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02-19-2009, 11:24 AM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | Makes me so sad.... I just need to write this post to share and let out my frustration I am having right now. My neighbor owns 2 yorkies, a male and female. The female (Fluffy) is about 3 lbs., and the male is about 6lbs. Adorable furbabies, and are best friends my little one. Anyway, this is what really saddens me. My neighbor is from Brazil (we'll call her "Maria"), and she's been longing to breed her little ones because she is dying to have puppies. However, she has NO experience, and NO knowledge about doing this. She tried this a couple times. One time, she thought Fluffy was pregnant, and was waiting and waiting, for the baby to be born, but she later found out that Fluffy wasn't even pregnant. The next time, she did get pregnant, and I was telling her that she needs to be prepared, and needs to know what to do. The little baby was born, and died within 24 hours, because Maria left it alone and the mother took the baby off the heating pad, so it froze to death. Maria was devasted (not to mention Fluffy). I have to say I'm not surprised, because she never even went to the vet to make sure everything was okay, she had no idea what to do when the baby was born, and she wouldn't even try to learn. I told her about YorkieTalk, but she only checked it out but didn't ask any questions. So, after the baby died, she said she was going to get Fluffy fixed. I just ran into her the other day, and she said she thinks Fluffy is pregnant again, and she's really excited to have another puppy . I couldn't believe I was even hearing this. I'm just so frustrated because I don't think she is properly equipped to handle this situation, and she takes no interest in trying to become more knowledgable about it. I feel like she's just doing it to fill some void she has in her heart, but i don't think it's fair to Fluffy or the new born puppy. Thanks for listening everyone. I'm not sure if I'm just being hard on her, but it just seems to spark up a little bit of frustration in me. I might be overreacting about this. I just needed to let it out, so thanks for listening to my rant! |
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02-19-2009, 11:27 AM | #2 |
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| That is really sad for many many reasons. She should have learned her lesson the first time, and secondly 3lb's??? That is risky for someone who knows what they are doing
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02-19-2009, 11:31 AM | #3 |
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| That would frustrate me too - there are too many puppies in the world who have no homes as it is. Inexperienced owner/breeders like 'Maria' should have a bit of knowledge about dogs, puppies don't stay puppies!!! xXx |
02-19-2009, 11:34 AM | #4 |
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| not much u can say or do..Its like trying to wash the head of a donkey |
02-19-2009, 08:59 PM | #5 |
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| Sometimes those closet to someone can't get thru to people like this -- but have you told her about YT?? Send her here - tell her there are lots of breeders on here, people she could talk with, perhaps ask questions of, so she doesn't loose another puppy. Turn this in to a positive - I'm sure there are than enough members on YT that would set her straight! That way you're not the bad guy/neighbor who has their nose in her business
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02-19-2009, 11:13 PM | #6 |
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| Good lord I am new at owning yorkies but even I know you dont breed a 3lb dam to a 6 lb sire in any toy group. That is just asking for trouble. She is taking a big chance of losing her little girl maybe you should tell her about the risks of this. Sorry you are having to watch all this. |
02-19-2009, 11:45 PM | #7 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | Just ran into her again... So, I just ran into her again, and spoke to her a little bit about it. I told her about YT again, but she didn't seem very interested. I'm going to email her the link though, just keep pushing it and pushing it....just so she can get SOME help and support and people on here will better be able to explain the risks than I'm able to do. I've definitely emphasized the risk of losing Fluffy, and of course she doesn't want that to happen, but yet, I guess it's still not enough. That is honestly the saddest part about all of this I think. She told me that, "this time around", she's going to buy a crate and when she goes to work during the day, she will keep the mom and the baby in the crate. Her method of thinking is all wrong, and it's so frustrating. On top of all this, another thing has been bothering me too. She NEVER lets her dogs out of her tiny apartment. I hardly ever see them outside. They use pee pads, so they just stay in the small apartment day in, and day out. I've offered to have them over to play, or meet outside on the lawn, but it never ends up happening. I'm sorry to keep going on and on about it, but I've been feeling this way for so long now, and it feels really good to let it out and be supported in my views about it. She's a very nice person, but it's very hard to watch this happen, and not be able to do anything about it. I just need to pray for the little furbabies who are the ones at risk in exchange for what she thinks will make her happy. Thanks everyone for your support!! YT is such an amazing place!!! (If only, I could get my neighbor to realize this!!!) |
02-20-2009, 04:02 AM | #8 | |
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All you can do is tell her what you know, and that you have done. Hoping the best for the 2 of them, maybe she is not pregnant and she will have her fixed
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