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Originally Posted by kreuer  I agree. Instead of harboring over what he should have done and didn't do. We should now be educating him on what they should do next time, if they choose to get another pup. Like, how to pick a reputable breeder and signs of a bad breeder so next time they are more informed and don't have something this tragic happen again. |
There are
thousands of posts on here, "educating" people about how to buy a puppy....
Get a reputable breeder
Make sure you have a contract with a health guarantee
Read, Read, Read before you dash out and buy a pup for the first time
Do not buy from pet stores
Get educated so you can even recognize when you have a problem
If you have a pup that is vomiting, diarrhea, listless, GET TO A VET ASAP
Do NOT buy a Yorkie puppy before 12-14 weeks old
Vaccinations started before 8 weeks of age ARE USELESS
DO NOT BUY an unvaccinated, too young puppy
Be financially prepared to be able to care for a sick pup, or don't buy a dog!
..........and, in spite of all the "educating", all the harping, all the begging, all the preaching, all the chastising, all the posts, all the "hugs and kisses and pats on the back and warm and fuzzy, loving ooooohhhh's and aaahhhha's and "sooooooo sorry's", this irresponsible behavior continues. What actually compounds the tragedy of it all, people will start their post with, "I brought my 5 week old puppy home, and yes, I KNOW he is toooooo young so dont fuss at me......". People on this forum that have been here for years and years and years, and have seen this same behavior and scenerio played out over and over and over and over, get soooooo frustrated, so discouraged, so angry, so very saddened by the death of another poor baby, a death that could probably very likely have been prevented, so we react. We either can not take it any more and throw up our hands and leave, or out of unmitigated disgust with the continual, repetitive, totally uneducated and unprepared and irresponbsible actions of some owners, WE get angry and our own broken hearts just drown us out. Instead of some members on here appreciating and understanding and empathizing with OUR frustrations, OUR disbelief that this has happened again, they attact US for our grief and how we address it! Unbelievable!!! Our "repremands" are NOT "throwing salt in a wound".....these corrections are yet another attempt to AGAIN, put in writing, all the thousands of instructions, tips, hints, etc that have already been written about a thousand times. Nothing seems to work, nothing deters this negligent behavior. So, let the members that specialize in "warm and fuzzy" and see no fault in irresponsible behavior or refuse to call it what it is, pat and hug and kiss and comfort, and leave members that speak the truth, tell these owners what they did wrong and why they should have not gone down that path in the first place, trying to correct these tragic outcomes however THEY see appropriate, as long as no rules of this forum are broken.
This puppy did not have to suffer, untreated, wrapped in a towel and allowed to die. It does not take a rocket scientist to know when a baby is listless, vomiting, diarrhea, limp, etc it needs a vet or it will die. There are millions of vets open on Saturday mornings, and there are millions of emergency vets open from midnight Friday night until 7am Monday morning. This event is unexcusable!!! Be a responsible pet owner!! Do NOT just sit and watch your baby die! If you can not afford to go to a vet, dont get a pet......and if you do, then dont ask for help that you know you will not give.