It's believed the pint sized puppy was put in the yard with three larger dogs, including two greyhounds and a golden retriever. Harley who was meant to go trick-or-treating dressed as a pumpkin on saturday night was found laying in the yard.

Photo by Margaret Milne

The owner, Margaret Milne spoke to Patriotledger.com saying it appeared that Harley had been left with the other dogs unattended for a short time.

While she says a dog as small as Harley should not have been allowed to romp with the larger dogs, she knows the day care center’s owner, Karen Powers “is distraught.” Milne said, “We don’t want vengeance. We liked her a lot. We know she didn’t do this on purpose, my God in heaven, but they were negligent.”

Margaret dosen't think she will ever get over the guilt of how Harley died. ''We loved him. I don’t know the right words to explain how much we loved him,” Milne said.

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