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Originally Posted by janh7  Wow, I think you should really step back and realize that this is not your dog.
I don't mean to be rude, but perhaps you don't have all the information and it would be a horrible thing to make these people sound so terrible if it is not warranted. You offered to dog sit. So do a good job of it. All dogs are different. My last Yorkie was a product of horrible breeding and he died at 7 yrs old. His bottom teeth stuck straight out causing all sorts of eating problems and pain for him. He had a congenital kidney problem and eventually died of kidney failure at 7. He never ran and played like a "normal" dog. I now know that his teeth caused him a lot of pain even though the vet sedated him to clean them often. I think that if you had dog sat my Gizmo, you may have had a list for me too. Gizmo was in so uncomfortable in his last year, we just held him mostly and tried not to cause him any more pain. We loved him very much.
Now, I have a healthy yorkie girl, one of Jill Brook's, and she is beautiful, playful, etc., nothing like Gizmo. Every dog is different. |
I understand what you're saying and I didn't ask to be judged. I only asked for different people's thoughts and their experience as I've only had a dog for a few years and the post was meant to educate me (and perhaps others), not to point fingers at the owners or insinuate anything at all. I want to know from people whether I should be concerned and that is all. I'm not asking if the owners are horrible nor am I trying to bash them, but rather should I bring this up to the owner if it is in fact an issue. Wouldn't you rather me ask this question and find out it's nothing to be concerned about rather than sit there and say nothing and do nothing and perhaps there are some issues to be addressed? I've simply listed key items I've observed and am asking other whether this behavior is 'normal'. Forgive me for caring, I tend to have a very motherly nurturing personality. I realize this is NOT my dog, hence my hesitation to do anything but bathe and care for the dog. (Eg....school teachers that see things in a student, is this their child? No but it's their duty to speak up if anything seems off) enough judging on this board.