myFirstYorkie, Your post touches on issues that give me great concern. I interview every household member including dogs before making any decision about the sale of a puppy to a family. I am not trying to start an argument and I know many on here will not agree wit me. But, we each have our convictions and opinions and mine is that the very personality in a child that makes him/her a good pet owner in the parents mind is also the same traits that make them bad doggy police when their friends are in. It is not fair to expect kids to not have friends in and it is not fair to expect them to police the dog when they are there.
Unless a parent or adult is in the room every minute where either the kids or the dog are, it can and has led to disaster. AYorkie on the top of the standard weight as a family pet might be okay, but not a small to tiny one.
When I turn someone down as a potential buyer, I offer to help them find a breeder who might have a different philosophy..There are still accidents- I sold a cute boy to a family-husband and wife. They had grandchildren; the youngest was 13, and lived with her parents down the street. Because the puppy was older I let him go to the home even though they both worked. They had arranged to have their 40 year old son come over several times during the day and let Rocky out of crate to play. Emergencies arose and son and oldest gr-dgtr could not come so the 13 year old came over to play. She turned on TV and kicked back in a recliner. When her program was over she sat up to put Rocky back in his crate. She could not find him and after a very few minutes she saw his convulsing little body caught over his larynx under the footrest of the chair. He DIED! Unfortunately, the family never healed!!! Thigs happen even when you take the utmost caution so imagine what can and does happen when proper precautions are not enforced.
As I said, everyone has an opinion and is entitled to it/them. But, I don't want a repetition of that horrible accident. JMHO |