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Originally Posted by jesscruz idk..but to me i think that saving any dog from a shelter is easier said than done. i have saved 3 dogs so far from shelters, and when i had to give them up i did not give them back to the shelter i gave them to loving homes where i knew that they would be very well taken cared of. why? because i wanted them to have a good happy life with a family. when i was first looking for a pet my first thought was a shelter, no if's and's or but's about it, but in my search for a pet through a shelter, i found it to be very difficult, because alot of the dogs weren't really kid friendly, or they were very timid due to being mistreated, and i wasn't qualified to give these dogs the training that they need to overcome this. alot of the shelters wouldn't let me adopt because i had 2 children wich was very heartbreaking for me. eventually i did find my pet but it took me a lot of time and alot of searching(driving everywhere). we had chi-chi(a pekinese) for 1 yr with missy and elli(maltese). missy and elli were trained very well, chi chi on the other hand was a runner and as much as we worked with her she just would not stay in our yard,she wasn't potty trained either and she just would not break the habbit. no matter how much we praised her and tried to teach her. our vet told us that sometimes when you adopt a dog you have no idea about the history of the dog and so fourth. so it makes it very difficult. i have nothing against adopting from shelters as you can see, but i do feel that it's okay if someone chooses to go out and buy a dog wether it be mixed breed or not from a good breeder, and pay what they feel is fair, as opposed to adopting. to ensure that they know exactly what they are getting as far as history goes. jmho with my experience. |
Very well said. I Also understand that our Morkies are prices High, but to us you will be getting a dog of a quality you are paying for. We are also honest, one of our puppies had a condition (YORKIE BY THE WAY) (not hereditary) nothign life threatning and only temporary as a puppy, (clear liquid coming out of nostrils) our 3 vets examined the puppy and all came to the conclusion that the puppy's nose was too short for the (parts) inside therefor twisting and causing water to stay. We told the person interested in that puppy (A YORKIE) and they accepted to purchase the puppy for the same price we were asking in the begining. Because of issues we gave them the puppy with a contract that even if we gave the puppy free (they paid for shipping) we accepted all vet costs and fee's for the problem and any other problems the puppy may have. We asked for the full price just to know if they where ready to take care of the puppy we where honest from the begining and that only insured the trust os the buyers. 3 Days after the puppy arrived to his new home he started to clear up and 2 days later nothing left. They never had a problem since. (as our vet told us the problem corrected itself) They have had no problems ever since. Needles to say this was our only problem and it was not hereditary or anything like that it was simply a problem (like normal humans can have problems sometimes) Other than that our puppies are completely healthy. We also educate all of our buyers with feeding instruction (potty training) and reccomend items to purchase for their little guy. Most of our Items are either for Dental Hygene or are 100% Natural treats that they will love and be trained on. We have a strict contract.
There is also the issue of (LIVER SHUNT WITH VETS!).
Many of our clients come to us after they have lost a loved one bought for 300$ at a puppy mill or something similar. (we have talked to many clients and theit Yorkie shopping stories are incredible.
some breeders actually say
"no I am not home on that day so no one can show you the dogs maybe the day after that give me the morning to clean this mess up and come in the afternoon."
THAT'S NOT A GOOD BREEDER!!! Someone who would leave their puppies and dogs alone for a whole day is irresponsible.
Another client also went to another breeder's house and that client called us crying, they had visited a house where the breeder was upstairs some dogs where downstairs (mothers with their puppies) before going downstairs with the client the breeder shoed the puppies upstairs first and when they went downstairs the sump pums had broke a few hours earlier and all dogs including puppies (BOTH ADULT AND PUPPIES) had drowned in 3 feet of water.! I felt so sad that the breeder would let their adults with pups alone for hours we check them every 15 minutes (AT LEAST) I even stay up until 3AM at night to check on the puppies while at 6 someone in the Family is up to start the day. so there is only a 3 hour difference plus we have a sensor for floods in the basement and we also do not have any puppies in the basement. they are kept upstairs where during the day they have access to a large playpen at will. This isn't a HIGH END TOP NOTCH BREEDIGN PROGRAM but it doesn't SUCK either. what we lack in technology we make up in attention and care for our dogs and puppies.
Keep that in mind before judging me!
Puppy Hugs!
Marc-Olivier Parisien
www.RoyalPuppies.com