I pray after seeing her baby she would not EVER let her go back. Surely, she will not.
It should probably be at the vet for whatever extra boost they can do to bring this starving pup around before it's to late.
Sorry, to just go on....I'm worried sick about this little one. :(

I agree the dog needs to see a vet. Malnutrition is a serious thing, the organs will start to suffer. It just breaks my heart for these poor little dogs that get neglected! Try and talk to your friend please!!

I agree 100% . It is so sad thinking how starved for food and affection this poor Yorkie must be, and still so excited to see the neglectful owner. I waited to get a dog until I was sure I was ready for the 24/7/365 resposibility of being a caretaker.

If i am correct , can't a dog who is starving to death end up having brain damage? This is very serious , I am am with you , she may need a lot of vet care , that Nancy might not be able to afford .

I know in humans, malnutrition affects neuro development and function. Probably not damage, but the sooner it is corrected, the better. As Spiritwings wrote, the other major organs are the major concern.

I have to say reading this nearly makes me physically ill!!

I think you can only be so nice, and then you have to step in and take control.

How old is this little one? Why does she leave her like this for so long? That is not love.


She is not responsible enough to have a little dog, can you take her?

I hope I don't have bad dreams tonight, just thinking about her makes me so very sad.

Can you suggest a good rescue? If she cant afford the vet bills maybe she should give this baby up....What do you think? I know it must be hard.

Your post just made me cringe for this poor baby. It is insane to keep a dog and then make someone else watch it (and they are doing a horrible job). Why not just find a loving home for the little thing?
I can't even let other people feed my baby because I fear they won't do it right, or give enough food even one time! Its just horrible to know that the little thing is so hungry and dirty too. :thumbdown

This baby is 10 months old. Still a puppy. I cannot stop thinking of her tonight.i am going to need to talk to her again tommorow , and see what she is doing for her puppy. Having her stay in a small room while she works , even if the pup has food and water, to me is STILL not good enough . Somehow I have to convince her to at least take the pup to a vet... Somehow i have to convince her to at least let me take care of her when she can't . Leaving her with family has proven the wrong thing to do. Although the puppy seemed pretty active , her weight could not of been more then a pound. I think that Nancy is concerned and at least took her pup home with her. But, as so many of you said ,she needs to be seen by a vet asap... I am very scared that she is beyond the point of getting her well. BUt the puppy was gobbling down food when I hand fed her, then used a measuring cup to scoop the kibble out, she was eating and gobbling the kibble as fast as she could. Nancy did ask me where to buy the Wellness super 5 mix for small breeds and I let her know. I was able to only find one more canned food I had that is 95% protein. But told her not to change foods on her drastically . Nancy kept tellling me how thin her hair was, too, but their were no bald spots or anything, just that she looked very disgustingly thin. I told Nancy that I could fix her up grooming wise , and take her while she worked. I'll try again and ask her . but, I am not going to handle this well if the puppy subcombs while I am helping her take care of her.
I do not understand this at all. I free feed my 2 girls , and both are at a healthy weight. The really scary part of it is that if ths puppy is not getting enough water, she could also be dehydrated too. Especially that this is a extremely little yorkie.
one thought crossed my mind was that those girls were delibertely underfeeding her so she would not grow any bigger. :mad: She was already on the super micro mini size yorkie. I have seen tiny yorkie's before, but never suffering from malnurishment.
I am a little scared to take her , because of her size, but, if I can get her, she would be seen by the vet, and fed well. I have seen a lot of Chi's.. Nancy's yorkie is smaller then them as puppies. I am uncertain if Nancy even realizes the severity of her puppy's condition.
I was NOT prepared to see her yorkie in such bad shape.

Yikes, she is only 1 lb???

Can you convince your friend to turn her over to a rescue? It does not sound like she is in tune with her dog's needs at all. I know it's tough when it's not your dog, and you have limited power to change the situation. :(

that is a approximately... Have not weighed her myself, but their is only skin and bones on her. Feeling all of her ribs, spine, and everything , it really was sickning. :(

This poor little baby's heart could be losing muscle tissue due to her severe state of starvation and she must get to an Emergency Vet ASAP. If this woman won't agree to get this littlest and most helpless of angels some help now, please put in an emergency call to Animal Control and beg them to intervene to save a dying dog's life. If your friend won't get her dog vet care now that her condition is life-threatening, she needs to take responsibility for what she has allowed to happen and relinquish this dog to others who will help her. Thank God you are there for this poor baby and what you do next could be her only hope, even if all you can do is call Animal Control. I thank you so much for being willing to raise the alarm for a little dog in trouble. Oh, I just pray someone gets to her in time.

Please do tell your friend NOT to over feed her baby as a starved dogs organs can shut down completely if fed too much at a time. You have to feed several small meals a day or her system will go into shock & just shut down. She really should take her baby to a vet ASAP. If I were you I would BEG her to let me puppy sit for her instead of her nieces. It would be like shared custody for the 2 of you so you would know you were always going to see her again.

I don't get it how could you or would you ever call someone like that your friend? Sorry that's when I'd end the friendship why would you want to even know someone like that?

Do something...take her dog away...call animal control, take a picture post in in the paper shame her...sorry but I just don't get he whole kill 'em with kindness and honey catches more flies...if I wanted to catch flies I'd get a fly swatter...i don't think the words kill or kindness belong in the same sentence unless the premise is human euthanasia...

Either or if my dog was left in someone's care and then I found her that way, we'd be at the vet the moment I saw her like that...and afterward not taking her around showing people, we'd be at home recovering...I just don't get this it's absolutely sickening that someone could do this to a dog...any living creature and furthermore, equally as sickening someone could sit idol and do nothing...especially when its their dog!


Me too...the nightmares part!
Well so it's not just a micro mini teacup...at that weight...it's a dog being starved and abused...could you hold it and not take it away to get it care? I'd probably get myself put in jail in your shoes in this situation...

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