[La_T_Dog]

Some of you may have read my previous posting about my little yorkie, Pixie, that I adopted from a dog rescue. Please listen to my story and give me some advice. I am literally ILL from being so upset about this.

I have been looking for a yorkie for quite some time and was so excited to have found one that fit our qualifications-- good with dogs (I have a Lhasa Poo) and good with young children. In fact, her description said "great with kids"! I filled out the application (even though the dog was located 4 hours away), and I got approved. I was so excited! A couple of days later, my husband and I drove the 8 hour round trip to pick her up. I didn't bring the kids because the trip was so long.

Before she came to the rescue she was a breeder?s dog. She is AKC registered, but I couldn't have the papers because of the anonymity of the breeder. The breeder said she didn?t have much luck with the puppies and was getting out of the business. We drove for hours to pick her up because we were told that she was good with other dogs and children. This was important to us because we have both. We consider ourselves to be responsible pet owners and wouldn?t have adopted any dog that didn?t meet those criteria. Our dogs are really members of our family and we want for them to feel that way. When we picked Pixie up, she was a mess! She hadn?t had a bath; she had just been spayed, and had a horrible eye infection. The rescue was overcrowded and was trying to find immediate homes. We spent a little time with her at the rescue and from what we could tell, she just seemed ?shy?. She let my husband and me pick her up, hold, and pet her. She seemed fine?just sad. We didn?t have our children with us at the time because the trip was so long. When we first brought her home, she was stuck to me like glue. She did bark and ?snap? at my other dog for 2 days, but after the ?introductions? she really attached herself to him as well. She follows him all around the house and has to do EVERYTHING that he does. I REALLY thought that she was going to come around. She has been good about pottying outside (probably taking the cue from my other housebroken dog), she is PERFECT except when it comes to the children. We have tried to convince her that the kids are friendly. We have them give her treats and she is fine taking treats from them. I have tried to sit with her and get her calm and allow the children to approach her and pet her. She has come around to letting the children come near, but if they try to pet her, she ?snaps? at them. And just two days ago, she actually followed through and bit my 7 year old when she was trying to pet her. I was even holding and talking to her at the time. She is most like this when I am holding her. My Lhasa Poo then steps in to be the ?protector? of the children and growls at her.

I am beside myself with grief. I would have never adopted her if I had known-- NEVER! I could return her to the rescue, but it is such a long trip. SOOO, I thought I would try to find her a good home here in Dallas. I listed her on craigslist with the stipulation that I would NOT adopt to homes with children, and that all interested parties would be interviewed. I set the adoption fee at $200. This is below what I adopted for and I hoped would weed out the ones that weren't serious. I did have to weed out plenty of applicants even at this price. I thought I found her the perfect home with a young single nurse that couldn't have kids, but after 1 day, she said she was allergic to Pixie and needed to return her. No problem, I picked her up immediately. I REALLY want to do what is right for this little girl. She is so sweet and she really wants to be a part of the family-- just not one that has kids.

PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE!!