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Originally Posted by mommaofmia  Just reading the latest posts and thank you all for the nice words.. I know there are some that don't believe I did the right thing and there's nothing I can say or do to change this situation. I did what was best at the time to make sure she was taken care of and she has been. A chip was found, the breeder notified and nobody to this day has claimed her.  I know in my heart, even after this much time has passed since I met this baby, this lady I gave her to, would still give her back. She herself had lost her own baby and knows how it feels to have lost something precious to her. To Nancy, I have learned from this and unfortunately the one big thing I would do different is not post on YT. It doesn't matter if I'm not perfect and didn't do everything like some people thought I should have, its that I saved this baby wheather I had her for one minute or forever. People shouldn't treat other people on here so rudely. I notifed Administration about this and ask her if she felt I done anything wrong to please close this post, but never heard back from them. I didn't come here to get bashed, but to get support from other animal lovers. I thought that was what YT was all about. I understand, that I opened myself up for negative comments as soon as I posted, so I won't make that same mistake again. I haven't been here much in the last year, but it's because I've always felt like, because I was from Missouri, I wasn't liked much. My baby didn't come from a puppy mill and I am against them as much as onyone on here and I've learned a lot about this and I have tried to educate people about them in my area and at my place of work. The humane society here in our area is trying to get a bill passed to outlaw puppy mills and we are confident it will happen. There has been door to door signatures signed to get this passed and hopefully it will be passed..  I guess what i'm tring to get at, is that just because I'm from Missouri or other people here at Yt are from Missouri doesn't mean we support puppy mills and would appreciate if nobody judged us accordingly....  Anyway....... On a happy note, she continues to get better and she is still gaining weight and happy, which is all I wanted in the first place...... |
I wish you wouldn't read our posts so harshly, I truly believe you did what you thought was the right thing, and you are so lucky an honest lady took the dog, because she sounds like she is still trying to find the owner. I would just pray that whoever found Joey would do everything they could think of to find me before giving up. I'm so glad she is with a loving owner, and perhaps this is for the best, it's just we are recommending that if someone finds a dog, and can't foster it themselves then to make sure that the new person is responsible, and will try to find the owner. It just wasn't clear in the beginning that you did this, but as more facts came out, it sounds like you did do this. This thread shouldn't make you sad, many people have learned something, we all are constantly learning things while we are here, and we all make mistakes, but no one is crucifying you, they're just saying there may have been a better way to do this. If you lost one of your dogs, wouldn't you want the person to do everything in their power to find you? The important thing is you took in the dog, so it didn't get hit by a car or starve to death, or be taken by an abusive pet owner, and you did find a good foster home for it, we know that now.
Don't worry, every state has puppy mills and many people have even purchased dogs from puppy mills before they understood the problem. No one is blaming the people of Missouri for causing the problem; it's a nationwide problem. I'm so glad you are doing what you can to help solve the puppy mill crisis, and I'm really glad someone took the poor little girl in and she's doing well now. I guess if I lost Joey, at least I would want a loving person to find him. Here's more information about the AKC recovery program, and perhaps they can work with the breeder to help find the dog's owner. Maybe they will have more clout. She really should know the name of the owner. Do you have the microchip number? I would like to know the name of the breeder who doesn't keep track of the owners of her dogs.
AKC microchip - companion animal recovery program