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Originally Posted by Teresa Ford

I wonder if what happens here, is a local phenomenon ? Both the local shelters do not have a problem placing small dogs. By small, I mean under 15 pounds. Most small dogs are adopted within 3 days ! The majority of dogs picked up as strays are medium to large size mixed breeds. Also the majority of dogs surrendered by owners are medium to large sized. Larger Black dogs are the least adopted and hardest to place. Awhile ago I wrote a thread about why rescue, or shelter dogs were not right for everyone. My reason for the thread was, that every dogs needs a loving forever home. Just because a 50 pound boxer mix is cute, doesn't mean it is the right dog for you and your family. Some posters thought I was putting down rescue, or shelter dogs. ME ? I was shocked. I was just saying why some people should not adopt a dog with issues they weren't able to handle. QUOTE]


That is the same thing in my area. They all told me the same thing. They very seldom get small dogs, and when they do they go quick. Many of our local shelters don't even choose the one they think will be the best fit. Some of them draw names to choose who gets the pet.


I live in a rural area, and we checked with resuces and shelters. There were very few small dogs available. In fact I never found any small dogs even within two hours of me. The ones that I did find were farther away, and most of them had special needs. They could not go to a home with other dogs, or cats, or children. Or they were senior dogs. Or they had other issues that needed special attention. I personally would have no problem adopting a special needs dog for myself. I would have no problem adopting a senior dog either. And some day I might. But we were looking for a dog for our daughter. I did not want to get a dog that had serious health issues. Or a senior dog for her. She had just lost a dog, and wanted to minimize the chances of that happening again so soon. We did check into adopting what looked to be a good fit for us, but I never had the chance to find out. They rescue would not answer my questions about the puppy. They told me there were already enough applications filled out from people closer that I did not need to bother trying. While there are numerous dogs in the shelters they are not all yorkies. And while there are numerous yorkies in shelters across the US they are not all accesible. I may have eventually found the perfect dog or puppy for my daughter at a shelter, but maybe not. And it could have taken many years if it ever happened.

Our shelters have small breeds there and very often yorkies