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01-08-2011, 01:57 PM | #1 |
♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca
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| "sigh" WHATS WRONG WITH PEOPLE! So Santa brought Peanut a new red collar! Well I had to get him a new Id Tag, so we take a trip to Petsmart. Real quick, did you know that Petsmart has a new Id Tag thingy...it no longer ingraves the name and number, its like um... laser or something, and they dont have the gold,silver color anymore its really strange, it came out good, but I still like the old way they did it. With the old way you can feel the ingravement (is that a word) . We were kinda bummed! So back to my story, we are coming out and I get into my car, about to shut the door, I hear "excuse me" I look its a lady.. She askes me if Pnut was a full yorkie? I say yes, then she says (lol) his he a teacup, or toy.? I say no he is just small, 4 lbs. Then she says I have a female that is 3lbs and I was wondering if you dont mind LENDING ME YOUR DOG so I can breed my female!!!! ( I know what all of you are thinking) I said no, sorry he is neutered. Then I went into the WHOLE SPILL on why not to breed her and how she is TOO SMALL, and you know what she said, Well my Vet told me it was ok, she is in great health, he also said if I find a smaller yorkie it wouldnt be a big deal!!! OMG! I asked her why is it you want to breed her, she said TO SELL AND KEEP ONE OF HER PUPPIES!!!! OMG, I was done with this lady. I told her how dangerous it was for the female and how she would research this and everything, and she wasnt listing to me, she gave me a snotty look and said ok, thanks anways and walked away!! MY GOD, are people insane!! You canT just one day wake up and decide you want to breed!! Much less breed a 3lb dog!! When I was telling her that she could loose her female over this she looked at me like i was nuts!!! Man I swear Petsmart is like the home of BYB'S!! I hope she does research breeding, but I highly doubt she will! Sorry I have been upset ever since and I had to get it out lol
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01-08-2011, 02:08 PM | #3 |
♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca
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| Ya it is sad. I just wonder when and how this "breeding" idea gets in peoples mind...Even before I got Peanut neutered people always were bugging me about lending them my dog,I thought, my dog is my baby, he is not a baby making machine! I was always thinking "what's wrong with people" This world has soooo many GOOD BREEDERS that do it the right way, we dont need people like that TRYING to breed!
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01-08-2011, 02:13 PM | #4 | |
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Maybe it would be worthwhile for an educational pamplet to be developed by a Toy Dog Group association and mailed out to all the licensed vets.
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01-08-2011, 02:18 PM | #5 | |
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01-08-2011, 02:19 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | Hopefully your words will sink in and she will research more. You at least took the time to try and educate her, and I applaud you for that! I've heard this from people before about their vets giving an okay for these tiny females to be bred and doubt the information. If it is true, and vets are approving, they should have their license revoked.
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01-08-2011, 02:19 PM | #7 | |
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Let me tell you this, if she did her research, she will NOT breed her baby. I have to admit, when I first got my girl, I wanted to breed her. Then I researched and found out that's she's too small so I spayed her. She's 3.5 pounds and I wouldn't want to put her life in danger for my own selfish desire. I hope that lady will end up doing some research and end up spaying her baby.
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01-08-2011, 02:21 PM | #8 |
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| Sadly there are many people who are not interested in what is best for their dog only in their immediate wants. And they are resistant to anything that interferes with their plan. Her poor dog. You tried warn her about the hazards of breeding her dog. Hopefully she may stop and think because of what you said. I must say I was really unaware of how to take care of Buster when I first got him. I read some books to get the basics but learning from people on here on what to do and what not to do has been the best education. Now when I meet people who have a Yorkie I steer them to this site. Last edited by Buster Brown; 01-08-2011 at 02:23 PM. |
01-08-2011, 02:22 PM | #9 | |
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01-08-2011, 02:23 PM | #10 | |
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Well I am glad you to hear you changed your mind!! You did the best thing! OUr baby's aren't for baby making!
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01-08-2011, 02:24 PM | #11 |
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| True story: Before I was smarter, we went to buy a car for my husband. The car dealer owned a female yorkie, so of course we got to talking. Sight unseen, the car dealer asked if we wanted to stud Chip and he would give us pick of the litter. They had never bred and both Chip and his little girl were still puppies. Like I said, I wasn't very smart and said "Sure" but came on YT and everyone talked sense into me and I didn't go through with it. Sometimes people just think it's no big deal and it really is.
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01-08-2011, 02:30 PM | #12 | |
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01-08-2011, 02:35 PM | #13 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | I think some people think breeding=free puppy. They have no clue about how much it could potentially cost them. My mom has a neighbor with a 3 pounder. She stopped me one day and asked me if I would be interested in having Rhett breed with her dog because she liked the looks of him. Now, keep in mind that Rhett weighed in at 10 pounds at 6 months. The first time she asked, I gave her the same "your girl is too small to breed" advice (she told me the vet said her girl was healthy and would do fine). The second time she asked, I got a little more indignant and told her that her bitch wasn't good enough for my boy . She hasn't asked again.
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01-08-2011, 02:50 PM | #14 | |
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What are you talking about a 3lber and a 10lber is a perfect match!!! LOL! That would drive me crazy if someone kept asking me, and didnt listen to my great advice!! UGH people!
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01-08-2011, 03:12 PM | #15 |
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| I've run into ignorant people like that at the dog park. One had a tiny Yorkie and was telling everyone that she was going to breed her. When I asked how much the pup weighed (3.5#) and told her how dangerous it was, she said "no problem, we'll just get a c-section," and she shrugged her sholders, like "no big deal." Anything else I tried to say fell on deaf ears, so I just had to bite my tongue and walk away. As I was walking away, someone asked her where she got the Yorkie, and she said "Trader's Village," which is a flea market! There are many brokers there that sell from puppy mills, so not only was the dog too small, she had NO idea what the dog's background was. Another time I was approached by a man wanting to know if Jezebel had been fixed, and of course she had been. She's my spunky, high spirited, friendly girl, but she's far from breeding material! Twelve pounds, ears didn't stand, cotton coat .... I love her to death, but really! To top it off, his dog was a mutt ... probably one of the cutest mutts I have ever seen, but a mutt and he had no idea what breeds were part of his background. Although he did know the dog's dam, because she owned her and she was right there. You couldn't tell what breeds were in her make-up, either, and she and her son looked nothing alike. Very cute small dogs (exceptionally cute), but really? Not breeding material at all. And the very idea that he thought I would be willing to risk the life of my girl to have the pups of a mutt? These people are everywhere. I don't know what they are thinking.
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