Justice for Yuki – Please Help Me Stop This Happening Again

I brought my baby Yuki home on Sunday just gone. I loved him instantly. From the moment he arrived, he was my whole world. I barely slept, constantly waking up to make sure he ate enough, drank enough and was ok. He wasn’t just a puppy — he was my baby.

Within 24 hours, his blood sugar dropped and he collapsed.

I rushed him to the emergency vets. They stabilised him but told me they weren’t sure what was causing it. I was also told that he looked much smaller than the age I had been told, and that he may have been taken from his mother far too soon.

I got Yuki back and we had one good night. Again I was up with him most the night making sure he was getting enough food and drink as I was worried it would repeated again.  The next morning he was playing  with my other dog and thought maybe we were going to be okay. 

Then he suddenly collapsed again.

I rushed him straight back to the vets. Again, his glucose had dropped dangerously low. A different vet, completely separate, said the same thing — that he appeared too young, that I may have been lied to about his age, and that they believed he was never fit to travel.

On Christmas Eve, Yuki was transferred to the critical care clinic. I was meant to pick him up on Christmas Day, but I was so worried I left him there. Thank God I did.

At 6pm, he took a really bad turn.

He stabilised again.

Then at midnight, I got the call to come immediately — because my baby was dying.

I will never forget what I walked into.

Yuki was on an oxygen mask. He had wires and equipment strapped to his tiny body. The vets were doing everything they could just to keep him alive long enough for me to say goodbye.

Despite one-to-one intensive care, repeated glucose drips, and constant monitoring, his body stopped absorbing glucose. His little body was failing. The vets explained this showed an underlying problem, something often seen in puppies taken from their mothers too young, poorly bred, or put through extreme stress like early transport.

They told me there was nothing more they could do.

That he would pass on his own.

I would have done anything to save him. Any amount of money. Any amount of time. I spent over £3,000 trying to keep him alive. I would have gone to any lengths for my baby.

But there was no way he was going to get better.

I had to make the most awful, heartbreaking decision of my life — to have Yuki euthanised so he would not suffer anymore. I could not watch him die in pain. Letting him go was the last act of love I could give him.

He died because his body was already failing.

Since losing him, I now have clear evidence that I was lied to. I even doubt yuki was the same healthy dog that I was shown in a FaceTime call. Again I have all the evidence of this. Multiple vets independently told me he was too young, never fit to travel, and that the information I was given about him was not true. The vet reports state he had an underlying condition — and this should never have happened.

This is not just about Yuki.

This is happening to other puppies.

Puppies are being sold too young. Taken from their mothers too early. Transported when their bodies cannot cope. When they collapse, families are left traumatised, heartbroken, and thousands of pounds out of pocket — and then blamed.

Yuki deserved better and I cannot imagine how many other puppy’s and humans have to go through this trauma and heartbreak.

Please sign this petition to help stop this from happening again. No more puppies should suffer like my baby did.

What happened to Yuki should never be possible.

Puppies are still being sold and transported too young, too fragile, and unfit to survive, with little independent oversight. When they collapse or die, families are left devastated — and accountability is rare.

This must change.

I am calling for:

Independent veterinary checks to verify a puppy’s true age and health before any sale or transport
Stricter enforcement of minimum age and travel laws, with real consequences for falsified documents
Automatic investigation when a puppy becomes critically ill or dies shortly after purchase
Legal protection for buyers who follow veterinary advice and act to prevent suffering
Recognition that puppies are lives, not products

If these safeguards had existed, my puppy might still be alive.

I feel like I should try my best to get this stopped or at least  do something about getting the rules tightened. has cut me so deeply watching my baby in pain and traumatised me beyond belief let alone what my poor Yuki went through he just did not deserve it and it cannot be aloud to happen!

Rest in peace, my beautiful Yuki. I loved you with my whole heart, and I always will. Sorry we didn’t have more time together but I hope that I showed you real love in our short time🐾