[JPop & Taz 2]

Originally Posted by ladyjane

At some point you really will need to say "no". Sounds like you have a heart of gold and really care, but need some help letting go. Trust me when I say I totally understand!

I have 7 .. it was eight until one of my pups passed away last month. Then, I have my fosters on top of that. My vet bills alone are scary.

What you really need to do right now is sit down and take a pad and pencil out and write down the cost of these pups! Make a list that includes everything you spend on each one and then multiply that by the number of pups that you have. Be sure to include everything: food, grooming, yearly check ups at the vet, hw preventatives, flea preventatives, dentals. Ok...there might be more...I am only on my first cup of coffee, but you can get the general idea.

After you have completed that list, think about emergencies and illnesses for that many and whether you could manage if one or more got sick and needed vet care and/or hospitalization. If you can afford all of that, and can take care of them, wonderful! If you cannot, then take a long look and do some soul searching, because if we do not say no, at some point we will be left feeling really terrible if we cannot help the ones we are responsible for. I have seen people cross that invisible line where they end up doing more harm than good.

A couple of summers ago, I went to a photo shoot for pups and took all of mine for pictures. One by one they all became ill with some kind of virus. Two of them required hospitalizations with IV fluids. The vet bills for about a month were astronomical.

I hope this helps you!! What you might also want to consider, since it seems so many yorkies are landing in your path (oh, trust me, I understand that as well...I feel like a yorkie magnet), is fostering for rescue. Then, you would have access to more homes to place them in.

Good luck! Sounds like you and your hubby really love the pups!!

Thanks for your words of wisdom; it is a LOT to think about! Hubby is semi-retired now, I'm still working, so I feel like he really does have a lot of say in the matter, even tho he tells me to do what I want. And I do spend a lot on them as far as vet & grooming goes, plus all the other stuff. Will definitley need to give it a day or two and some really serious thought. I really will need to stop after this one though, don't want to be know as the "Octomom" of YT!! Gonna try to post his picture......if it works, he's standing next to a 2lb. Chi.