This makes me SO mad!
 

I need to vent to people that will understand this. For some reason no one I know sees it as a big deal. I have a friend that picked up a yorkie on a very busy street. That part I fully understand and would have done the same. He's where I get annoyed. I asked her what she planned to do and she had no response. So I told her to post on Craigslist about a lost yorkie and put flyers up in the area. It is a busy area and close to a lot of big hotels. She said she planned to. This was almost a month ago now and since then she has taken this little female yorkie and had her shaved and to the vet. She has a male yorkie and this is a female. They just bred their lab to a female lab that was given to them. I asked if she was spayed. Nope. I kno they will end up breeding her (to have a baby from their male). It infuriates me and part of me wants to post it on Craigslist myself. If someone found Bentley and decided they were going to keep him instead of trying to find..... And although this little girl was dirty and her hair was matted it looked to me like someone had been working to grow her out. And I'm sorry but she should not be bred and neither should her male. Not only bc she has no idea what she is doing but bc they are both about 10 lbs, very long, and floppy eared. I just do not understand why she would basically steal this dog. And I don't know how to kindly tell her that it's ridiculous that she hasn't tried to find her owner yet and is letting her male play and be around her unspayed. They kept saying how I shouldn't have neutered Bentley bc he would have pretty puppies. I'm not a breeder and am in no way skilled enough to do that. Why is it so hard for them to see that neither are they? They are living things. They had trouble when the female lab was in labor. And they think they are qualified to handle a yorkie in labor!?! They wanted to give the lab a bath during labor to calm her! Uggghhhh....! I'm sorry I'm rambling but I keep hoping she will try to find her owner and she just isn't. It's beyond crazy to think that that could happen to someone. That Bentley could get out and someone would just consider him "finders keepers". Am I being over dramatic here? They debated on "saving" this little lab puppy once bc he was outside (at a campground) all day. They said his owners didn't deserve a dog. Who are they to decide this? He had water and food and was in the shade. While you're feeding your dogs kibbles and bits every day and breeding your males to random females. Alright, I'll stop bc I could go on and on. I already have. Haha! I'm just so mad and I figured if anyone would agree with me on this it would be you guys.

I personally would look myself and see if anyone is looking for her. I would also contact the shelters and police in that area and see if anyone reported a female Yorkie missing and yes even post myself on Craig's list without giving any identifying info. other then where the Yorkie was found. IF somoene steps forward that you are sure is the rightful owner and a caring owner then I would give them your friend's info. You may lose a friend, but think how you'd feel if your Yorkie accidently got out and you were looking and looking and someone had her, keeping her.

I know we rescued a little girl that we've now had eight weeks. Even though, she was in poor shape care wise I still looked to make sure she was not someone's lost dog. In my mind I felt that there could be if even slight a possibility that our girl was stolen or on her own awhile, hence her condition. No one came forward looking and through my search I could not locate an owner so she is staying with us. She was fixed and had a dental done, Tuesday. I hope that YOU will do the right thing even if your friend doesn't. By the way, our little girl wasn't as lucky. She was actually hit by a car and not expected to live. The person that hit her left her there to die and some wonderful young girl picked her up and also posted her on Craig's List looking for the owner. Elaine

This is disturbing to me on so many levels that I couldn't finish reading it. Please check your local CL listings, flyers, etc., and see if you come across any lost Yorkies, it seems to me that you would be able to identify this Yorkie correct? If you are able to find the owner, lead them to their baby. I am not judging you; infact, I completely validate your frustrations and agree with you...but hon 2 wrongs don't make a right...you can still do the right thing...

You may lose a friend but doesn't sound like they are the best people anyway, so not a big loss. I say look for the owners too. You could save the doggy a lot of grief.

I am just going to address the Yorkie in this post. First I think that you should post this found Yorkie, with all the details you have available to you. Hold something back, so if and when you get calls, that can help you ID the rightfull owner. I also would strongly say to your friend, what you are doing is Wrong. This dog maybe someone's lost beloved pet, and you owe this person every effort to find the owner. If you don't I will.

Send flyers out to all nearby vets. Maybe you will shake up your friend to do the right thing by this found female.

This upsets me on so many levels, I can't even begin to get my fingers around my thoughts to type it out. :thumbdown:thumbdown:thumbdown

Another thought,
 

Last time I checked, stealing was a crime....please try to help this puppy. Also, honey you don't need these kinds of friends.

Well, I have been checking craigslist every day. There's not a whole lot I can do as this friend lives in another state. In fact, they live in a state that I believe this is a normal occurrence. We are so normal friendly he in Cali and although I'm sure it happens here I believe that more often than not ppl do the right thing. I've seen pics of this little girl and could probably identify her in a posting on CL or if I had any doubts call and ask questions. These ppl are friends of the family. Much older than me. They are my friends bc they are my moms friends. Believe me, since I have seen how they are with animals I have talked to them much much less and mostly try to lead them in the right direction as best I can. I plan to ask another friend that lives there to put flyers up and although she says she called arid to shelters, I will call the, too just to make sure. And the one vet I know of in that area. Thanks for the advice and for validating my frustration. I completley forgot about calling vets in the area so that was very helpful info. I was just thinking flyers flyers flyers for some reason and CL. Its been so long though and I'm worried that maybe she belonged to someone passing through as that area is a very touristy area. If I don't find the owner I will definitely try to educate her as best as I know how to spay her. Thanks guys. I'll keep you posted.

Sorry for all the typos. Not really used to this touch screen typing yet.

Wondering if the baby was microchipped......you have to get the vet to check for a microchip, with or without your friends knowledge. You can even call the vet, explane what has happened, and ask the vet to scan the dog for a microchip.....the vet will keep your involvement quiet....I also agree with the other posters who encourage YOU to advertise for this "found" baby.....I just pray she has a microchip....the vet wont automatically scan the dog, unless there is some reason they think the dog is one that has been reported as missing.

May I reiterate? As a Yorkie owner yourself, as the caring human being I know you are...Do everything in your power to do the right thing for this dog, be proactive etc., even if you don't succeed in finding the rightful owner, you will have done the right thing...this poor baby..

I hate confrontation but I think I will have to bring this up to her and tell her that if she doesnt do something then I will have to. Hopefully I can make her see that it's wrong. Maybe she doesn't realize what she's doing and that she could b taking this baby from a very loving home. Ugh huh...! I hate confrontation. I'll let you kno how the conversation goes later today. It's been about 2 weeks since we have talked so maybe she has done something. I want to give her the opportunity to step up and do the right thing before I step in. Maybe I'll b surprised.

Oh my. Your friend is terribly in the wrong here. I can't even imagine if it was my pup that was lost and no one tried to post she was found. It really makes me sick to my stomach. :(:( But then to breed her on top of all this. :(
That poor little baby. And just think about how the owners feel if this pup is lost. After a month she obviously isn't going to try to find the owners. Please at least call that states Human Society, vets, groomers, etc to see if they know if anyone is missing a pup from that area. Our dogs got out of the yard one day and I started making phone calls. Luckly, they were found and brought to the Humane Society. They knew I was looking and contacted me to pick them up. A few phone calls wouldn't hurt.

Confrontation not needed, call explain to her how much this has been bothering you, cry, plead, beg, offer to help her...even long distance...tell her how you feel!

I hope this works out, I won't comment anymore, I promise! Good Luck

Maybe being nice is going to be the better way to handle this. Try explaining how you would feel if your baby was missing. Maybe that will make her be more understanding.

We comment on things like this because it is our passion. :) I think your comments are just being concerned for this pup.

I agree, your comments are more than welcome. I called and I just asked outright if she has done anything more to find the owner. She says they haven't posted on CL but have called a radio station and had it broadcast. She's called vets and shelters. And put up flyers. They are thinking it was someone passing through. I called my mom to verify this so I know it was actually done and she said the same thing. I told her it was really bothering me and that if she's really trying then I have no problem but that if she was just half trying bc she wants to keep her that it's wrong. She has another yorkie and I said, "how would u feel if Tobi got out and someone just took him?" I'm so so happy it was really that easy and that she is trying. Im glad that I didn't have to be rude in any way and that I didn't have to lose a friend. Although I do not agree with her breeding her. I told her that and asked if she was going to spay her. She said she thinks so. I will keep pushing it. It's not easy for me to call someone and tell them that something they have done has upset me. Thanks to you guys I was able to. I didn't want to wait either. Just wanted to go ahead and get it done so I called. Otherwise I may have takes myself out of it. I feel like all of u helped me find my voice. I'm surprised she has done so much. Happily surprised of course. It's a big relief for me. I dot have to continue thinking she's a terrible person. And I feel a little bad for thinking that anyways. I haven't called her in two weeks or so bc I just didn't want to hear about it and I felt like she was getting mad that I had been bugging her about it for a while. Hopefully some of my initial "bugging" helped to get her to try harder. Proud of her and very proud of the radio broadcast. Still, she should ost on CL. Which I told her. I feel like a million pounds hasten lifted off my shoulders. Thanks again guys. Guess I'll just go ahead and keep going on and on and on about spaying her. And if it irritates her, oh well. I feel good knowing that I wouldn't have just sat back and had fully intended to take it into my own hands. Glad that all out confrontation wasn't necessary.

Sorry, but I could never consider someone like this a friend. There are so many things running through my head right now.......... :mad:

Did you know there are state specific pages on Facebook for lost dogs? I would look there as well. Just look Lost Dog and then the state she is in to find the page.

Maybe you could offer to put the found ad on Craigslist for her. I would just die if someone like that got a hold of one of my babies. I hope she realizes now how important it is she try harder to find a possible owner.

for peace of mind and to make sure she really called if I was you I would call myself. It's pretty easy now with goggle. Just look for animal shelters within about a 50 mile radius of where they live and phone them. Then put a posting on Craigs list with just an email as a contact. you don't have to use your own email just get a new one for this from some place like yahoo that is free. I would not bother calling the vets, because to me if I lost a dog the first places I would contact would be the shelters, and I guess look on Craig's list or any other free posting web site for that area. If someone was to contact you just send them to her address, they can say they found her info from one of the flyers she claimed to have put up. And the comment she made about someone passing through does not make sense, even if I "were just passing through" I would not continue on without trying to first find my pet and then when I eventually had to leave I would leave a lot of contact info. Also if she is truly trying to find the owner did she go to a location that has a scanner to check to see if the dog was chipped? if not than I don't believe they are really trying. Calling a radio station IMO is a waste of time, at best they probably make the announcement once or twice and there are a lot of radio station choices.

knowing how much we all love our dogs I would hope that if the same situation happened if Teegy was lost and found by that person, you would let the police, shelters and rescues know and I would find out which vet she goes to and advise them that the dog should be scanned and that it's not her dog.
I can't believe the vet didn't question it.

you should tell us where she found her and the colours etc and people on YT in the area could post on their FB twitter or my space pages in case they coincidentally know the person

I say you should try to find the owner yourself. Since pets are property anyone who finds one has a legal responsibility to try to locate the rightful owner & all newspapers that I am aware of run free found adds for this reason, as if you find something & want to find the owner of it then you as the finder should not have to pay to find the owner. If you can remember the approx date the pup was found you can call your local newspaper & ask them to look back to the dates before & after the time frame this pup was found & I would also call any throw away papers as well like the moneysaver, pennysaver, etc....that cover the area the pup was found. Craigslist if fine too but remember that not everyone has access to a computer & anyone can get a newspaper which is why Legal & Public Notices are posted in the newspaper . Please try to find her owner.

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: My thoughts exactly!

Umm...what it sound like to me is "CRIMINAL", as in stealing is wrong. If you are feeling odd about tattling on friend, message me. I will have no problem tattling on your friend and you can remain anonymous. Please send me all the information you have and I will contact local vets, shelters, newspapers and I am sure others on here would help me.:thumbup:

Being that this is taking place in another state your choices are limited. You probably don't know the vet she took the little one to and you can't call all the vets in her area. How about the local animal control? Also, you might get in touch with the local tv station. I feel very sorry for the poor little thing. Kibble and Bits and having babies! Not a good story.

I'm not exactly sure where she found her. I only kno of the broad area. Like I said, from my understanding, they have been actively trying to find her owner. Of course, with me being many states away, I have no way of knowing for sure. I'm doing what I can from a distance. I have really good understanding friends looking into the matter that I trust completely. I asked them to go to all the shelters (there's maybe 2) and ask and also to the vet I know in that area and to be keeping an eye out for any flyers up for a lost dog. And I asked if she would go check to see if flyers had been put up for a found dog. She was checked for a microchip as far as I know. My main concern was that I thought she wasn't trying at all and just took her as her own. I now do feel she is trying and making an effort but just to be certain I do have close animal loving friends helping me to do all we can as well. I feel very confident now that if the owner is looking we will find them. Even if my friend is only partly helping. I really feel like the best way to deal with uneducated people is to educate them, not to attack them or threaten to no longer be their friends. I have learned that not everyone(although I wish they did)treats their pets like I do and not everyone handles things related to animals the same way I would. I'm happy to have everyone's support and thank you again for giving me the confidence to step up and help how I can.

Ditto

I agree with educating people, however, I assume your friend knows right from wrong and she chose the wrong. As far as them being breeders, you said yourself you are not experienced in breeding so you can't be much help there either :(

I understand not wanting to confront this person, this is a delicate subject on this forum, and simply venting here will not get that little girl home to her parents. People here are rightfully concerned, it could have been any one of our babies:mad::mad: Make some calls, post on Craigslist, and every single time that friend calls you, the first thing you should say is, "Did you find that yorkie's rightful owner yet?"

Hope you can make a difference, for the little girl that is, your friend sounds like a lost cause.

It's funny that this was posted because I was just about to post myself . Last night while my friend and I were sitting on our steps smoking a cigarette, a little brown and tan dog ran up to uis or should I say hobbled over to us. She had her paw raiised and it look like she was injured. It was late so none of the vets were opened so we took the dog to the emergency vet. It turns out that her leg was broken and $900 later we took her home. We were going to phone shelters and put notices up the next day.
Well the next day we saw a car kind of cruiising around our block and we thought they were lost. The man yelled out and asked if we had seen a small black and ten dog around . He discribed her to a tee. We told him that we have a dog that was by our home and we had taken her to an emergency vet because she was injured. I brought the dog out to him and he gave us a check for the vet bill and a $200 reward
We didn't want the reward but we accepted the money for the vet bill. It felt so good to be able to help the dog and the owners. We never did find our what kind of a dog she was but who cares. She was a furbaby in trouble.

wow truly amazing, not to many people would fork over $900.00 for a dog they did not know and go to the trouble you did, you guys are saints. So glad the owner was johnny on the spot to reimburse you.