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Originally Posted by danyellm  I am so sorry this has happened to you.This is just another example of why you should see the dogs and their living enviroment .Its disgusting that a breeder would treat their dogs in such a way.I would call aspca ,media and news paper maybe if they apply some pressure she will clean up her act. |
I couldn't agree more with this statement. Living environment is the most important factor alongside 'seeing mum and dad'.
My first Yorkie, Mr Callan, came from a pet shop in the most exclusive part of London, Kensington. So 'exclusive' was this shop that we learned the lean way. Callan came from Kensington via Wales ... via a lengthy train journey aged under 8 weeks!
The pet shop had been overcrowded and all the pups stuck together in one pen! Little did we know all those years ago. Callan went through a lifetime of bowel problems, kidney problems, slipped knee cap, overshot jaw ... You name it, he had it. He lived to 13yrs and that was a minor miracle.
My next 2 'boys' came from Wormwood Scrubs Prison
one of the UK's most famous 'house of corrections'.
This time we saw mum and dad, visited the fantastic home the dogs lived in - all spotlessly clean and tranquil for the best start in a Yorkie's life. Pikey and Ricky Richard lived to over 16yrs.
Teddy and Lenny, my present 2, again came from dubious beginnings. They came to me via a young man I met through a selling newspaper called Loot. Of course I shouldn't have taken on either of them but, with over 30yrs experience behind me, I did. Teddy came via a pet shop in South London and Lenny via a 'dirty old woman in Kent' ... so I was told.
Yes, you could say that again. The pup was just 8 wks when he was dumped into my mum's arms and he was so ill, he spent the next 24hrs on a drip over at the vet's. He was filthy dirty and half dead. Go to my page and see him now!
I feel so strongly for people who are taken in by bogus breeders and puppy farms. We had a campaign over here in the UK a few years ago to ban these places from the face of the earth ... but still they get through!
My heart goes out to you. You meant well and you really cared. That's what these criminals play upon.