 Anyone else have puppymill guilt feelings?
Janine & Jack-Welcome!
You are lucky you found YT before you bought a pup!! I have read every reply and I'm sitting here having guilt feelings! The story behind our Pippa is that our daughter's boyfriend gave her to Alyssa for Christmas-talk about the wrong kind of gift/bad timing/impulse buy! He didn't even ask us if it was ok to give her a dog (in our dog-less home). Of course the minute I saw her I was in love. I had never been a dog person-but boy I am now. Anyway, he bought her from a lady who met him half way to pick her up-he drove 2 1/2 hours to get her. She was 13 weeks old and weighed all of 2 lbs. I took her to the vet the next day. She had kennel cough and had to take amoxicillin for 10 days. The vet suspected she was probably in a puppy mill with lots of other dogs. Boy did I feel bad!! Still do. I want another Yorkie, but this time it will come from a reputable breeder-I want the breeder to check me out thouroughly. I shudder to think what kind of home Pippa could have ended up in-this lady didn't ask any questions and sold her for $500.00 because she was the runt.
On the size standpoint, Pip is probably full grown now(11 months old) and only weighs 3 lbs and about 8 oz. If other tinies are like mine, they are picky eaters and it is a constant battle to make sure she gets enough to eat everyday. I worry that she's not eating enough constantly. Thank heaven for Nutrical!
Good luck in your search. You will be happy you made the decision you did.
Tiffany & Pippa |