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Originally Posted by bella7716  I am rather appalled at the rude/harsh responses to this individual who joined yorkie talk in order to ask some questions about getting a new puppy. Nobody, with an exception of myself (in a private message) have bothered to answer any of the questions that were asked, all of the responses have been quite negative and judgemental. I personally have owned FIVE yorkies during my lifetime. One came to live with me at 6 weeks old, two at seven weeks, one at 9 weeks, and one at 12 weeks. NONE of them were purchased from backyard breeders, but came from homes where they were raised inside with human interaction and well taken care of. Out of all five, the ONLY one that ended up being sick was the one that I purchased at 12 weeks. At around 5 months old, she started having severe, constant seizures, and stayed very sick. The rest of my yorkies all lived to have very long, happy, healthy lives. So, regardless of the age that they come to live with you, you can always end up with a sick puppy, I am living proof of that. My current yorkie came to live with me at 7 weeks of age, and now at 4 1/2 months old, she is a very healthy little ball of energy. While I do understand some of the concerns expressed here, I think there are nicer and more helpful ways to say things. I thought YT was a place where people who love Yorkies can come to share stories and get advice, not be personally attacked. Go back and read the responses, most all of them were not very kind or welcoming to this person. |
Thank God for you and your help offered to this poor unfortunate soul, since
".............nobody, with an exception of myself (in a private message) have bothered to answer any of the questions that were asked, all of the responses have been quite negative and judgementa[/B]l." All those questions she asked are basic, elementary information that can be elaborately addressed in helpful books that she should be reading BEFORE getting the puppy. Thank God for the "posting police" who turn on members and chastise THEM for help they offered....no one was cruel or rude or incorrect in anything they said, including me. I always try to address individual people, right out front, not in private messages, for all to see and read and learn from....and I NEVER assault another member for the way THEY address another poster...that is NOT what is in the best interest of the forum....it tends to make the member doing it, look like they are trying to be some kind of "holier than thou" crusader....
Hopefully,
you are an experienced breeder that can offer this person VALUABLE, USEFUL help that will assist her with this puppy, rather than assaulting fellow members that do NOT post like you do. Hopefully, you also gave her titles of valuable resources/books that will accurately help her with this puppy. Cudos to you and your valuable "off site" help...hopefully, she will utilize the help you, as an experienced breeder, have given her.
My initial post to her, did nothing but educate her about the person she was getting this unfortunate puppy from. I wish I had a dollar for every time over the last 35 years, I have had someone tell me, "the lady is having an emergency and has to leave town and I rescued the tiny little immature puppy"....and then the puppy gets ill and dies because it has had NO vaccinations, and the new, inexperienced owner is heart broken..... We are all adults here....we really do not have to pussy-foot around the cold hard truth of bad breeders off loading unvaccinated puppies on clueless people that have not picked up a book or invested any of their valuable time into research on the breed they are interested in, or the pitfalls of doing business with unscrupulous breeders. Thank God you have picked up the slack and been the only person to offer this person any educated, valuable information. I went back and read all the "horrific posts" sent to this person...sorry, didnt see anything a 5 year old could not have handled....nothing but informative, accurate, helpful, direct information from people that took their time to try to help. Thank goodness you were there to make everyone else look horrible and uncaring and uninformative.....