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06-28-2009, 04:34 PM | #1 |
www.yorkierescue.com Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Las Vegas & Orange County
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| Won a Yorkie through a raffle???? One of my customers told me they got a yorkie. "Actually we won her" she said. Whaaat???? Apparently they went to a community summer fair/festival thing and they had a yorkie there on raffle! Her son wanted one so bad b/c he loves Uni so he bought 11 $1 tickets, so he could have actually won her for $1. I am so holding my tongue, and asked her a few more questions, but didn't want to act like a total psycho b/c she is a lovely person and her kids are totally nice and sweet. She said a local pet store donated the pup, but it was basically advertising for them. I have heard of this pet store. They are down the street from me. I had another of my customers who got a daschund (sp?) well weiner dog there, and it ended up with kennel cough. The store owner paid for the vet bills, from what my customer told me. Everyone keeps talking about this place, asks if I have been there. No of course not, b/c pet stores are bad, but since I have not actually been inside I don't know if it is clean or what. Anyway, they brought the pup in to meet Uni, but after I found out how they got her I was kind of like uuuhhh, should you be bringing her in here? I don't even think she's had all her shots yet. She looks ok, playful, looks like a full yorkie, but who knows? Should I have said something to them??? Also I had read in the breeder forum about a breeder who seems "iffy" at best who also raffled off a yorkie (this was an old thread but still up at the top pretty much). the thought of raffling off a dog makes me very uneasy to say the least.
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06-28-2009, 04:39 PM | #2 |
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| Crazy!! At least it went to a nice person. What do you do for your business?
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06-28-2009, 04:45 PM | #3 | |
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06-28-2009, 05:04 PM | #4 |
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| What up with the FREE Yorkies lately... |
06-28-2009, 05:17 PM | #5 |
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| This is horrible but really nothing would surprise me at this point I had also heard that a very large charity had also wanted to do this with a donated puppy from Petland. It was stopped after protests were started. I remember years ago winning goldfish when you tossed a ping pong ball into its bowl at caravels they don't even do that any longer. But raffling off a puppy should be against the law!
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06-28-2009, 06:14 PM | #6 |
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| I own a little boutique. Uni is there with me everyday. She's totally famous around here. So far there are three families that I know of that have gotten yorkies b/c of Uni. One from her same breeder, one which is the raffle one, and the last one I don't know from where.
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06-28-2009, 06:17 PM | #7 |
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| I really hope the pup is ok. There's lots of people that have gotten pups from pet stores and turned out ok, so hopefully this one will too.
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06-28-2009, 08:47 PM | #8 |
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| That sounds like so much fun!! I would love to own a huge ranch, fully fenced in and all grass. Maybe 5-6 acres. With a vet clinic (I'd be the vet), a pet store (with all the best stuff and healthy foods/treats/etc), and an animal rescue . Hahaha one can dream!
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06-29-2009, 12:11 AM | #9 |
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| 5-6 acres definitely won't get you a huge ranch but it will be enough rooom to put a nice clinic with yard and maybe a store... you sound ambitious! Go for it!
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06-29-2009, 12:19 AM | #10 |
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| I hope so too
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06-29-2009, 12:20 AM | #11 | |
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06-29-2009, 02:12 AM | #12 | |
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06-29-2009, 03:16 AM | #13 | |
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I just can't stop thinking about that poor puppy. It is so sad, born in a puppymill, then raffled off by a petshop at a fair. What a sad set of circumstances to be set into motion all for greed Well Capt Noonie~maybe since your little guy is so popular you can keep tabs on the little guy and if anything goes wrong you will be there to help out/offer advice. Please keep us posted if you hear any news about the pup. I believe some things happen for a reason and maybe you and Uni can be a guardian angel for the little guy
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06-29-2009, 03:38 AM | #14 |
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| A few months back, I had a litter of puppies advertised in our local paper and I actually got a call from someone who wanted me to donate one of my pups for a raffle to raise money for a charitable org. She seemed surprised when I told her I thought raffling off a live animal was a terrible idea. I tried to explain to her how I needed to meet whomever took one of my pups and get to know them before I placed my puppies with them. Hopefully this little one ended up in a great home, but I'm with you, that is such a bad idea. |
06-29-2009, 06:39 AM | #15 |
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| I am also glad that she at least went to a good family - one that really seems to want a Yorkie. I hope everything turns out ok for all of them. Raffling off a Yorkie is totally horrible!!
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