludoru
10-02-2007, 10:14 PM
It's a good thing I have a keyboard, because my throat has closed up enough now that I can't talk... a beautiful, wonderful tribute that you all made.. we are blessed to br able to see it.
goldiefur
10-02-2007, 10:19 PM
Well done video. Very sad situation.:(
SisMorphine
10-02-2007, 10:19 PM
That was beautiful :hail: !! I only wish I would have seen the thread to of been apart of such a beautiful tribute :(
Agreed on all counts.
I'm sobbing. What a fantastic tribute.
Momof2Pups
10-02-2007, 11:15 PM
Beautiful video. http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/images/smilies/touched.gif It made me cry. A lot. Thanks for making it.
showpug
10-02-2007, 11:29 PM
The care and time you took really shows. Nicely done and very touching!
smkie
10-02-2007, 11:31 PM
WEll Done. A proper tribute for Mia.
mrose_s
10-02-2007, 11:32 PM
I was in tears in the first 15 seconds. Great tribute
Oh gosh that was such a beautiful tribute *sniff*. You did a brilliant job in making it, thankyou :).
milos_mommy
10-03-2007, 01:25 PM
Thanks for everyone's replies.
My mom saw it. Every time a new doggy picture came up she went "AWWWWW". And i told her about Mia and everything and when she saw Ripken she was like " OMG THATS THE PUPPY?!?!?"
I see everyone's pictures every day, so sometimes i forget how astonishingly cute Chazzers are.
Melissa_W
10-03-2007, 01:41 PM
omg, that made me cry... you did a great job.
Renee750il
10-03-2007, 01:58 PM
Wow. Just Wow.
Barb04
10-03-2007, 08:54 PM
Mia will live on forever in each of our hearts for the bravery and love she gave to her family. A beautiful tribute!
Abso-tively wonderful job!
TopShelfPets
10-04-2007, 10:38 AM
my next dog will be a pit bull, because of this video.
InLimbo87
10-04-2007, 01:33 PM
What a beautiful video. Very well done
Lizmo
10-04-2007, 09:03 PM
Wonderful Video, Milo. Truely wonderful.
Amstaffer
10-05-2007, 08:07 AM
Nice job, brought tears to my eyes......
Boemy
10-05-2007, 08:20 AM
What a sad, beautiful video . . . *wipes tears*
Muttlies3
10-05-2007, 12:22 PM
I am not here on Chaz as often as I should be, so I don't know Miakoda or Miakoda's family. However, after watching this video I am in complete tears. Tears of sorrow and tears of hate for idiots like the one who took this beautiful dog's life away.
A beautiful dog, a beautiful creature... a true epitome of the breed.
nancy2394
10-05-2007, 12:39 PM
That was truly heartfelt and beautiful. I wanted so much to be part of this tribute, wished my camera was cooperative. But that's okay... you guys did such a wonderful job. I cried the whole way through it. So, sad.. and senseless. R.I.P Miakoda.... you will be missed!
LoveMyKees
10-08-2007, 07:48 PM
Cried my eyes out. What an excellent tribute to such a great hero. Well done, Milo.
otch1
10-10-2007, 12:51 AM
What a wonderful tribute. Chaz is truly a special group of people with very special dogs.
Shadow101
10-10-2007, 07:10 PM
I am not here on Chaz as often as I should be, so I don't know Miakoda or Miakoda's family. However, after watching this video I am in complete tears. Tears of sorrow and tears of hate for idiots like the one who took this beautiful dog's life away.
A beautiful dog, a beautiful creature... a true epitome of the breed.
I am the same. I LOVE pitbulls. I hope that I will own one someday and that one of the most beatiful things I have ever seen. I hope,I know your son will grow up strong because of this.Even though he is gone, he went as good as could.he went out with a BANG!
stevinski
10-11-2007, 03:55 PM
that was absolutely amazing!!!
had me in bits the whole time!
Punkygirl0101
10-11-2007, 07:21 PM
Bawling my eyes out.
FourIsCompany
10-12-2007, 02:30 PM
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/CaraMia_photo_album/Clipart/redrose.jpg
RIP Sweet, brave Mia... :(
Spirit2010
10-19-2007, 03:36 PM
That was gorgeous.
HarleyD
10-21-2007, 12:03 AM
That was a great tribute. I saw something about it on another thread and they mentioned that the person was on chazhound as well.
I hope the man that shot her ends up in jail (if he isn't already). What he did was totally wrong. He shouldn't have let his dog get out in the first place and he shouldn't have taken so long to come out and, most importantly, he shouldn't have shot Mia!!! A leash on his dog would have ended it all. Between the emotional loss, physical anguish and your physical loss of Mia that man should be gone a long time.
RIP MIAKODA
LuvinBullies
10-24-2007, 09:01 PM
That was a great tribute. I saw something about it on another thread and they mentioned that the person was on chazhound as well.
I hope the man that shot her ends up in jail (if he isn't already). What he did was totally wrong. He shouldn't have let his dog get out in the first place and he shouldn't have taken so long to come out and, most importantly, he shouldn't have shot Mia!!! A leash on his dog would have ended it all. Between the emotional loss, physical anguish and your physical loss of Mia that man should be gone a long time.
RIP MIAKODA
I spoke with Mia today and she still has not brought herself to watch it, but she will and wants everyone to know how thankful she is. She is very very appreciative, she just hasn't been online much at all since it happened.
Renee750il
10-24-2007, 10:02 PM
You tell Mia to take the time she needs. The video will still be here - and we will always be here for her.
Give her my love.
MisssAshby
10-26-2007, 01:08 AM
You did an amazing job on the video. Things like this make me so sick....
Miakoda
10-26-2007, 11:37 AM
Wow. I'm truly speechless. Thank you so very, very much for the video. It brought tears to my eyes and to my heart, but yet a smile as well.
I haven't been on the internet in over a month, so this is my first time to see the video and read all the comments (for which my entire family is appreciative). Since the incident, it's like a part of me died. My priorities have changed and I have since left the internet scene for the most part and have begun my fight where it truly counts: on my street, in my city, in my parish, and in my state. The outpouring of support has been truly amazing. Through another website, I have come in contact with an AmStaff owner who lives quite near me and together we are fighting. I am in the final stages of getting my "book" of letters together for review, and then we will be making numerous copies and delivering them to those who need and want them. If we can change just one mind, then we've accomplished our goal.
I miss Mia every day that goes by. My brothers have her siblings out of that litter and it pains me when I see those other dogs. For they all share similar temperamental characteristics (total clowns) and I'm reminded that she's gone. I initially took her kennel down, but I have since put it back up. Her bowls are in there and her collar lies in my trunk of memories. There are days where it still seems surreal and I expect to see her in the backyard, but I don't. I miss her zoomies that made Cole laugh so hard at times he would fall over sideways. I miss her curling up on my pillow for her head had to be by yours when in the bed. I miss her intensity and excitement when she was out hunting. I miss everything about her. But through her death, something happened that I truly never thought possible: people of all walks of life, including those who have never owned, do not own, and never intend to own a "pit bull", have come together to fight for justice not just for Mia but for ALL "pit bulls", ALL "pit bull" owners, and ALL other dog owners who obey the laws only to be the ones punished in some way or form. And because of this, Mia's life was not ended in vain. The fight did not end with her death........it began.
The man who shot her has had his initial court hearing (back in late September), and is awaiting another court date for sentencing. There was good news and bad news in the initial hearing. The bad news is that the animal cruelty charge was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor due to the "circumstances" involving the shooting. However, there was a chance that all charges would be thrown out if his lies were believed, but a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge and a firearms charge stuck. It's true that he will not see jail time (or highly unlikely), but the fines will hurt him deeply if found guilty. Not to mention that we are now pushing for a "donation" to a 'pit bull' rescue on his behalf.
We filed a civil lawsuit against him within the two weeks following the incident. That has yet to come to anything.
His lab was indeed euthanized, but a phone call from a neighbor last Thursday revealed that they have since obtained a boxer puppy. I don't even know what to think here.
We are still hoping to move after the new year (homes just aren't selling right now). I love where I live, but I need to get away. My husband took a new job that might relocate us out of the parish, which would be a good thing.
I'll admit that for a month or so after the shooting, I had little interest in my remaining dogs. And I then felt so guilty for ignoring them that I became even more depressed. But as life does, it goes on and I have since become active with the dogs once more. We have resumed our walks up and down the street (although I still cringe whenever passing by the house where it all took place), but I refuse to banished to my home. We weren't the guilty ones.
I know I've been rambling a bit, but I wanted to let you all know how much all the prayers, thoughts, and support mean to myself and my entire family and to the entire 'pit bull' community. Words cannot and do not express my gratitude. Thank you.
Renee750il
10-26-2007, 12:32 PM
Civil suits take forever, Mia . . . but just remember it is making his life miserable and keeping him on edge as long as it is hanging over him.
We are with you . . . and will never forget Mia. I have told her story countless times already myself.
goldiefur
10-26-2007, 02:04 PM
You are an extremely brave person I can't even begin to imagine what you and your family are going through. I will keep you in my prayers and if you need me to do anything (I live in Louisiana) like write letters or what not let me know. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!! Your baby is ADORABLE!!!
heartdogs
10-27-2007, 06:27 PM
What a wonderful tribute to a truly heroic dog.
Time_To_Remember
11-02-2007, 07:10 PM
this video was so amazing, i spent the entire time watching it in tears!! some people, i dont understand how they can judge something so quickly without actually taking the few moments to know them... truely and amazing dog!!
shawnawhitewolf
12-23-2007, 06:53 PM
Great vid, had me in tears the whole time - RIP sorry fore youre loss
Cheza
12-24-2007, 02:50 AM
Wow that was great, I cried through nearly the whole thing...
I regret to say I had no idea any of this had happened and I wish I could have contributed more.
My heart goes out to you, I'm so sorry for your loss :(
Khalid
01-22-2008, 09:02 PM
Really nice video....cute pups...
Dakotah
06-18-2008, 10:02 PM
I know I might to late on this thread but I just got around to watching that video.
That video left me in tears.
R.I.P Mia... you will be missed.