but, sometimes after seeing so many unwanted Yorkie's turn up in shelter after shelter or surrendered to rescue groups like the one I foster for...you can understand how important it is to reinforce that breeding should
never be treated lightly.
I understand where your heart was in the desire to breed Bevo for your own family but, I wish more people would understand there are many other ways to give the gift of a Yorkie. If only they would think to look first at their local shelters or rescue groups.
Last night, I saw on
Pet adoption: Want a dog or cat? Adopt a pet on Petfinder that there were
62 pages and
1,531 Yorkie's who are in need of families! For every Yorkie that a rescue group is able to find a foster home for, countless others are left to suffer in overcrowded conditions of shelters and worse if they land in a high kill shelter.
If you mistook my post for implying that Bevo's "blue" pup is less deserving of a chance...you were mistaken. I just felt he was more deserving of coming into this world by the means of responsible breeding.
Posts like mine are not meant to shame anyone or send them off into a corner to bow their heads...not at all. I am sorry if you took it that way. Instead I had hoped to make people
think before making the same mistake you did.
There are those on YT who would only like to see giddy congratulation's every time someone posts about when their irresponsibly bred new litter arrives...or condolences when their casual breeding has left them with a momma and/or pups dying.
I am not anti-breeding either. I have a love for the Yorkshire Terrier breed and would prefer to see it left to those who do so with education & responsible breeding ethics.
I know there will always be unwanted pups who land in unfortunate circumstances, needing to be re-homed but, at least there would be more healthy Yorkie's to have a better chance at placement
IF they originated from responsible breeding.
There are many on YT who do
NOT want to see these kind of threads go without some mention of the importance of proper education & mentoring beforehand.
I can see from your last post that you intend to take care of this puppy...thank you!
After reading of your daughters birth...I just had to share that my son and daughter-in-law lost their first baby last year due to an Omphalocele which contained the intestines, liver & heart. Their baby also suffered from another condition, Anencephaly...both conditions were fatal. We are thankful that, with the guidance from a high-risk OBGYN group in San Diego (UCSD) they are now expecting a healthy baby boy this July.
Best of luck to you,
Jo Ann