[HighlandYorkies]

Originally Posted by Troie

Hi everyone,

I am back to let you know that in November I went to buy a male Yorkie. When I arrived the breeder had one male and one female. I saw the mother and the father and the place was spotless. I sat down in a chair a saw this little dog in the corner shaking. I looked at her and asked about her and the breeder told me that she came to her thru a woman that rescued her from another breeder.
In plain words the 2 year old female yorkie had never had a home and was passed from breeder to breeder. My breeder was looking for a home for her.
BINGO. I looked over at her and since she never had a name I called her Lola.
She came over to my lap and sat there for 4 hours. Needless to say I took her with me right to my vet and basically her eyes were infected and swollen shut, her ears had an infection so deep that the vet said it would take a lot to get her healthy. I said do everything she needs because she is mine forever.

Five months later which is today, My Lola is the most amazing loving gorgeous little love bucket I ever saw in my life. If I had known that rescuing would be this gratifying I would have done this before over and over again.

I don't even want to tell you what it cost to put her back together but no money in the world could of given me a better dog than her.

People look into rescuing because they are so grateful and wonderful life is not the same with out my Lola now.

YES, I HAVE ....TWICE !
I bought Tara as a 6 week old puppy. I decided when she was three to get her a wee pal, as I was sure she thought she was the only tiny dog alive, lol, at 4lbs ! I bought Casper, then 19 months, (also 4lbs) from a breeder who was forced to give him up very sadly as he was being attacked by other male stud dogs of hers. His nose had a scar on it, and he was so skinny, and he didn't even come over to me and my hubby once. Tara was all over them ! I told Kenny I wasn't leaving him there, and we bought him on the spot and took him home. At first all I could get him to eat was two-three biscuits, and he was soooo slow eating ! Now he eats loads but is still slow, and he doesn't put on weight. He loves Tara, and our new rescue who we bought last October.
We were looking for a female puppy, but there were none available within 150 miles. Then my hubby saw an ad but hardly mentioned it when he came home from nights, thinking I wouldn't be interested. I said phone it ! He said you do it....so I did, and I told the man we'd take her and be down by lunchtime. He had said he actually had two dogs and the bigger one was gone, but he had a smaller one at 3lbs. Kenny said he'd drive, as he knows it's hard for me with my EDS to drive more than 20 mins, even though I was willing to try, so without any sleep he drove the 200 mile round trip to get her.....and we got back at 7pm, and he was back on nights with no sleep at 9pm.
Tammy was tiny, shaved, and shaking, and looking up at us. We were not taken into his house(how strange !), and we gave him the money and took her. She was absolutely stinking. I nearly boked in the car, and tried to keep my other two from her. We drove 40 miles to my sisters and washed her straight away..... the poor tiny wee thing was a mess. Her ears were in tatters, and her skin was all black underneath and red raw everywhere else. She had mange and a yeast infection. (....the smell !)
Like you, we spent a fortune at the vets getting her treatment. The owner had told us we shouldn't go to a vet as he didn't agree with them, and he had never taken her, as they just money grab. So we had to get her all her injections, worming, and treatments.
We put her on good food, and gave her her first ever bath. She was not toilet trained at three years old, and was scared of the TV, carpet, back-door steps, everything, which made me think she was kept in his caravan or shed ! I was very surprised to find she had not been bred. I asked the owner, and I asked the Kennel Club - she has very good papers, all top champions (not that I was aware of that when I bought her) - and I checked with the Vet, and she wasn't a puppy farm dog.
......But what a mess such a high quality dog was in....shocking !
She is soooo loved, and very sweet. She sleeps over the top of Kenny's head on his pillow, like a cap ! Her hair is growing in, and is shiny and healthy...and she is now 4lbs. I still have to get one back tooth pulled sometime, but managed to do a dental on her - not easy when she was not used to it !!!!
She is a
Sorry this is so long....all I can say is........

Look at her now ! ..................Debra, Scotland x x x x
Tammy in first pic.
Tara, Casper the wee mannie, and Tammy in second pic.