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07-16-2010, 05:15 AM | #1 |
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| This Makes a Point, Puts a Tear in Your Eye, Pass it On! Found this on a kennel website. Made me cry, but it describes in such a non-judgmental manner why you should NEVER buy a puppy from a pet store. Please copy and pass on. PET SHOP PUPPY I don't remember much from the place I was born. It was cramped and dark, and we were never played with by the humans. I remember Mom and her soft fur, but she was often sick, and very thin. She had hardly any milk for me and my brothers and sisters. I remember many of them dying, and I missed them. I do remember the day I was taken from Mom. I was so sad and scared, my milk teeth had only just come in, and I really should have been with Mom still, but she was so sick, and the Humans kept saying that they wanted money and were sick of the "mess" that me and my sister made. So we were crated up and taken to a strange place. Just the two of us. We huddled together and were scared, still no human hands came to pet or love us. So many sights and sounds, and smells! We are in a store where there are many different animals! Some that squawk! some that meow! Some that peep! My sister and I are jammed into a small cage, I hear other puppies here. I see humans look at me, I like the "little humans", the kids, they look so sweet, and fun, like they would play with me! All day we stay in the small cage, sometimes mean people will hit the glass and frighten us, every once in a while we are taken out to be held or shown to humans. Some are gentle, some hurt us, we always hear "Aw they are so cute! I want one!" but we never get to go with any. My sister died last night, when the store was dark. I lay my head on her soft fur and felt the life leave her small thin body. I had heard them say she was sick, and that I should be sold at a "discount price" so that I would quickly leave the store. I think my soft whine was the only one that mourned for her as her body was taken out of the cage in the morning and dumped. Today, a family came and bought me! Oh happy day! They are a nice family, they really, really want me! They bought a dish and food and the little girl holds me so tenderly in her arms. I love her so much! The mom and dad say what a sweet and good puppy I am! I am named "Angel". I love to lick my new humans! The family takes such good care of me, they are loving and tender and sweet. They gently teach me right and wrong, give me good food, and lots of love! I want only to please these wonderful people! I love the little girl and I enjoy running and playing with her. Today I went to the Veterinarian. it was a strange place and I was frightened. I got some shots, but my best friend, the little girl, held me softly and said it would be OK. So I relaxed. The Vet must have said sad words to my beloved family, because they looked awfully sad. I heard severe hip dysplasia, and something about my heart... I heard the Vet say something about, back yard breeders and my parents not being tested. I know not what any of that means, just that it hurts me to see my family so sad. But they still love me, and I still love them very much! I am 6 months old now. Where most other puppies are robust and rowdy, it hurts me terribly just to move. The pain never lets up. It hurts to run and play with my beloved little girl, and I find it hard to breath. I keep trying my best to be the strong pup I know I am supposed to be, but it is so hard. It breaks my heart to see the little girl so sad, and to hear the Mom and Dad talk about "it might now be the time". Several times I have gone to that veterinarians place, and the news is never good. Always talk about Congenital Problems. I just want to feel the warm sunshine and run, and play and nuzzle with my family. Last night was the worst. Pain has been my constant companion now; it hurts even to get up and get a drink. I try to get up, but can only whine in pain. I am taken in the car one last time. Everyone is so sad and I don't know why. Have I been bad? I try to be good and loving. What have I done wrong? Oh if only this pain would be gone! If only I could soothe the tears of the little girl. I reach out to lick her hand, but can only whine in pain. The veterinarians table is so cold. I am so frightened. The humans all hug and love me, they cry into my soft fur. I can feel their love and sadness. I manage to lick softly at their hands. Even the Vet doesn't seem so scary today. He is gentle and I sense some kind of relief for my pain. The little girl holds me softly and I thank her for giving me all her love. I feel a soft pinch in my foreleg. The pain is beginning to lift, I am beginning to feel a peace descend upon me. I can now softly lick her hand. My vision is becoming dreamlike now, and I see my Mother and my brothers and sisters, in a far off green place. They tell me there is no pain there, only peace and happiness. I tell the family, good-bye in the only way I know how, a soft wag of my tail and a nuzzle of my nose. I had hoped to spend many, many years with them, but it was not meant to be. "You see," said the Veterinarian, "Pet shop puppies do not come from ethical breeders." The pain ends now, and I know it will be many years until I see my beloved family again. If only things could have been different. |
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07-16-2010, 05:19 AM | #2 |
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| OMG this really IS soo sad I'm tearing up in my office...definitely passing this around, thanks for sharing.
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07-16-2010, 06:31 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Columbia, SC
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| Omg was hard to stop feeling all teary after reading this, and im in the middle of a restaurant! So sad, thanks for sharing!
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07-16-2010, 07:47 AM | #5 |
LoveMy2 Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: East Tennessee
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| Oh, Thank you SO much for sharing this. It was so sad and so beautifully written. To read from the puppy's point of view really makes us think about the terrible scenes of their life we don't see. I will be sending on. Thanks agian. hugs, Amanda |
07-16-2010, 07:57 AM | #6 |
YT Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: south carolina
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| I have seen this posted on the internet before so so sad pat |
07-16-2010, 09:57 AM | #7 |
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| Mind if I include this thread link in the message I post on Newbies' pages when I find they are looking for a puppy? Hits the point. ~Joanne~
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07-16-2010, 10:17 AM | #8 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Clemmons, NC
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| Oh my gosh, I can't stop crying...how sad and so true...=(
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07-16-2010, 10:24 AM | #10 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Mesa, Arizona
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| Feel free to pass this on in whatever way possible. It really is a gentle, yet disturbing reminder to all that consider adopting or rescuing Yorkies/puppies in a pet shop. |
07-16-2010, 11:49 AM | #11 |
YT Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: south carolina
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| www.milldogrescue.org you will find this poetry in the poetry corner on this web. site www.milldogrescue.org they all make you cry all are so sad |
07-16-2010, 09:45 PM | #12 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ohio
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| I can relate to this story. My husband and I stopped in a pet store just looking at the pups. Half way down sat this beautiful Siberan Husky...all brothers and sisters had been sold. You could tell he hated it there, my husband said he's going home with us. He was 4 months old. So Meeko got a new home with people who loved him. Problems started within 2 days. Meeko had kennel cough and was very sick by day 2. We took him to our vet and he suggested taking him back to their vet. Pet store wanted to give us a different dog, we said no thanks we want this one! It took them 5 days to clear up the kennel cough. So we now have our Meeko back. Things go well for about 6 weeks and we noticed Meeko cried when he got up off the floor, by this time he is 6 months old and time for his nueter. Our vet decided to xray him while she had him under for his nueter. Well it was not good news.....Meeko had hip dysplasia and it was bad! They talked to us about taking him back to pet store, putting him down(pet store would have), or checking into surgery at Ohio State. There was no deciding, he belonged to us and whatever it took was what we were going to do. (We are not rich!!) It was 2 years and $5000 later our boy could run and play. We were told his life expectancy would be around 5 years with the surgery they had done. I have to tell you that Meeko was the best dog we have ever had...loving, gentle, and until the last day met me at the door everynite when I came home. Sadly, I had to put him down last February, he was 13! I guess the above story brought this all back but Meeko's story was a good one! I would never buy from a pet store now. For anyone that does....that dog is yours to follow thru with no matter what the costs. I am now owned by a spoiled little Yorkie by the name of Chewy! |
07-17-2010, 07:39 AM | #13 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: America
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| Now, as sad as this is, some pet stores are not as bad. Some pet stores get them from good breeders. We, I admit, got my yorkie from a pet store, EXEPT, we got to go meet the breeder and the parents. We saw our yorkie's other siblings, and where the breeder breeds her dogs. After that, we adopted our yorkie. |
07-17-2010, 09:01 AM | #14 |
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| That's so sad. Made me cry too.... |
07-17-2010, 02:33 PM | #15 |
Ringo (1) and Lucy too! Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: On the Edge of Glory
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| Oh gosh. I'm already sad today and this just broke my heart.
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