 New owner with a hand full.
Hello, we took a yorky from a puppy mill through what appears to be the mill placing an add in craigslist and my brother-in-law's ex taking it because it's..FREE! My stepfather noticed Sandy's odd behavior and rough way his granddaughter (sandy's adopter)would pick up and handle her. He also was told that she just didn't have the time to deal with Sandy. She had terrible breath, was not potty trained (the dog was supposedly 2 years old), and became terribly submissive when talked to. The worst was this habitual pacing in circles only to the left. We saw a bulge on her stomach and the breath was so bad we made an immediate vet appointment. He told us Sandy was at least five years old with a herniation and a terrible infection in her gums and her teeth were very, very bad. She had to endure Baytril for two weeks. She had surgury to repair the hernia and to neuter/spay? (new pet owner) and also to fix her teeth. Two teeth were left and I decided to not ask questions because I would find the place that had done this and probably get the police called on me because what could I really do? Missouri has terribly lax inspection policy. We loved her and trained her. When we found out how old she was and with two teeth left we spoil her. We were worried but because she seemed sick but I suspected the baytril and new home were at best not doing much to alleviate an obvious anxiety issue. It has been one month and she has put on weight and she looks better. We feed her cesars 3 times a day and now we are wondering about ideal feeding practices. I don't think she will ever get over the trauma just like she will forever have #190 tattoed on her stomach and left ear. She loves Dogzilla's yum it up as a "good girl" treat but we forgot where we got it and it seems very hard to find. She loves braunscweiger the replacement we came up with but it has a lot of fat. Tonight I experimented with crushing some small dog stuff she didn't like and mixing it with slightly heated braun and she went for it. I don't like it but I have to say when heated it smells like heaven. MY sister told me only two feedings a day so I thought you folks could help me out she weighs about six pounds.
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