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ConnieO · 10-21-2012, 09:47 PM

I had a nice reply and lost it, so I'll just hit the highlights!

Thank you for your well wishes (from both of us). I laugh when I recall that I just wanted a lap dog who would sit and let me pet it while I worked on the computer. It didn't necessarily need to be a Yorkie (I know - blasphemy! ;-)) I envisioned leisurely evenings by the fire, perhaps relaxing and reading a book, which is particularly fantastical because my life wasn't that way before!

Would that I had come here first. I'm sure I wouldn't have taken her so young. The idea of a runt wasn't initially off-putting to me because I grew up around farm animals and always enjoyed bottle-feeding the little runt pigs, but being a runt and taken away from her mother at 6 1/2 weeks old and sick to boot was more than I bargained for, and I'm sure I would have refused had I become educated first.

Having said that, if I hadn't taken her I suspect the Coccidia would have gone undiagnosed and I don't think she would still be with us. That scenario is unacceptable to me now.

Leesi does have short hair covering all of her skin under her longer (now straggly) strands and no real bald spots, with the exception of the back of her ears where she scratched so much. (I guess it was fleas because the vet checked her for ear mites.) I've been putting Skin Works on the spots and even they have a fine regrowth starting now, so maybe I'm just worrying unnecessarily.

So much for highlights!

Connie,
The Worry Wart

10-21-2012, 09:47 PM	#6
ConnieO Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Houston Posts: 84	I had a nice reply and lost it, so I'll just hit the highlights! Thank you for your well wishes (from both of us). I laugh when I recall that I just wanted a lap dog who would sit and let me pet it while I worked on the computer. It didn't necessarily need to be a Yorkie (I know - blasphemy! ;-)) I envisioned leisurely evenings by the fire, perhaps relaxing and reading a book, which is particularly fantastical because my life wasn't that way before! Would that I had come here first. I'm sure I wouldn't have taken her so young. The idea of a runt wasn't initially off-putting to me because I grew up around farm animals and always enjoyed bottle-feeding the little runt pigs, but being a runt and taken away from her mother at 6 1/2 weeks old and sick to boot was more than I bargained for, and I'm sure I would have refused had I become educated first. Having said that, if I hadn't taken her I suspect the Coccidia would have gone undiagnosed and I don't think she would still be with us. That scenario is unacceptable to me now. Leesi does have short hair covering all of her skin under her longer (now straggly) strands and no real bald spots, with the exception of the back of her ears where she scratched so much. (I guess it was fleas because the vet checked her for ear mites.) I've been putting Skin Works on the spots and even they have a fine regrowth starting now, so maybe I'm just worrying unnecessarily. So much for highlights! Connie, The Worry Wart Last edited by ConnieO; 10-21-2012 at 09:48 PM.