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Originally Posted by theporkieyorkie  Great insight. It seems like a lot of people think having puppies is an 8 week commitment, and then it's over. If you breed a dog, you should be prepared to be responsible for that dog for life, if that's what it comes to...if the owners have to surrender it back for any reason, OR if the dog has health issues that are the result of bad breeding/genetics passed on down the line....it should be up to the breeder to take care of it. If ALL breeders did this, we wouldn't have a need for rescues.
Just recently, look what happened with a puppy Lady Jane had. A lady had to give up her puppy to a rescue because she couldn't afford the vet care for it. The breeders answer was just to throw her another dog and let someone else take care of the sick puppy...and Lady Jane and the rescue she works with, were left footing the vet bills and dealing with the heart ache. The breeder made the decision to bring the puppy into the world, it should have been up to the breeder to take care of it!! Not the new owner...and not the rescue!!
Whenever anyone wants to breed a dog, i feel like they should go volunteer at a shelter for a few days first. There are too many dogs out there that need a "pet" home....there are Yorkies of every age and size sitting in rescues all over the country. So breeding a dog just because you want puppies, or thinks she wants puppies, IMO isn't a good enough reason to justify adding to the pet population. If you have 1 puppy, that's one less home another homeless dog can have. It's a little too late to change things now...but hopefully the OP will consider getting his little girls spayed and the male dog neutered.
If you do decide to spay and terminate the pregnancy, I'd be happy to point you to some places to help get your mother a yorkie, since i know you planned on giving her a puppy. I just rescued one myself a few months ago and rescuing is such a GREAT feeling!!
More food for thought...MOST(if not ALL) responsible breeders require a spay and neuter contract. Why...because they want to protect their name, their line and their dogs. The fact that you and your roommate have both intact dogs make me wonder what kind of breeder you guy got your puppies from, where neither of them required that you spay or neuter your dogs. My guess is...if they didn't require a spay/neuter contract(like I hope you will with your puppies), they were not breeding responsibly...and they might have paired dogs that shouldn't have been paired and the problems could get passed down to your dogs puppies. Most breeders that have good lines want to protect their lines...the fact that someone doesn't care to protect it, makes me wonder why. |
Thanks theporkieyorkie.
It just goes to show, because, you post a lot doesn't mean you know everything. I appreciate your insight and finesse in the matter. I never said I was set on her having pups. I said I wanted it. People assume I blindly went in to this. I have looked into it prior to leaving. To be honest, I thought her cycle had passed before I went away for a month. I was actually leaning toward not breeding her. Of course I still kind of wanted to breed her, in all honesty, but, the health issue was/is a concern.
Lorraine, you too have been very helpful. You have given more perspective that I can appreciate and learn from.
And again, no one has stepped up to help coach or mentor me. Sad, because there's a lot of bashing. I've seen a few posts with helpful comments and they're appreciated. Luckily, I still find the site more helpful than not. However, I will probably just read others' posts and not ask anything. It doesn't seem constructive to ask people about breeding, because, it becomes more of a headache than helpful. I always give the benefit of the doubt to most people. Some just are expected to be who they are though. Oh well...
Between Shy's vet and forums such as YT and others, I believe I'll be able to make the right call for my girl, one way or the other.