Originally Posted by Ladymom (Post 2391108)

I am so upset!

It is in the 70's today in North Carolina so I decided to take Lady for a long walk in the neighborhood. An older lady was getting groceries out of her car and started talking to me. She told me she'd had Yorkies for 40 years so I started telling her how much I love Yorkies and that I'd planned to get one as my empty nest dog until Lady came into my life as a rescue.

I told her how old Lady was and how special she was to me. She then told me that her last Yorkies were littermates and lived to be twelve before she had to put them to sleep. She then explained to me that when she decided to move to the neighborhood to be close to her daughter, she had them both euthanized because she couldn't handle walking them on a leash! (We are in the city limits so it is a local ordinance).

I was speechless. I cherish every birthday my Lady has. I was in a terrible car accident a few years ago and had to spend months in the hospital, then months in a wheelchair so I wasn't able to walk Lady for a long time. It never occurred to me to have her put to sleep. I spent $1200 a month to have her and my two cats boarded, then taught her to use pee pads when I came home. I have also given Lady two insulin shots a day for going on eight years to keep her alive.

It gets even worse. This lady then tells me that she went into a pet store with her daughter a few months after she moved in and they had a "designer dog", a Yorkie and Chihuahua mix and she bought it! So now she's leash walking anyway and her two senior babies are dead. :mad:

Originally Posted by yorkiepuppie (Post 2392146)

wow! just wow!

i cant believe she can be that STUPID.

and i am so sorry that you had to stand there while she opened her stupid mouth and told you just what a horrible person she is.

i would have probably told her that she was a horrible and stupid old lady.

i feel sorry for any animals that is ever owned by her. god forbid if she ever decides that this 'designer dog' (again, she is kind of a moron) will become inconvenient to her lifestyle.

i wish i could have her put down...because she is inconvenient to her dogs' lifestyle (making sure that all doggies go to a safe and loving home).

Originally Posted by ladyjane (Post 2392284)

Oh, I believe she was that stupid! Being in rescue, I see applications from people on a daily basis that say things that are so hard to comprehend. They really think what they say/do is ok.
I have heard some people say that they applied for a rescue and were turned down....I often wonder what they wrote on their applications. I am sure that some are simply not a good fit for the pup; but I am also sure many have said things that would stun most people.
This is also the reason most rescues do not give the exact reason for denial....they do not want the people to be able to *edit* their applications.
Those of us who truly love our babies would not even dream of doing what some people do to theirs...the list of horrors is quite long. Sometimes I wish I did not know.

Originally Posted by Ladymom (Post 2392289)

That's what makes me hate pet stores even more, if that's possible. They don't do any screening, just hand you a puppy after you've paid for it. If this idiot had tried to get a puppy from a rescue or reputable breeder she would have been turned down flat.

Originally Posted by zoeybear (Post 2392314)

The really crazy part is that she tells people she did it! What a freak.
Once a vet tech told me that they really discourage "convenience" euthanasia. She said they will take the dog, tell the owner they will put it to sleep, and instead find it a home. Maybe that happened in this case.

Originally Posted by ladyjane (Post 2392284)

Oh, I believe she was that stupid! Being in rescue, I see applications from people on a daily basis that say things that are so hard to comprehend. They really think what they say/do is ok.
I have heard some people say that they applied for a rescue and were turned down....I often wonder what they wrote on their applications. I am sure that some are simply not a good fit for the pup; but I am also sure many have said things that would stun most people.
This is also the reason most rescues do not give the exact reason for denial....they do not want the people to be able to *edit* their applications.
Those of us who truly love our babies would not even dream of doing what some people do to theirs...the list of horrors is quite long. Sometimes I wish I did not know.