[yorkietalkjilly]

Breed Specific Rescues are automatically set up and prepared to deal with that breed's specific medical problems and behavior issues, usually with fosters that well know that breed and its idiosyncracies inside and out, leaving the other rescues free to take other dogs.

If I had to ever surrender a Yorkie, it would comfort me no end to know that my little Yorkie boy or girl would go to a Breed Specific Rescue such as YHR where people that know all about a Yorkie would be caring for him or her from intake through medical care to, hopefully, an eventual re-home with a Yorkie lover looking to give a forever home to another Yorkie. The person with years of Yorkie experience just automatically knows how to deal with a Yorkie in distress and won't make early mistakes that could possibly affect him for a long, long time. I've rescued more than my share of dogs of all kinds and many a time wished I known more about a first-time breed I had so I could better accommodate his or her natural characteristics and hereditary traits.

I say thank you God for Yorkie Haven Rescue and other Breed Specific Rescues. They stay full up as it is, I'm sure, and help free all breed rescues. THANK GOD FOR ALL CREDIBLE RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS! But, still, I'm sure those who have to surrender their Lab or Cocker Spaniel would rather, given the chance, have their dog go to a Breed Specific Rescue, too, if at all possible. It has got to be so reassuring to know that the little one you've told goodbye is now in very familiar hands.