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01-17-2008, 02:01 PM | #1 |
Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southeast Texas
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| Am I wrong? I have an adorable 8 month old male I am selling and I am having a hard time finding the right home for him. I had a lady call today that had just lost her Yorkie (he died) and we talked a long time. I could tell she really loved her Yorkie but the circumstances of his death worried me a little but I know they were devastated. She called back and said she wanted to buy my puppy. At that time I asked a question that I aways ask my potential puppy buyers....'Do you work?' She said yes, she and her husband both worked. I asked her what she would do with the puppy while she was gone all day and she said they would keep him in the utility room. I just had to tell her I did not think this puppy would be right for her. I just could not think about that poor baby being all alone all day. He is so use to me being home all the time and he has all his friends here to play with. I know many Yorkie owners work and leave their babies home alone. Am I being silly for not wanting my babies to go to homes of working parents? I would not worry so much if I knew he had a playmate. Last edited by bjh; 01-17-2008 at 02:03 PM. |
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01-17-2008, 02:04 PM | #2 |
Crazy about Kacee! Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Kansas
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| No. You are not wrong. He is 8 months. He is used to company all day. I think it would be a big shock and depressing for him. I think you should keep him!
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01-17-2008, 02:08 PM | #3 |
Owned by Tumi & Gracie Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NYC
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| hmm..i think you should give them to the best home that they can get. both me and my hubby work and before we have Gracie, we took tumi to daycare. She loved it there and she is sooo very well socialized. Now that we have 2 girls, we still take them to daycare once a week at least for socializing. I think it is kinda interesting that you don't want to place your baby in a working parents home. I think most have to work so they can give their furbaby the best care/food/medical expense. I dunno.. that is just my opinion. We usually spend $500 or more for our fur babies and we can survive on my hubby's salary alone but i want to work so i can just spoil my baby rotten with everything that they need. We spend all our time with our babies on the weekends and the days that we don't have to work and also when we come back from work. we never leave them at home alone for long hours.
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01-17-2008, 02:09 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago
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| no you are not wrong at all.. after all, this is your baby, too! Kayah's a little over two years old.. and the most she's left alone is three hours.. if even!
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01-17-2008, 02:14 PM | #5 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC
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| I am of the belief that as the current mommy, YOU call the shots. If you want him to go to a home where one person is at home, then that is just what you should be looking for. At the end of the day, you need to feel comfortable knowing that you placed your little guy in a home where he will be taken care of to the extent that you take care of him. That being said...when I think of what a utility room is, it sounds like a place where there are tools, brooms/mops and creepy crawlies are abundant. But this may not be the case at all. Maybe she has it, or will have it, decked out to be the perfect puppy palace. I know that when I get my little guy or girl, he or she (or both????) will be kept in our "storage room". But I will completely have it puppy ready. There will be nothing in there but toys, food/water, pee pads, and more toys. The door will be kept open at all times and I will put a gate up. The point I'm trying to make, is that maybe it didnt occur to her that she needed to be more specific. This is your call. I think there are lots of homes out there that has at least one person staying home...just keep looking and dont settle! One thing to keep in mind though, is that just because mommy-to-be stays home now, it doesnt mean that she (or he) will be doing that forever. Good luck! |
01-17-2008, 02:15 PM | #6 | |
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01-17-2008, 02:16 PM | #7 |
Luv my 7 Furkids Donating Member | no I know exactly how you feel. I have two that are 13 1/5 weeks, and so far, I think Im scaring off potential new parents. If your not in it for the money and just the joy of the dogs, I think its harder. You have to feel its right in your heart, and hope you made the right choice. I think not everyone treats their pets as babies. |
01-17-2008, 02:17 PM | #8 |
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01-17-2008, 02:20 PM | #9 | |
Owned by Tumi & Gracie Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NYC
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01-17-2008, 02:21 PM | #10 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pickens, sc
Posts: 51
| I agree with you about allowing your baby to go home with someone who will keep them in a utility room. A utility room sounds dark and depressing. Both my husband and I work, but we come home at lunch to let our babies out. Harley stays in a crate and I put the blinds up everyday so the sunshine will hit him. In the summer, I will move it as it will probably be too warm. When I bought Harley, the sellers "interviewed" me. It showed me they cared about their puppies instead of just making money. You'll find the perfect home for your puppy.
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01-17-2008, 02:22 PM | #11 | |
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01-17-2008, 02:24 PM | #12 |
Lovin' my R & R Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Middleton, Idaho
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| I never leave my pup at home.. I have had him for four months and have left him home twice, and I hated it!!! He comes with me everywhere and DONT TELL but even to work. Yup. I work a couple days a week at the office and bring him with me everytime. No one even really knows. I bring him in my Kwigy Bo (looks like a big purse) and he either sleeps in that under my desk or I turn my chair kinda sideways and put him beside my leg on the chair so no one can really see him. I have my own office so I just keep the door shut but he's so good and quiet! Plus I get way more done with him right beside me than if I were to worry about him at home! That's my confession..... Hold out- you will find the perfect mommy for him. Can we see pictures??
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01-17-2008, 02:26 PM | #13 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lucedale ms
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| I feel that when the right person comes along you will know it, and you want have to question yourself. I am that way with a Jack Russell that was left with us for 6mos, she was a serviceman dog and he will not be able to take her back, we were told by his family to find her a home, their been a lot of people that would take her now but I don't think they would keep her in the long run as she is a hand full, so for now and maybe forever she staying with us untill that right person comes along. |
01-17-2008, 02:27 PM | #14 |
Owned by Tumi & Gracie Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NYC
Posts: 2,321
| i can ask my hubby..i think you can find it on amazon.com .
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01-17-2008, 02:45 PM | #15 |
BANNED! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kentucky
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| i take it on a case to case basis. If there is another dog to keep the puppy company, it means a lot. it is really hard for me to sell to working couples where there is no other baby. especially if the parents are gone 10-12 hours a day. i knowingly won't do it. |
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