[lizzieg]

Just wondering, how many of you have Yorkie Rescue Shelters in your state (or shelters that have an abundance of Yorkies)? I'm from NC, and we have one Yorkie Rescue Shelter, but they are wonderful about getting them adopting out quickly; extremely quickly. I hear FL shelters have Yorkies all the time. The only few reasons [in my opinion] that would lead a sweet Furbaby to a shelter would be if it was rescued from a puppy mill, and/or if it had pre-existing medical conditions, and the medical expenses were getting out of control. I know this is off of the subject slightly, but I think society knows that small dogs get adopted quickly from shelters, but if you go with the shelter approach, at least if the person has bad motives, they will presume the dog has no papers.

I was raised in Atlanta, and my sweet Westie, Max was stolen out of my fenced in backyard while I was at work and school. Someone cut the chain and everything (at first, I thought I forgot to lock it properly). He was a week away from being neutered, so I would speculate that he was stolen as a stud dog. He had a microchip, which I red flagged, and I never got any notification on him. I pray he is safe, where ever he is.

I want to see the good in people and I hope it is simply an innocent question (even though it is annoying at times), but going through that previous experience, it is tough at times.