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05-29-2010, 08:12 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member | Im in troubleeee so I signed up through work for a united way donation of time ..at our local WONDERFUL animal shelter so I get to spend a day working with there animals if theres a yorkie there ya'll KNOW whats gonna happen
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05-29-2010, 08:18 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: CA,USA
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| Well, you can hope there isn't, but........maybe one more wouldn't hurt. |
05-29-2010, 09:56 PM | #4 |
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| DOOOO ITTT!!!! I dare ya hahaha.. Good luck sweetie
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05-29-2010, 10:56 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Here, there
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| Uh oh....
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05-30-2010, 05:24 AM | #7 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: west long branch, n.j.
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| [QUOTE=PenniesMom;3146388 but I dont see paying 600 dollars for a rescue![/QUOTE] I do. When you get a dog from a rescue they have had to feed, vet and sometimes get them out of a shelter. Vet costs for the dental, medication and surgeries some of these little ones need are high. Even if the animal you rescue didn't need these there are others that do and some will be so sick that they stay in rescue for a long time (sometimes never finding a home). Though the adoption cost is how the rescue can keep help these unfortunate little ones. jmo
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05-30-2010, 05:31 AM | #8 |
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| You go girl.
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05-30-2010, 05:36 AM | #9 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas
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05-30-2010, 06:11 AM | #10 |
I♥PeekTinkySaph&Finny Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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| Great! Just be very careful... I adopted one from the local Humane Society last year... she came with a horrible virus that she gave to my older Yorkie, Peek A Boo, and it turned into pneumonia and I came very close to losing him. His vet bill was $700.00 (that was cheap bc they thought he wouldn't pull through and just gave meds and sent him home), and I aged 10 years from worry. A reputable Rescue is a much better way to go to me. Just a note: When you volunteer there: Change your clothes and shoes before walking into your house. Disinfect your shoes with 5% bleach solution (make up a spray bottle), place your clothes in a clean plastic bag and straight into the laundry with them. Don't forget to disinfect your car and any place you walk. Better safe than sorry. If you do adopt from there: consider having a quarantine area (completely closed off from other pets) for at least one month. Vaccines do not cover all the viruses and diseases that stray dogs can pick up. Dogs may appear healthy at the facility, when in fact they may be carrying an infection. Dogs in crowded facilities tend not to show signs of illness (survival of the fittest), and many that are adopted do get sick about 1-2 weeks after going to a new home, when they relax a bit and the illnesses surface. You do have the responsibility to protect the pup you have. Don't risk her life (as I unknowingly did to mine) to want to save a life. If you come across a Yorkie, I would notify a local Yorkie rescue and let them do the saving. One last note: The Yorkie I adopted had been dumped there twice by 2 families when they discovered her liver enzymes were off. Yes, she has liver shunt... so my cheap $160.00 Yorkie will end up costing over $3000.00 when all is done.
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05-30-2010, 10:32 AM | #12 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: So. California
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| Hahaha!.....I knew it when I read your first post because I know I would..lol
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05-30-2010, 10:44 AM | #13 | |
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Don't get me wrong God Bless them for all they do, but most likely there are going to be other vet care needed, new pup supplies and on and on and the same goes with a new puppy. So its hard to pay that much for a rescue when I paid 700.00 for one of my boys 14 wks old (when I got him now 4yrs old) and healthy.
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05-30-2010, 11:01 AM | #14 |
♥YORKIERESCUE.com♥ Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Menifee, CA
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| I really have to chime in on the comment about the "rescue adoption fee"...are you serious? If you can't or don't want to pay to adopt thru a rescue...I hope you are financially able to care for a shelter dogs health care. Shelters don't always provide all the care that a rescue will...which means that it'll fall upon your shoulders. Also, to want to volunteer with your shelter should be for the love of helping animals not for the goal of finding a cheap Yorkie to adopt...just saying. Not sure you meant it to come off this way...but, that's how it sounded.
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05-30-2010, 11:05 AM | #15 | |
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