Folks I hate to tell you but many of these little guys that go through rescue have had rotten lives like this. My very first yorkie mix was found at the pound in a cage with alot of much bigger dogs just trembling, scared out of his mind. Luckily the pound released him to rescue because they thought he would probably die anyways of other diseases. It was discovered once he was home that he had been kicked so hard that his hind leg was not attached at the hip anymore. Everyone of the 10 rescued dogs that live here all have sad stories, some more painful than the others. I am happy to say that Tahti is a happy go lucky guy now and has the use of all 4 legs except when he runs and he only runs on 3 legs (I think he thinks he can go faster). The amazing thing to me is that some one paid $$$ for Tahti and the other 9 dogs and then threw them away when they couldn't house train them, they were old, their mommy bought them when they were 82 and died, they bite their children and they were done breeding them to make $$$$.
Hopefully as you read these stories you will understand why rescue organizations are so tough on their applications. Most of these little guys have already had more than their fair share of pain, abuse and heartbreak and we will not let that happen again. These animals deserve a forever home of love and kindness. One of the reasons we won't adopt to people with kids is because of liability - we could be sued and lose the ability to help rescue animals if one of the rescue's bit a child. We also don't always know of the history of the dog and how they feel about children, so we don't take a chance. We are nervous about adopting a yorkie out to someone with big dogs because we don't know how the 2 will react to each other and again we don't want to take a chance. I think if the two are raised together you are fine but when you don't know we err on the side of protecting the dog. Age is another issue some people have but when a woman is young 18 - 25 and wants a dog we know their life is going to change a great deal in the next 10 years. Many get married and have children and sometimes the two don't mix, some are working hard on a career and are not home enough for these very social little animals. When people are over 75 we don't want these little guys to be looking for another new home when someone dies. It is heartbreaking for a dog to be 10 years or older and no one wants them because they are old. As everyone knows these dogs can live a long life.
As hard as it is for people to understand our 1st priority is the dogs interest and well being not the people's interest. We might only have a month to evaluate these animals and try to match them up to a forever home. It is not always easy but every person in rescue does it because they care about the animals and do what is right for them.
Cindy & The Gang
