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Originally Posted by orinskye what does bug me though is when people make ignorant comments that "people that work full time shouldnt have a yorkie" or "college students arent secure enough to own a yorkie" ect. |
These are not ignorant comments if you work in rescue and see how many people give up their Yorkie's because their lifestyles (career, marriage, children) changed so much from 18 to 28. It is not a question that they love their Yorkie and in many cases they are turning them into rescue because they do love them. Many of the reasons they give are, they don't have the time to devote to the animal, the children are cruel to the dog, the dog bite the child, the dog is alone all the time & they don't think it is fair to the dog, and $$$ is tight right now and I can't afford the vet bills and so on. Of course there are always exception to the rule but if you worked in rescue and 10 dogs came into rescue and 8 (80%) of them were for the above reason, what would you do? Rescue's first priority is for the dog and not the people so we always err on the side of the dog. The last thing we want for this animal is to lose another home down the road. These little guys are very sensitive and it breaks your heart when these guys loose their 1st home and we certainly aren't going to put them through it again a second time.
I just wish more people would think about the dog first instead of themselves. The ones looking for a teacup, babyface, intact females for $300 send shivers up my back as I know the chances are very high that the dog or its pups will end up in rescue.
If the world was perfect we would not need
that many rescue organizations that are out there for Yorkies. But on any given day there are close to 300 Yorkies that are in Yorkie only rescue and how many are in pounds we don't know. This not a Yorkie only problem but an out of control problem in the US. Just go to petfinder and see how many purebred dogs are in rescue or at animal control. Look at the statistics of how many animals are euthanized every year (in the millions).
Just my thoughts.
Cindy & The Gang
