What the heck is the purpose of this!?!?! Makes me angry!

[Yorkielove1]

Ok sorry i just HAVE To comment.. I am so angry!! i have been watching this thread, however it blows my mind someone would pose as stedmans mom... AND give out her personal email.. Sorry but i would be MORE then upset.. To Stedmans Moms:

Dont worry - you have every right to be upset. Someone you obviously trusted, gave out your personal info. I just have to think- this breeder might have gotten upset and this could have turned out very differently. From what i hear the breeder was pretty nice about it, but you could have had someone harassing you in your private email. The worst part is, you dont know who it was!!

[Gigi485]

You shouldn't have to apologize for being angry at someone using your email and posing as you. Identity theft is a serious issue. I would be mad too. This happened to me and someone used my email address for a "questionable" site at work. I almost got in trouble, till we found out some "pervert" was using my email address and I had to prove that it was used it on a day when I wasn't even in the office.

DTA - Don't Trust Anyone

[FlDebra]

Originally Posted by stedmansmommy

...You know, I am never rude to anyone on this site, but I have to say, this whole thing about someone e-mailing the breeder and posing as ME really ticks me off. Whoever did this had no right. It's not that I don't appreciate everyones concern over this poor little puppy, but if I wanted to e-mail the breeder and question her, I would have done it myself. I do not need anyone to do it for me. Much less, do it behind my back, "secretly pretending" to be ME. ....

.... But ya know, whoever did this OBVIOUSLY knew my personal e-mail address, and only a handful of people on this site actually have it - so it really makes me wonder. Who can you trust and who CAN'T you trust? .

I cannot imagine how violated I would feel if someone did this to me. But ... HOW??? is my question. How could someone send an email and make it look like it was from you. I mean aside from having Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds show computer whiz) skills, how could you do that? Are you sure it was done or did this breeder just tell you that? Is it possible she reads YT and just saw your posts and was calling them emails? I know I have gotten bent out of shape over heresay at times and then found out later it was all a misunderstanding or info repeated incorrectly. Is that a possibility?

I just don't get what anyone could possibly have gotten out of posing as you to complain to this woman. I mean, they could have easily made up a name or address if they wanted to remain anonymous. I hope that it winds up being a miscommunication thing. I would hate to think one of your trusted YT friends had stolen your identity to do this.

Wishing for the best.......

[BonBon]

Brooke, I shouldn't be amazed and yet I am! What was someone thinking to use your identity?!?! Especially on something like this! Like you said, if you wanted to contact this person you would have done it YOURSELF. I don't blame you one bit for being furious! I hope you can discover who did this.

As to the original post, I'm horrified that anyone would put that around a living creature's neck! I feel so sad for that breeder's puppies. I tried the link you posted and got the deleted message, too. That's probably for the best that I don't know who/where this breeder is!

Take a deep breath, relax and enjoy the evening with your DH and those cute babies!!

[LilMissy]

What a joke! I would be seriously ticked off if I were you. NOONE has the right to use your personal info as their own.

About the puppy...I am just shaking my head. How can anyone be so stupid as to do that. All it takes is for another puppy to grab the end of that ziptie (which is SO invitingly sticking straight out) and pull, then that little puppies life may be over. I don't agree with putting anything around Yorkies necks, but I'd sure rather a piece of yarn be used then a ziptie!

[Amazing Yorkies]

Originally Posted by FlDebra

What do you use to distinguish between puppies when recording weights as they grow? Do you read the microchip each time you weigh? I don't have a reader and have not chipped the puppies yet. Do you chip them right away?

I have yarn around mine. I change it every few days so that it never gets too tight or too loose. I had a soft velcro in different colors that I was going to use, but I didn't have 5 colors so I used the yarn this time. I would like a better method than the yarn. But why is it so bad? I am feeling like I shouldn't even be admitting to the yarn. But seriously, I would never do anything to hurt these precious little ones!

I would never use zip ties though -- they would not give at all if they got caught on something and just the hard plastic seems like it would be terribly uncomfortable and might rub them raw.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to call any one out on the yarn. I assume you're using the yarn for newborns. If it works for you, go for it. I know you would never do anything to hurt your little ones. It's just that I've heard of so many accidental fatalities with babies, from heating pads, to bedding, to blind cords etc.. I just worry about them getting a foot caught and choking or another baby dragging it around by the neck, or Mom trying to chew the yarn off the baby's neck.
I guess I've been doing this for so long, I don't weigh them any more as newborns. I look them over real close and I can tell if they're gaining weight, or if they look a little gant.
I microchip at about 8 weeks old, so a microchip would have been less dangerous to that older pup than anything around the neck, especially a zip tie!!
To StedmansMommy.. Geesh, All I can say is, I'm sorry that someone posed as you! How evil was that?? I am so shocked, I'm speechless! At any rate, I'm glad you started this thread, as you may have saved a puppy's life by someone reading how dangerous a zip tie could be!!

[smoop]

what a very bad idea