I don't find this at all amusing. For those who don't like Pomeranians...the next time this happened it could have been a lab or a setter. I fail to see the slightest bit of humor in this.
I dont think people (like me) are laughing at the storys sad line, but at the fact we are talking about a funny looking little creature.
If Yoda had hair and walked on all fours...
I am with you. Even though this isn't a "real" dog according to some, this was someone's pet. The worst part of it is they don't know what happened to it. Was it sold to a lab? Fed to a snake? Turned loose to fend for itself when it soiled the floor? Used as bait to train fighting dogs? Just abused by a sicko before being killed? The possibilities are huge, and, by the words of some of the folks on this thread, widely shared and considered entertaining.