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Originally Posted by nana911  I think the rescue stated it as well as they could. It can't be proved that Mary was the culprit, but even if she was, the circumstances have to be taken into consideration. Yorkies are bred to kill rodents, but bred to kill they are. And when you consider what even humans in the most dire of situations can be reduced to, when the survivor instinct kicks in...well, the survival urge is a drive more powerful than anything else. If you're fighting for food and water, and you know that you have a litter of pups inside you that you have to nourish as well, I would imagine that you could kill in desperation towards that end. Humans could and have. God bless this little pup that she has been rescued and given a chance at another life. The 2 rescues I have were both breeders and they have some quirks. Bridget's trigger is quicker than the others and I would imagine that it had to be to survive.... I hope she can overcome that... |
Your comments about how the mill dogs have to rely on their survival instincts just to get food and water was a real eye opener for me. I've been saddened by the lack of love, socialization and medical care that they suffer, but I never thought about the day-to-day struggle for food and water that they must also go through just to survive.
We also have a former puppy mill mommy dog, and she definitely bears the physical and emotional scars of her previous life.
Though she has bonded well with my husband and me, and is a snuggle-bunny now, my husband likes to point out that our 7 lb little Tina is the only one of our animals that has ever drawn blood from either of us. They were walking past a construction site, and Tina snatched up a chicken bone she found on the ground. My husband tried1 to take it out of her mouth, and she chomped down on his thumb. He came home with his hand elevated, blood dripping down his arm. Whereas our other dogs will let us take things out of their mouths, we've learned our lesson with Miss Tina! I'd just assumed it was because she didn't realize Jim had her hand there, and that the bite was an accident. I never thought about the fact that she probably had to fight for her food before, and isn't about to let even US take anything away from her.