I just want this girl to log on and talk to someone...anyone....with 5 posts and being so new I doubt she will get the PM's I had like 10 before i realized there was such a thing as pm lol I was so inthralled in reading posts I didnt bother to look.
I think people do not mean to come off as scolding or condescending...reading a persons tone through a key board is hard to do. And passion ALWAYS gets in the way. I understand passion for anti-puppy mill. I also understand compassion for "ignorance" I was very ignorant, I knew NOTHING about yorkies when I got one. I did no research, I worked in a pet store (no dogs or cats being sold) I also bred Rottweilers so I felt hmmm how much different can dogs be??? WHEW was I ignorant! Im not stupid, I just didnt know any better. I mean I had raised 4 rotties bred 2 of the 4 and had 3 litters....I raised 2 skin kids...I thought I knew plenty.
There is so much about these puppy mills, bad breeders, that I had never even heard of!
Yes, I did buy a Yorkie Book....I opened it up just this morning to look at what is says....It was saddening to find Not 1 word on LIVER SHUNTS nor any other liver issues....a paragraph about hypoglycemia which both of those issues In my opinion are worthy of a chapter or 2. Nothing on puppy mills, nothing on what to look for in a breeder...I think thats why people turn to this forum. I paid 15.00 for a book full of useless information!
I did not buy my 1st Yorkie with intentions of being "ignorant" I bought her to love just as most people do. She is a pillar of good health and I thought ohhh I want another one Yorkies are great! Then comes Diggy. whoa what an eye opener!!! Same breeder same parents as Bellas. Im thinking i got a good thing goin here. On day 4 of owning Diggy (he was 7 weeks 4 days old) he had a seizure and hours later...another...then another.... in 7 hours 7 seizures I cannot get ahold of a vet (it was a weekend of course) and I am just sick with worry....I call the breeder...she said I Have no idea, was of no help so here I am ignorant as hell with a baby having seizures All i have is this book....no help.
The breeder says take him to my vet he is familiar with breed and can help you...im thinking cool this guy should know what he's doing. OKay I find out he is in his office 2 hours a day because he travels delivering horses cows, and other farm animals
what the hell????? A farm Dr has been treating yorkie babies??? I pay the 50 bucks and bolt out of the office and his advice is Ohhh he is fine and he wasnt seizing it was him trying not to vomit...his belly is upset...thats all. Okay ....now I am really trippin red flags very where and even with my lack of knowledge I know something isnt right So I get in the internet and turn to YT Oh my GAWD best move even first 3 posts said same thing comprimised liver or hypoglycemia so I pm and research and email and cry and cry and cry....I call MY vet as soon as they open and they refer him to a vet 10 miles away (brand new I didnt know about it) I call the new vet and can you say SAVIOR in the biggest way. I give symptoms over phone they say hypo or liver issue fast him for 6 hours we will run bile acid and blood work and fix him right up. Bile acid test????? blood work???fasting??? OMG what is wrong with my baby! This night was a lowest of low night for me...I realized how ignorant I was, I felt I was to blame, I felt I was a HORRIBLE mom, and worst of all I felt Diggy was gonna die and its all my fault. So I definately didnt need further punishment from people on here nor anyone else...I needed help getting educated.
Thank you to the YTer's who reached out to me. NOONE was condescending, they took time and talked to me and mostly helped save Diggys life!
His Bile acid was 5 pre and 7 post GREAT! But, he had coccidia, fleas, and low blood sugar (hypo) OKay great ...now i did know to use frontline but I didnt wanna introduce too many things at once so I hadnt gotten to the frontline yet...although I have it on hand and is what Bella was on. ALbon for coccida, a pill for instant flea elimination (forget the name) and a half hour meeting with the dr on how to care for a hypo baby. Okay I am feeding every 4 hours by this time but told not to wake him up in the middle of the night for feeding but he was sleeping for 6-7 hours!!???!! Wont his sugar drop?? Maybe but if it does just feed him...well a week later BAM another seizure okay back to that low point and I am again crying and doubting it is hypo....i rub kayro on his gums and another BAM he bounces right out of it and is fine....its 6 in the morn and a YT responds to my post about this seizure and say you can call me if you want. OMG how nice I just needed someone to tell me I was okay and an ear to listen. She has a few yorkies and has a few fosters....SO educated and helped me learn soooo much. I have spent the last month asking questions and reading , and asking more questions and NOW I am educated.
well about half way there.
PLease just help people ....I know this is long and wordy...maybe boring to some ...I just hope everyone realizes this forum is NOT a joke or a place to argue....This forum can save a puppies life! I feel it saved Diggy's. Try to set passions aside about puupy mills, bad breeders and the past...if mistakes have already been made there is no going back ...What good would telling me what a horrible mistake I made, what a bad breeder I have, how ignorant I was, help save Diggy?? Reach out...be kind...save a life!?!
Returning a dog to a bad breeder is a DEATH SENTANCE yes, mine offered $$ back NO i do not want money, i want this baby better.
Now that Diggy's is better
Now is the time to tell me lol But I already know and TRUST ME I suffered soooo much. I have had Punishment enuff.