How much did your Yorkie cost?

[ColesMommy01]

Oh! I meant to say my pup comes with a 1 year health guarantee, is up to date on shots, and a 2 week supply of the food the breeder was feeding her(since I'll be changing her food), and is AKC registered(limited). Hope that helped!!!

[Rhetts_mama]

Originally Posted by TxVicki

There is nothing wrong with Breed Specific Rescues.

8 of my 11 Yorkies have been adopted from REPUTABLE Rescues. 4 of them which came from Puppymills in Missouri.

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While all reputable rescues are wonderful, I do think that breed specific ones have several advantages over a general rescue.

1. A breed specific rescue gives a potential adoptive parent a place to start looking. For example, I can google rescues, Atlanta, Golden Retrievers and be instantly hooked up with no less than 4 in my area that have the type of dog I would like to add to my family.

2. Breed specific rescues tend to be well versed in the specific needs of the breed and the special care they might require (LP, Liver Shunt, etc) so that they can get any necessary treatment in a timely manner.

3. Because they are so well versed in the breed's needs/temperments etc, they are generally very careful in placing the dog in a true fur-ever home.

Again, I'm not knocking any rescue. I think there is a place and an incredible need for both types.

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

Fabulous!
Only $10000 in the hole over medical issues.

Yikes! And in reality $10,000 is barely a drop in the bucket as far as vet fees for what can go wrong.

[gemy]

I say God Bless to both types of rescues. But quite frankly, I love a breed specific rescue.

And posters imo are very correct, in that the rescue is very well versed in that breed, and that goes across all medical issues, temperament issues, and how to screen for a potential new home.

Having a breed like Black Russian Terrier, I would be dancing in my grave, if one of my B lackies got put into a general rescue. And my grave is where I would be if any dog of mine were to be in a rescue.

I do beg to differ, but guard work and protect breeds do have specific very specific needs, that imo a general rescue is not equipped to deal with.

[gemy]

Originally Posted by ColesMommy01

Oh! I meant to say my pup comes with a 1 year health guarantee, is up to date on shots, and a 2 week supply of the food the breeder was feeding her(since I'll be changing her food), and is AKC registered(limited). Hope that helped!!!

That sounds good, so the breeder is covering genetic defects? What happens in year 2 3 4 or 5 years old your dog shows up with a genetic defect. Oh let us say PRA?

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by gemy

I say God Bless to both types of rescues. But quite frankly, I love a breed specific rescue.

And posters imo are very correct, in that the rescue is very well versed in that breed, and that goes across all medical issues, temperament issues, and how to screen for a potential new home.

Having a breed like Black Russian Terrier, I would be dancing in my grave, if one of my B lackies got put into a general rescue. And my grave is where I would be if any dog of mine were to be in a rescue.

I do beg to differ, but guard work and protect breeds do have specific very specific needs, that imo a general rescue is not equipped to deal with.

Agreed. Just as a guard dog or large, powerful breed needs rescuers familiar with how to handle and care for them, conversely, a tiny little Yorkie needs a very special and caring caregiver and selected forever home with a lifestyle that can accommodate and adequately protect a frail, delicate little dog who often hasn't much in the way of reserves who will know how and when to react quickly in case of illness/injury. It would be wonderful if there were more BSR's to better accommodate the various specific needs and distinct traits of the breed the rescuers are caring for. And BSR's are for sure going to be better at screening prospective adopters for the proper forever home.

[ColesMommy01]

@gemy...yes she is covering genetic issues. My pup was actually taken for a check up awhile ago where the vet heard a slight murmur. At her 8 week check up nothing was heard. If it's still heard Monday(her next check up) she won't sell me the pup(depending on the vets recommendation) and will either refund me my deposit, give me pick of a little boy I had my eye on that she wanted to keep for herself, or if the murmur is a grade 1/2 I can take the female(if I feel comfortable) and the breeder will cover all medical expenses as stated in my contract. She'll even have the meds available(if the vet prescribes any) on hand so I won't have to worry about getting prescriptions filled even I pick her up. She's Fantabulous!!!!

[ColesMommy01]

Oh! And pet insurance is a must! We have it on our bulldog we haven't needed it for anything yet...thankfully! But worse case scenario, it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

[gemy]

Originally Posted by ColesMommy01

Oh! And pet insurance is a must! We have it on our bulldog we haven't needed it for anything yet...thankfully! But worse case scenario, it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

Great and I am really glad to hear that. Just another note on that heart murmur business. Many heart defects are genetic and or congenital, so if the female has something wrong, you might just want to pass on her.

[TxVicki]

Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama

While all reputable rescues are wonderful, I do think that breed specific ones have several advantages over a general rescue.

1. A breed specific rescue gives a potential adoptive parent a place to start looking. For example, I can google rescues, Atlanta, Golden Retrievers and be instantly hooked up with no less than 4 in my area that have the type of dog I would like to add to my family.

2. Breed specific rescues tend to be well versed in the specific needs of the breed and the special care they might require (LP, Liver Shunt, etc) so that they can get any necessary treatment in a timely manner.

3. Because they are so well versed in the breed's needs/temperments etc, they are generally very careful in placing the dog in a true fur-ever home.

Again, I'm not knocking any rescue. I think there is a place and an incredible need for both types.

Yes I totally agree.

[TxVicki]

Originally Posted by gemy

I say God Bless to both types of rescues. But quite frankly, I love a breed specific rescue.

And posters imo are very correct, in that the rescue is very well versed in that breed, and that goes across all medical issues, temperament issues, and how to screen for a potential new home.

Having a breed like Black Russian Terrier, I would be dancing in my grave, if one of my B lackies got put into a general rescue. And my grave is where I would be if any dog of mine were to be in a rescue.

I do beg to differ, but guard work and protect breeds do have specific very specific needs, that imo a general rescue is not equipped to deal with.

I totally agree.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by TxVicki

Not every Rescue is FORTUNATE enough to have Oprah or Subaru support them. NOT every Rescsue can adopt out FREE dog's like your's can.
ALLL Rescue's WORK just as HARD as Main Line, some even harder as they don't have things handed to them on a platter.

Exactly what I was thinking. Main line gets a lot of support from celebs which make there jobs easier there are other rescues who don't and have to earn the money through regular people.

[kjc]

Originally Posted by TxVicki

I totally agree.

Ditto here!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Breed Specific Rescues are automatically set up and prepared to deal with that breed's specific medical problems and behavior issues, usually with fosters that well know that breed and its idiosyncracies inside and out, leaving the other rescues free to take other dogs.

If I had to ever surrender a Yorkie, it would comfort me no end to know that my little Yorkie boy or girl would go to a Breed Specific Rescue such as YHR where people that know all about a Yorkie would be caring for him or her from intake through medical care to, hopefully, an eventual re-home with a Yorkie lover looking to give a forever home to another Yorkie. The person with years of Yorkie experience just automatically knows how to deal with a Yorkie in distress and won't make early mistakes that could possibly affect him for a long, long time. I've rescued more than my share of dogs of all kinds and many a time wished I known more about a first-time breed I had so I could better accommodate his or her natural characteristics and hereditary traits.

I say thank you God for Yorkie Haven Rescue and other Breed Specific Rescues. They stay full up as it is, I'm sure, and help free all breed rescues. THANK GOD FOR ALL CREDIBLE RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS! But, still, I'm sure those who have to surrender their Lab or Cocker Spaniel would rather, given the chance, have their dog go to a Breed Specific Rescue, too, if at all possible. It has got to be so reassuring to know that the little one you've told goodbye is now in very familiar hands.

Originally Posted by Rhetts_mama

While all reputable rescues are wonderful, I do think that breed specific ones have several advantages over a general rescue.

1. A breed specific rescue gives a potential adoptive parent a place to start looking. For example, I can google rescues, Atlanta, Golden Retrievers and be instantly hooked up with no less than 4 in my area that have the type of dog I would like to add to my family.

2. Breed specific rescues tend to be well versed in the specific needs of the breed and the special care they might require (LP, Liver Shunt, etc) so that they can get any necessary treatment in a timely manner.

3. Because they are so well versed in the breed's needs/temperments etc, they are generally very careful in placing the dog in a true fur-ever home.

Again, I'm not knocking any rescue. I think there is a place and an incredible need for both types.

Originally Posted by gemy

I say God Bless to both types of rescues. But quite frankly, I love a breed specific rescue.

And posters imo are very correct, in that the rescue is very well versed in that breed, and that goes across all medical issues, temperament issues, and how to screen for a potential new home.

Having a breed like Black Russian Terrier, I would be dancing in my grave, if one of my B lackies got put into a general rescue. And my grave is where I would be if any dog of mine were to be in a rescue.

I do beg to differ, but guard work and protect breeds do have specific very specific needs, that imo a general rescue is not equipped to deal with.

Besides all these things, think of the small, fragile size of some toy breeds. In a general breed rescue, the toys are going to be at a real disadvantage if the breeds are allowed out together under the care of novice handler or even an very experienced handler, even momentarily, as dogs are unpredictable. For toy dogs, BSR's are lifesavers and really help ensure that the little dogs won't be bulldozed, bullied and accidentally hurt by the larger breeds.

[gemy]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Besides all these things, think of the small, fragile size of some toy breeds. In a general breed rescue, the toys are going to be at a real disadvantage if the breeds are allowed out together under the care of novice handler or even an very experienced handler, even momentarily, as dogs are unpredictable. For toy dogs, BSR's are lifesavers and really help ensure that the little dogs won't be bulldozed, bullied and accidentally hurt by the larger breeds.

Yuppers for the toys. But I am not sure what breed specific or not would let relatively unknown dogs out free with one another?