Who owns a rescue or rehomed Yorkie?

[concretegurl]

Scoober is a Schnorkie (Yorkie/mini schnauzer hybrid) he is a rescue dog, abandoned outside a pound where local puppy mills often dump dogs in the night (at least they dump em at the pound right?). My Elvis (Parti Yorkie) is a re-homed with me dog...he is almost 11 pounds and grew too large for the kennel that got him to use in their breeding program...personally I think they knew he had seizures and sold him saying they were unaware, as he had seizures after being with me 4 months and they failed to provide the full copies of his vet records for the two years they had him...either or Elvie is a blessing! Rescue dogs take a lot of work, it was obvious Scoobers was scared of people and had been severely abused, he ran, hid, lost bowel control and whimpered at the sight of a dog brush...was freaked out by grass...and took a long time to warm up to people, not to mention how starved he was when I got him...however the extra work put into rescue dogs pays off in the love they give you!

[Karebear]

My little Sadie was a rehome. I had forund her in a classified ad where her original owner was selling her out despiration at a hefty price because of her small size.She was 3 years old and barely 3lbs when we found her. She was emaciated and has since gained a half of a lb. At her last dental she had 14 teeth removed and she about to have her 5th birthday.

I felt so bad for this dog that i paid to rescue her.

[YorkieZoo]

We always have at least one, but sometimes a couple of fosters...here is Katie, the home visit is this weekend and all references and vetting info came back good, so hopefully she gets her forever home next week!

She was from a mill and a "designer" Yorkie breeding mom. Her back leg was injured and she was going to be PTS. We got her surgery and she is good as new! Yay Katie Bug!

[jrsygal37]

I have five. My first was Bella. We got her at five weeks of age. Her whole body was covered in fleas and she was very sick and anemic from the flea bites. We bottle fed her, and got her better. She's now almost seven and is the mommy of the crew. My second was Noel. She came from a terrible place. A small time puppy mill. She was filthy, bleeding from the rectom, had parasites and was petrified of people, especially men. It took a good three years to rehabilitate her. She still has a skiddish streak but 100 times better then she was. She's now six years old. My third was Tia, she was a rehome. She was being sold in the paper as a "purse puppy." I first called out of curiousity and then once speaking to the owner, knew I had to get her out of there. She came to me spayed, but malnurished. She was young, only nine months. She's now four years old and perfect in every way. And, happy to say 100 percent potty trained Then we had Lilly. Lilly was 13 weeks when I got her. I got her through rescue. I don't know her story, but was happy to get her. She had barely any hair when I got her and was shaking terribly. She's now three years old and cute as a button. Last is Mr. Beans. He was a rehome but I consider him a rescue. He was living in a 9x12 plastic carrier, emaciated, and very scared. He was tormented by a four year old, a pit bull and a boxer. When we got him he didn't know what grass was, and could barely walk from being left in the carrier so long. We put food and water down and he ate and ate and ate. He's been with us two years now and he still has a lot of issues, such as he's scared of the comb and brush, you can't touch his feet or he screams (he was dragged around by the legs) and he does not like little girls much. All of them are so greatful for their new life. This is what I try to tell people, when you adopt and put the time into a dog that needs you they never forget and they make the most wonderful companions you'll ever have. I also have my little midget Brooklyn. We bought her. I felt guilty when I did because I always advocate rescue but I'm very thankful I did get her as she's very special to me. Elaine

[Ladym]

Hi,
I adopted Mr. Perkins 2-1/2 years ago from a local shelter. He's the love of my life. I am also a foster mom to a sweet & tiny Pom girl named Priscilla.

[Sweet Girls]

What a great thread! My girl is a re-home that I got through a rescue that I know. She was well loved, but when the family fell on bad time, the breeder wouldn't take her back...just kept putting them off, saying not right now, but soon....eventually they called my friend who is involved in rescue and she took her. After a few days with a foster to be sure she was vetted etc, I brought her home! Couldn't be happier...she is just the greatest addition to our family.

[aprilivy]

Our first rescue was from the local animal shelter - 15 years ago. Beavis (he picked his own name) had one ear up and one floppy ear and was the best dog. I can remember having conversations with him about what a good job he was doing learning how to be a wonderful companion. When we got him he was 7 pounds and he eventually grew to 15 - we suspect he was actually a Silky Terrier.
Being without a dog for 3 years, we have now added Baxley to the family. He was also a rescue and is 6 months old and about 5 pounds with two floppy ears. It is amazing to watch how fascinated he is with the big screen TV - he is pretty much "attached" to my husband as he is retired and here with him all day while I'm at work. He is a sweetheart and learning to cope with all these new experiences.

[orlnurse]

Both of mine are rescues. I adopted Max (yorkiepoo) about a year and a half ago. He was 4 at the time. Actually I think he chose us. We went to the rescue in hopes of getting another dog that didn't work out. From a crowd of dogs, he jumped in my daughter's lap and the rest is history. He is and always was a lover, he's so sweet, smart and handsome. We love him to pieces. He needed some training..he has had some aggression issues. He's come a long way.

I adopted Lily (yorkie) earlier this year when she was 6 months. After joining yorkietalk when I got Max (yorkiepoo), I fell in love with the breed. She is a puppymill rescue and needed a ton of reassurance and love. She has made tremendous strides in the time she has been with us. When we first got her she was a mess. She walked hovered to the ground, tail tucked in and she wouldn't make eye contact with anyone. Now if you get too close to her face, you better watch out because she'll slip a kiss in She walks around proudly and even bosses her older brother around some. She is mama's little baby girl..she is so sweet. I've never even heard her growl.

That's my story

[megansmomma]

Just thought I'd give this thread a great big bump up. It's been a few years since it was bumped but well worth it. So who has a rescue or rehome now? I still have Doodlebug, Pebbles and Bogey. Gezzz, time really does fly. They are now 6, 7 1/2 and 71/2.

[107barney]

We adopted winny. He's cute.

[matese]

I adopted Cody in Nov.2013. 6 weeks after having to put down my beautiful 17 y/o girl. I can say he was a gift to me from my vet. The trauma I was going through when I was told I had to put my baby girl down was to over whelming for me, I swore no more dogs, I have had to put down to many in the past, loosing my last one was just to much for me. I gathered up all her things and stuff I had kept from all my past puppies and donated it all to my local no kill shelter. Then I received a call from my vet, they just got in a 2 1/2 y/o neutered male, he was a surrender, not an abused dog. I told the vet all the reasons that I didn't / couldn't bring another dog into my life. Even tho I was so lonely and my house felt so empty, I have had dogs in my life for 35 + years, I didn't know how I was going to be able to be without one,or if I could even be without one. I was trying to adjust to being alone. I told my vet I didn't want a male because of their marking, my vet said some neutered males mark, some do not. She said something about this pup reminded her of my Matese and the reason she thought of me, I asked what it was, she said it was his ears. (my Matese had the biggest most beautiful ears ever) My vet kept telling me "just come to see the dog" This was on a Tues. the coming Sat. they were having open house adoption, the vet said one of the techs had bought him in to be checked out and they were getting him ready for Sat. adoption, she said when she saw the dog she told her tech "this dog will not make it for adoption" she said to get me on the phone, this was my dog. Because my vet thought of me I couldn't keep refusing to not see this dog. I knew I was safe to "just see the dog" and to not show disrespect for my vet. I knew I would NEVER have a male dog. So I went, I saw and he came home with me that day.... The following information I got from contacting the prev.owner several weeks after I adopted Cody....Cody came from a much loved family, he was gotten 3 years ago for a little 8 y/o girl who's parents were getting a divorce. Both the childs grandmother's suggested to the childs mother to ease the pain of this little girl that would miss her daddy terribly they wanted to buy a yorkie for the little girl, it would give the child something to take her mind off daddy not being there. So Cody was purchased for the little girl. This child carried the puppy in her arms like a baby,she trained this puppy to sit, stay, lay down plus other commands. This dog was adored by this child and the entire family and was / is spoiled rotten. 2 years down the road the mom remarried, had a baby, had financial issues between a new born and caring for this dog. They decided re homing was best for the dog. Cody rescued me, not me him, Cody also came with severe medical issues unbeknown to my vet. The day after he was in my home he had diarrhea, with blood and mucus, I took him back to my vet where he was being treated for Colitis. Also, 2 weeks after I had Cody I was contacted by the rescue team, they told me the owner wanted to be kept updated on how Cody was doing, would I mind doing this and sending pictures. How could anyone refuse this request. It took 4 weeks to finally speak to the prev. owner, I actually spoke to the grandmother, not the childs mother. I asked this lady was she aware that Cody was surrendered as a very sick dog. The grandmother told me the entire story of the dogs medical back ground. This information I gave to my vet. In a nut shell Cody under went major surgery and now is a healthy lil boy. Going back to the day I took him home with me, he made himself very comfortable, for the first few hours he sat on the back of my sofa and watched every move I made lol, I kept talking to him, did not make sudden movements and let him come to me. With in a few hours you would have thought he was mine all his life. I keep in touch with his prev.owner just the grandmother, for some reason the childs mother will not talk to me, I feel it is guilt she feels for medically neglecting this poor baby. I have spoken to the child who ends up in tears, she loves and misses this dog, it tears my heart, I always tell her Cody will never forget her. I tell her if Cody ever saw her he would choose her over me . I know my Cody misses this little girl that devoted all her time to loving and caring for him. How can anyone replace the love of a child to a dog? I do what ever I can to make him happy so he does not miss this little girl. It hurts me terribly that a parent would take away a childs dog that was adored by this little girl, but I thank God and my vet that he came to me. He is my perfect naughty lil boy, and he does not mark, he squats when he makes pee-pee. I have a doggie hatch he can use but he always comes to me to let me know he has to go out and make. Cody does not leave my side, he is 100% MY dog. I was blessed that he adjusted and accepted me with in hours, I feel he felt my pain and sadness over loosing my Matese and he knew I needed his love. I have Cody now 8 months and I love him more then words can say, he is more then very special to me....that is my unplanned adoption story.

[megansmomma]

Originally Posted by matese

I adopted Cody in Nov.2013. 6 weeks after having to put down my beautiful 17 y/o girl. I can say he was a gift to me from my vet. The trauma I was going through when I was told I had to put my baby girl down was to over whelming for me, I swore no more dogs, I have had to put down to many in the past, loosing my last one was just to much for me. I gathered up all her things and stuff I had kept from all my past puppies and donated it all to my local no kill shelter. Then I received a call from my vet, they just got in a 2 1/2 y/o neutered male, he was a surrender, not an abused dog. I told the vet all the reasons that I didn't / couldn't bring another dog into my life. Even tho I was so lonely and my house felt so empty, I have had dogs in my life for 35 + years, I didn't know how I was going to be able to be without one,or if I could even be without one. I was trying to adjust to being alone. I told my vet I didn't want a male because of their marking, my vet said some neutered males mark, some do not. She said something about this pup reminded her of my Matese and the reason she thought of me, I asked what it was, she said it was his ears. (my Matese had the biggest most beautiful ears ever) My vet kept telling me "just come to see the dog" This was on a Tues. the coming Sat. they were having open house adoption, the vet said one of the techs had bought him in to be checked out and they were getting him ready for Sat. adoption, she said when she saw the dog she told her tech "this dog will not make it for adoption" she said to get me on the phone, this was my dog. Because my vet thought of me I couldn't keep refusing to not see this dog. I knew I was safe to "just see the dog" and to not show disrespect for my vet. I knew I would NEVER have a male dog. So I went, I saw and he came home with me that day.... The following information I got from contacting the prev.owner several weeks after I adopted Cody....Cody came from a much loved family, he was gotten 3 years ago for a little 8 y/o girl who's parents were getting a divorce. Both the childs grandmother's suggested to the childs mother to ease the pain of this little girl that would miss her daddy terribly they wanted to buy a yorkie for the little girl, it would give the child something to take her mind off daddy not being there. So Cody was purchased for the little girl. This child carried the puppy in her arms like a baby,she trained this puppy to sit, stay, lay down plus other commands. This dog was adored by this child and the entire family and was / is spoiled rotten. 2 years down the road the mom remarried, had a baby, had financial issues between a new born and caring for this dog. They decided re homing was best for the dog. Cody rescued me, not me him, Cody also came with severe medical issues unbeknown to my vet. The day after he was in my home he had diarrhea, with blood and mucus, I took him back to my vet where he was being treated for Colitis. Also, 2 weeks after I had Cody I was contacted by the rescue team, they told me the owner wanted to be kept updated on how Cody was doing, would I mind doing this and sending pictures. How could anyone refuse this request. It took 4 weeks to finally speak to the prev. owner, I actually spoke to the grandmother, not the childs mother. I asked this lady was she aware that Cody was surrendered as a very sick dog. The grandmother told me the entire story of the dogs medical back ground. This information I gave to my vet. In a nut shell Cody under went major surgery and now is a healthy lil boy. Going back to the day I took him home with me, he made himself very comfortable, for the first few hours he sat on the back of my sofa and watched every move I made lol, I kept talking to him, did not make sudden movements and let him come to me. With in a few hours you would have thought he was mine all his life. I keep in touch with his prev.owner just the grandmother, for some reason the childs mother will not talk to me, I feel it is guilt she feels for medically neglecting this poor baby. I have spoken to the child who ends up in tears, she loves and misses this dog, it tears my heart, I always tell her Cody will never forget her. I tell her if Cody ever saw her he would choose her over me . I know my Cody misses this little girl that devoted all her time to loving and caring for him. How can anyone replace the love of a child to a dog? I do what ever I can to make him happy so he does not miss this little girl. It hurts me terribly that a parent would take away a childs dog that was adored by this little girl, but I thank God and my vet that he came to me. He is my perfect naughty lil boy, and he does not mark, he squats when he makes pee-pee. I have a doggie hatch he can use but he always comes to me to let me know he has to go out and make. Cody does not leave my side, he is 100% MY dog. I was blessed that he adjusted and accepted me with in hours, I feel he felt my pain and sadness over loosing my Matese and he knew I needed his love. I have Cody now 8 months and I love him more then words can say, he is more then very special to me....that is my unplanned adoption story.

Love it thank you for sharing!

[TxVicki]

My current 3 are all Rescue's/Re-Home.

My Willow we adopted Nov. 2010. She was a breeder girl, that was turned into the Rescue Group I adopted her from.

My Allie was an Owner Turn in to the Rescue Group I adopted her from. I adopted her in March 2011.

My Luci was a Re-home. A YT Member posted about her neighbor needing to re-home his little girl. I took her in May of 2012.


I have also had 5 others that we had adopted from Rescue Groups that have since passed. Most the ones we have adopted have been older.

[AZME]

One hot August in Phoenix I was mall walking w/ a friend. We walked every day and it was just getting too hot and we were getting up earlier and earlier so the week before we decided we would start mall walking and we joked about it. The first weekend on a Sunday we were just about finished when my friend saw this little dog sitting by the front door and shivering (it was about 105 out) We opened the door and scooped him up. We checked with Mall Security, then called the dog pound and on and on it went. My friend decided that while we continued looking for his owner she'd bring him home. On the way home we stopped at Safeway and picked up dog food a leash and a collar because he had none of this. She brought him to Petco to see if he was microchipped he was not. We put an ad in the paper. Contacted Yorkie Rescue and put up flyers near the mall. A couple of weeks went by people answered the ad but it wasn't their dog. It was so sad because they were so hopeful. My husband and daughter were allergic to dogs so the dog stayed with my friend until the fateful weekend she went away and my daughter and I were feeding and walking this little Yorkie. For my daughter it was love at first sight. She wasn't allergic (or just mildly) to him and she asked if we could bring him home for a few hours so we could play with him longer. Well that was the start of it. And in the end my husband was only mildly allergic to him. We continued looking for his owner but to no avail. My daughter who had a birthday coming up decided he could be her present and she named him Louis V. Because he was small enough to fit in a purse. I waited another 3 months to get him neutered wondering why someone would give up this little guy. He had to be lost but sadly no one was looking for him
He at first had some issues, didn't really like men, or small kids (almost found that out the hard way) my kids were teens so that wasn't an issue for us. He did not like anyone wearing work boots. Didn't like being left alone and was a bit of an escape artist as he'd chase anything that ran with total disregard for how far he'd run. He was smart and funny. Always entertaining and I fell in love with this breed. I taught him to whisper woofies instead of speak (I've talked all my dogs that…it's adorable) I just lost him a week ago and we had a great life together. When I married my husband I thought I'd never have a dog because of his allergies. In the end he took his claritan when needed and after spending 10 years + with this little guy --his first dog ever, he understands how they are really a part of the family. The luckiest trip to the mall I've ever had. Below is Lou with my daughter Kate a couple of summers ago.

[107barney]

I should have elaborated about Winny.
He was raised to be kept for the show ring by a breeder in New England. He was projected to be a little too big so he was sent to a placement service/rescue and I saw his listing. I could see that he looked like a nicely bred Yorkie and when I inquired I was told he came from a breeder who does things right and he was apparently healthy. I adopted him the day before his 1st birthday. He made himself right at home but tended to keep to himself for security for a couple of weeks. He wasn't sure of his place. Daisy was the first one to play with him and they started playing with soft toys together and tug of war games. Teddy was next to accept him and I would find him putting his head down on him and cuddling. Barney wanted nothing to do with him and a few fights broke out that I managed by using Meganmomma advice (kitchen water sprayer). I ignored my vets advixe which was to kick them. I found a cutting board worked well too. Anyway, fast forward, he and barney are BFFs. Winston is a very nice dog, very sturdy and outgoing. He is very pretty and he seems healthy still now that he's 3. He is going for his dental cleaning in two weeks from now. All in all, we call Winston "the low carbon footprint" because he is an easy dog as all young Yorkies should be. I insured him just in case but hope to lose money on that! He is a good boy.