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Dayswalters · 07-19-2015, 06:22 PM

My friend has been looking to adopt an older Yorkie for a while now. He's looked at those in the shelters and at rescues. Today he brought home a Yorkie from an ad on Craigslist that said "MUST rehome today or she goes to the shelter." He figured he would at least go and see the dog. She is matted, a little skinny, smells horrible and is passing gas like crazy. The girl who put the ad up is 18 and hasn't taken the pup to the vet since she got her but says she is 2 1/2 years old and was healthy when she took her to the vet. The girl says she has had puppies once, when she was 1 year old. However, the dog has the sweetest disposition and such sad eyes that my friend decided to bring her home. By the way, she wasn't free. I saw a picture the girl had of her that was taken when the dog was younger. She had a beautiful coat in the picture.

Anyway, he is taking her to the vet in Tuesday for a check-up and shots. Tomorrow he is taking her to the groomers to have her shaved to a summer coat. I really hope that she is overall healthy but it's anyone's guess if she is. It will be one less dog in the shelter and she will have a good home but I'm not sure it was a good idea.

07-19-2015, 06:22 PM	#1
Dayswalters Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: California Posts: 842 Blog Entries: 1	This could be a bad idea ... My friend has been looking to adopt an older Yorkie for a while now. He's looked at those in the shelters and at rescues. Today he brought home a Yorkie from an ad on Craigslist that said "MUST rehome today or she goes to the shelter." He figured he would at least go and see the dog. She is matted, a little skinny, smells horrible and is passing gas like crazy. The girl who put the ad up is 18 and hasn't taken the pup to the vet since she got her but says she is 2 1/2 years old and was healthy when she took her to the vet. The girl says she has had puppies once, when she was 1 year old. However, the dog has the sweetest disposition and such sad eyes that my friend decided to bring her home. By the way, she wasn't free. I saw a picture the girl had of her that was taken when the dog was younger. She had a beautiful coat in the picture. Anyway, he is taking her to the vet in Tuesday for a check-up and shots. Tomorrow he is taking her to the groomers to have her shaved to a summer coat. I really hope that she is overall healthy but it's anyone's guess if she is. It will be one less dog in the shelter and she will have a good home but I'm not sure it was a good idea.