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Originally Posted by QuickSilver  I don't think anyone meant to say you are a bad owner. Accidents do happen, and everyone makes mistakes, including all members of YT. I think a lot of people on YT loved Stormy, from a distance of course.
Just FYI, I have an emergency medical fund of several thousand dollars, because if heaven forbid, Thor has a major issue, that's what it's going to take. I know you said you are thinking of breeding your bully. Have you considered how much it could cost if something went wrong and she needed an emergency c-section, or one of the pups was very sick? I am thinking of getting another dog, and if/when I do, I will double the emergency fund.
Stormy did have a lot of bad luck. This is not your fault, but it is something I'd be worrying about myself. Was Stormy just cursed? If, say, lightning struck one of my dogs and a swarm of locusts carried away the other, I'd think seriously about whether another dog was right for me in that time, in that place, not because I believe I control lightning and plagues, but because I would be worried about something happening to another dog. What can you change to be sure that another dog will be safe?
I am not trying to be unkind. I know you must be terribly sad right now, and I don't want to make you feel worse. I hope that this post will help you make the right decision for you, your pets and your family. |
No your post is not making me sad but I feel like the point is being missed here not just by you but by some others and that is that I have stated several times
I AM NOT LOOKING INTO GETTING ANOTHER DOG/YORKIE ANY TIME SOON. I want to make that clear, I don't feel that at this point in time another dog is a good idea at all. I am grieving still and very hurt, I don't feel comfortable bringing another dog yet and like I said not sure WHEN even. I was just asking what other people did after their pet died.
Yes I have looked into the costs, a c section is possible and costs 1,000 here. No I don't have insurance for her yet, looking into it. Secondly no I don't have a emergency fund. I have a credit card as well as family members who I could borrow $$ from in time of an emergency.
I've already mentioned what I can do to make sure another dog is safe and that is going to get all the training I can to ensure she is properly trained AND also wait until she has matured. If I do go ahead and breed her, which isn't going to be for some time as she is still too young, I probably then wouldn't get a second dog, I'd have pups to focus on. But since she can't be bred for quite some time we still have time to save. Once we decide this is what we want to do with her we will start putting money aside for emergency c-section, vet costs during pregnancy and for the pups, I won't breed unless I have that money aside, it wouldn't be a wise decision.