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Originally Posted by Sookie  This thread is making me feel ill...too sad for me today! Now I know why I'm keeping both my puppies. I poured blood, sweat, and tears over those two and I would die if someone kicked one and broke its jaw.  I don't know how anyone can bear it if the pups that they bred are abused. |
I feel the same way!! We have been blessed with 3 litters and 7 pups...3 we have kept and the other 4 are with folks here that we have known for years and get to see on a reg. basis, so I know the pups/adult dogs now, are doing great....but a situation here at my home just 4 days ago, makes you understand just how quickly something COULD happen to one of these babies...I have my little sweet Suki, one of my females I kept. She is 3 pounds and is 1 1/2 old..My stepmother came by with my very hyper hellian nephew who is 3 years old...sm was talking and never broke stride during this whole event even though she was looking straight at the nephew (her grandson)..he kept trying to grab Suki who was hiding behind my feet..I was telling him "no" over and over, not to pick her up and just to look at her...he is totally ignoring me...Suki pees in the floor because she is terrified of this child, and she has never even been around him...he quickly grabs her, pulls her from around the back of my feet, has her by the neck, I then shout "NO, you cannot hold her"! I have my hands around her tiny body supporting her, he still has her by the neck, 3 feet of the ground, he sees something on the counter he wants and just lets go of her not even realizing I have her weight supported! SM never acknowledged to him that what he did was wrong...She left immediately after, I'm sure because she was disgusted that I yelled at the little guy...but I can see where this could have been a tragic event if I hadn't been standing there to intervene!! I could have pulled him aside and explained how to appropriately hold a small dog or to listen when someone says "NO"..but I see them twice a year, he lives with her...and well, he doesn't behave well with dogs anyway...My brother lives with them also and has 3 King Charles Cavaliers and he tells me that the child constantly kicks them....
Sorry if got off on a rant here...my point was just to reinforce most children and small dogs don't mix, especially with guardians that refuse to enforce dicipline and don't monitor the interactions between them...