I got to quit reading this thread, someone doing a little Yorkie like that, just burns my tail. I'm the kind of guy who would go over there and
kick their frackin door down and take that dog from um.

I will drive you!

:thumbup: GEES, I LOVE THIS FORUM :D

I will do my part , for this yorkie. I DID tell her not to feed her too much all at once . only small meals a day, I know that I said it when I was giving her food for her baby.
this woman is a friend of a friend, not a friend that i have ever hang out with or go out and eat lunch, nor ever gone shopping with.
I do not think leagally I could just take her dog without her permission. Yesterday was the first time I even seen her dog.
Like I wrote before I am definately going to do my part , even if I have no other choice then call animal control.
I have never seen something like this before, ever. It is shocking, disgusting , and very disturbing. I am in just as much horror as you guys.

Yeeeehaw...we're on a mission. :D:D:D

Yeah, I could use all the moral support that I can get !

Do you know if Animal Control has yet seized the dog? Did you tell them how urgent the situation is? Because a dog in the situation you described has very little time left. I hope you stressed all of this to the AC officer.

Good for you mscat. I hope you will. This dog needs help really badly and your friend has no business owning a dog if she can't take care of it. I just don't understand how a person can own a dog and not see it for weeks at a time. Why own and torture the poor thing. Didn't she think enough of the dog to visit it or is she missing some screws in her brain. I can't get over this. There are so many people out there who should never have dogs or for that matter any animals and yet I keep reading about neglected abused dogs. If I ever came across something like this I wouldn't have the patience to wait for animal control legal or not. I would have that dog out of that home. I don't think the poor dog has the time to wait for a legal process. She can't fight for her rights and somebody has to do it. I love SW Houston's post. I would have to go there a break down the door and get this poor puppy.

OK... I lied, I can't help but follow along here...

mscat,
You ARE getting support here !

But how about this...

you said that they were "friends of friends"... ok
what about you going over there, and just asking them
to let you keep the puppy for a while (don't say how long)
get their permission for you to take it "shopping" or something
like that, and.......
well just delay its return, they probably won't mind.

Think you could do that ?

Then you'd have it...WITH their permisson....see !

Moral support here! :wavey: I will drive up on a weekend if you need someone to back you up when talking with her.

I am going to get cleaned up right now, and have a heart to heart conversation with Nancy, even if she is at her job. I have to get her address and stuff to report this to animal control, I have to and their is no time to waste. Perhaps even threatning to call on her A** will make her decide to do the right thing!
My biggest concern is that animal control takes the dog and puts her to sleep, because she is so badly neglected. We live in a very tiny town, and animal control is always taking dogs , stray ones running around the streets. Once having the animal , it is like a death sentence.

I'd have to agree, friend or no friend I'd be calling animal protection. Figure out how to do it anonomously if necessary.
I realize vet care, vaccines, unexpected trips to ER, etc can be expensive but not figuring that into basic care...it is not expensive to have a Yorkie.
I have four and free feed them (probably shouldn't be as they are getting a little over weight/hard winter/less exercise the last couple months) and they go through a 3 lb bag of Royal Canin about every 12 days. That would average out to "about" $7 a week for food. Add the cost of potty pads for another (approx)) $10 a week --- that's less than a daily latte for a week. Now I love my latte's (breve's!!) but if I couldn't feed my dogs those drinks would be the first to go.
There's no excuse for this poor little Yorkie to be neglected, certainly not with the basic care items. It'd be better kept in a little room during the day and have someone love and care for it when they get home. People work, dogs stay home. That's life. As long as she comes home and gives HER dog lots of attention and proper care it'd be fine. She's basically dumped it off with a poor excuse for doing so...it'd be my guess she really doesn't want it and would probably be thrilled if someone took it off her hands (she just doesn't want to be seen as the bad guy for asking for someone to take it).
So come right out and tell her that maybe it isn't a good time in her life to have a dog and you'd take it off her hands and help her find another when she gets to a better place in her life.

Please keep me posted. I would hate to have the Yorkie pts just because of an owners neglect. There has to be a better solution. Good Luck and God Bless.

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If I lived close I would take the puppy if animal control would give it to me, and I am sure there are members of YT who are close enough to do so.


I just want to be sure this is on the up and up..... there have been post in the past that are questionable to say the least. If I am wrong I am sorry but....
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...e-today-5.html


and

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...ml#post3408032