calling ALL big hearted softys
 

I know this can't just be me, but do some of you worry when you read a thread where a pup doesn't seem to be being treated like you would think it should be?
I've had problems lately reading threads and then not being able to get what theyve said about their furbaby out of my head. Especially a VERY recent one where the member has now been banned, and i'm left thinking OH MY GOD now we'll never find out whats happened to their poor pup :crying:
I absolutely LOVE reading the posts about all the spoilt furbabys on here, you know when you read posts and you can just feel how much they love their baby coming through in their words :) but at the same time the bad posts play on my mind for days :(
I know theres not much we can do but c'mon every other softy out there, give me some ideas how you get rid of the sad thoughts!
x

:( Wish I could, but there's a certain baby out there I still see shivering on his pee pad! So sad I can't get it out of my mind.

I hear ya!! I am such a softie and I feel for any animal not being treated right. I see a dead raccoon on the roadside and I feel bad.

I never knew when I signed up on a web site that I would feel such a connection with other peoples dogs and them personally.

It has happened.. I am a softy.. I have got to slow down though to be honest cause I have donated.. I have cried and been emotional and it has affected me in my everyday normal life...

I finally had to sit back and think of it like this...

My hubby and I are both licensed in the state of Texas for foster children. We did it for 1 year and I doubt we will ever do it again...

We have to get in our minds that we can not save the world .. We can give advice and we can help and that is about it.. None of us have the money to keep donating to different rescuses every month so my hubby and I have decided on a amount that we will donate and we are sticking to that I can not go over and beyond like I have been doing ... My poor bills will be neglected then....

We also can NOT be the determining factor of what a parent will do with their dog...UNFORTUNATELY.. I know everyone of us on here want each person to take OUR INDIVIDUAL ADVICE.. It is not going to happen ... We can sway a decision and they can choose to go with it or not...

I have done this .. I have said to myself.. I am doing all I know to do for this family and this dog and now GOD it is up to you...

It hurts when I feel like I have spun my wheels and took time away from my family and have talked hours on end WITH NO RESULT and trust me it has happened and to that I say:

I have planted a seed now someone can come and water it...

Hugs
I hope this helps
Vicki

You and me too.. but what can you do.. nothing but end up with a thread that closes... it is hard to read stuff like this, after all we are all such yorkie lovers.. leaves us feeling useless I know..:animal36

I am terribly soft-hearted. There are so many threads that I will not even read because they seem like they will be too sad. I particularly despise the ones where it is pretty apparent that the owners should NOT be owners...of ANY living creatures. I feel so so bad for the dogs and can only hope that the owners will be paid back for their uncaring or mean attitudes. Karma...

It really irritates me to see someone come on here and say things just to get a rise out of us...and I think that a lot of times it is. However, when it is REAL, I do feel angry at the member and feel sorry for the dog. There are a lot of crappy dog owners out there.

Today, I thought I saw one of my neighbors dragging his dog across the parking lot but my view was blocked and I couldn't be sure. I think he leaves his dog outside a lot because I always hear it barking. Yesterday at the Houston YT meetup, I saw an owner at the dog park throw a full bottle of water at his chihuahua! He was trying to get its attention. Of course we all jumped on him...he even almost hit some of our dogs in the process of trying to hit his own dog. His little dog could be seriously hurt if hit with a full bottle of water. If he treats his dog like that in public, who knows how he treats the dog at home. :(

Hi, thanks :) I do try and tell myself 'well you cant help, or make someone do what you feel is the right thing' but.... i still imagine the little dogs face, especially at the moment like Jody said imagining the one laying lonely on its pee pad :( I know admin has no choice but to ban someone, but it still feels like its turning our backs on a poor dog that needs help and leaving the poor baby to get on with it alone.

Thanks Vicki, that's it exactly! We can only do what we can do and then leave it in God's hands.

It's difficult knowing how to handle this sort of thing and sometimes people who abuse children and pets love the symphony they get from others by admitting they do it. In other words, showing too much compassion for them enables them to continue the abuse. I wish there was a good way to suggest that these people get professional help, they have probably suffered abuse themselves.

When we adopted Joey, the breeder gave us the third degree of every aspect of our homes and lives and we talked many hours on the phone about my beliefs in discipline. Now I understand why she was so hesitant to give out her precious babies to just anyone.

Thanks for showing me i'm not the only one, i knew i wouldnt be with you big hearted lot :) Its gone midnight here so i'm gonna grab Buddy (already fast asleep) and head for bed. Hopefully reading the posts on here that show how a furbaby should really be treated may rub off on some of the not so nice parents :rolleyes:
hugs to you all for the help
x

I too have worried after reading some of the stories on here where you just know the dog isn't being loved. Thankfully there are amazing stories of love and rescue on here that help to take away the bad. I try to stay away from threads I know will make me sad .

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Wow... I obviously don't read very many threads I guess... I haven't ever read one where I thought the dog was being abused... at least on YT

ok... I spoke too soon
 

I read the post where the poster was banned and I see what you are talking about! That is actually the only person on here I ever got an iffy feeling about but she seemed like she was trying to do the right thing by looking on here so I didn't think much more about it. I can't imagine giving a yorkie a bath in the dead of winter w/ a water hose! HOLY COW! I mean I know there are misters...and such... but even at 75 it is chilly out when wet!

Well... maybe if you lived down on the gulf coast where you can wear shorts practically all year!

Anyway...now I see what has some people worried! ME TOO!

Threads like that get at me and I can't get them out of my head. :( There are still threads from 2+ years ago that I can remember, just because they shocked me so much and I felt so awful for the dog.

I never have and never will understand how someone could be mean to a dog...any animal. No matter what you do, your pet still loves you. It seems like some people go out of their way to make their pet hate them, and it still looks at them with loving eyes. I only wish that people could have the love in their hearts that dogs do. :(

When you hit another person, they hit back. When you hit a dog, they lick your hand.

I just read the garden hose thread and was openly crying.

Now that she is banned, I fear we will never know what happened to little Milo.

That is exactly how I feel when I go to the rescue sites and read what has happened to some of these poor animals and see how they look. It really haunts my soul. :cry:

I've heard from someone whose opinion I respect, that this person is a troll. For those of you new to forums, this is someone who makes up stories to get a reaction from people. Whatever the case, this person needs help.

Well said Megan! I have had restless nights because of a thread here now and then, but luckily 99.9% of the members here are amazing, wonderful, caring people who love their pets with all their hearts.

About a week ago I PMed the person that is currently banned when she posted about rehoming her male. I told her I would love to give her baby a new home. Since I live quite far from her I asked if she would consider a Yorkie train. She said absolutely not, I would never do that!!! I was shocked that she would not consider the loving members on this board helping this pup, find a forever loving home. I also cannot get the picture out of my head about him huddled in the kitchen on a pee pad. :(





:rose: Rose and Lexi :aimeeyork

WELL SAID!!!

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I didn't see the post about the garden hose. That makes me physically sick. Just the pressure of the water alone could hurt it.
How could anybody be so cruel?
Well, there's nothing I can do to help that poor puppy,and gosh, I wish I could, so I will make a donation to our local SPCA, I guess that's all I can do.
Janice

Those posts make me so sad and angry at the same time I have to watch how much I follow them! I hope to God the person is a troller and doesn't even own a dog :(

I thank God each and every day that he sent me a man who feels exactly the way I do about pets and our yorkie babies. He sits here night after night and listens to me talk endlessly about what I have read on YT and shares the ups and the downs of some of these posts and when I come across one in particular that is just too sad to get over .... he just gives me a hug, wipes away the tears and moves over so one more furbaby can crawl in and help mommy feel better.

Talk about softie... have you seen the commercial on tv where they show abused, neglected and abondoned animals, all animals, dogs, bears, monkey, etc... they say in the commercial "neglected dogs being shot in the streets and left to die... " and they show the dog looking into the camera?? OMG does this BREAK MY HEART!!! They talk about how this is all done by HUMANS! I see my boys look at me with all the love in the world shining in their little eyes and their tails wagging sooo hard when I come home or just look at them and I literally want to cry my eyes out at that commercial. How could anyone SEE into those eyes and want to hurt that animal??? It baffles me and blows my mind! I wish I could save them all... i cannot stand to see an animal suffer or being tortured, neglected or abused! Like a child... they give all the love and trust in the world... how could anyone turn their back on that or reject it??? :( :(

I remember washing my GS with the garden hose in the summer so when
I saw that thread I didn't open it! Who in their right mind would do this
with a little Yorkie! Glad I stayed away.
I'm a mush when it comes to animals because they can't defend or
ask for help themselves and rely on us humans to care for them
and keep them feed, warm, healthy and loved.
When I see otherwise on here I just want to scream so for the most
part I don't even respond.
I do want to say Thank You to those of you who do respond because
I know at times people are just ignorant to what they should do and
need educating. Being older I guess I don't have the patience I use
to have so it's better to stay away. Common sence for some of these
people just don't exist!:eek:

I agree with you 110%. I also didn't open that garden hose thread. I always washed Rusty with the hose...we're talking a 60lb dog...and I would only even THINK about doing it when it was like 90* out. I just didn't understand how someone could ever wash a little yorkie with a hose...especially one whose afraid of water. :(

I, too, have not been able to get that poor little dog out of my mind. I am just now finding out she was banned. I just pray that, if everything she said was true, she gets help for herself and for that poor helpless dog.

Mom2Milo is another name created by the banned NODAK...he enjoys getting YT members upset

:mad: Wow, I remember NODAK...what a total jerk! Unless it will get you in trouble, can you tell us how you figured this out? I hate to be taken in if he comes back under another name.:mad: