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11-09-2013, 06:26 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Redondo beach
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| OMG I saw the saddest thing at the dog park today :-( So I was at the park today with Gizmo today, my first time since I fell and was injured. All was going great, Gizmo was making a gazillion doggy pals as well as people pals and playing, which was awesome because I met another yorkie that he is now going to have play dates with :-) her name is coco and she is also a rescue that is 2 years old that is 5 1/2 lbs and Gizmo is in love lol. That was the best part of the day and I was so excited !!!!! But anyways, as Gizmo and coco were romping around having a great time playing, they became like instant best friends. We were watching them play and all of a sudden, this woman walks up with a very tiny dog on a leash. It took me a few moments to realize it was a yorkie, because it was all one color, very very blonde almost white, and the poor thing was so so tiny. I approached the woman and asked her some questions, like how old he was, how much did he weigh and such. He only weighed just under 2 lbs and was 4 years old, she said yes he's very small because he's a micro, the most sought out of the breed, like she was so proud of it :-( she also offered up the fact that she paid $3500 for him because he was so "RARE", I was so sick to my stomach due to rescuing Gizmo from becoming the same thing. I realized that's what would have happened to him, if he had not come close to death, and the byb freaking out trying to get money out of Gizmo before he died :-( The poor little yorkie had no color, just the very very light blonde, like all the color had been lost from genetics of The breeder doing this over and over. It's bones looked so fragile like it would literally break if you even touched the poor dog. She also informed me he has liver shunt, LP, and occasional seizures. I said that must be terrible, and she responded, well it comes with all yorkies :-( The poor dog had no personality at all, in fact just looked very sad and ignored anything even going on around him, like he could care less that he was at a park where all these other dogs were so happy, playing and just enjoying the nice sunny beautiful day we were having. It was like his personality was just to be an accessory and he knew it :-( I can say this though, I am so so thankful I was able to rescue Gizmo from a similar fate, and it put it right in front of my eyes, what happens to these pups, when someone succeeds in creating this "MICRO" yorkie. I was just so thankful I have him and he will always be safe and loved :-) it really made me appreciate how much I have fallen in love with Gizmo and that he's in my life and no one will ever be able to hurt him again xoxo Last edited by Sunnydayz; 11-09-2013 at 06:30 PM. |
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11-09-2013, 06:42 PM | #2 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dallas, Texas
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| Oh my gosh. I am not plain spoken but this is one time my mouth would have gotten me in trouble with this lady. THat poor baby.. Makes you sick. What is wrong with people? Its like they don't care if they are healthy just tiny. Ugh!!! |
11-09-2013, 06:46 PM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Redondo beach
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| Right? It took everything in me to be polite, believe me !!!! Thankfully Gizmo has gone from 1 lb 4 0zs , to 4 lbs at 5 months and I am so happy they did not succeed with him :-) |
11-09-2013, 07:32 PM | #4 |
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| That's just so awesome that you have given Gizmo such a good life. Redondo Beach must be such a great place for Gizmo too; that was my go-to beach when I lived in LA.
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11-09-2013, 07:39 PM | #5 | |
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I am glad that you are up and about, as I'm now stuck on the couch with a possible broken knee cap, and glad that Gizmo has found such a good friend. I still need to check out the dog park close to where I live, but it's going to be a few months before I do. Cheers Quad & Giana
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11-09-2013, 08:04 PM | #6 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Redondo beach
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| I love where I live, the people are amazing here :-) I have a town home right across from the big parking lot at the end near Torrance beach, and the on leash dog park is right at the end of my street so it's a wonderful area for Gizmo and I to go socialize :-) |
11-09-2013, 08:12 PM | #7 | |
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How is Gina recovering from her surgery? I hope all is going well, and sending healing thoughts your way for you both to recover quickly xoxo | |
11-09-2013, 08:19 PM | #8 |
YT Addict Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Marys, Ga
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| Gina's doing great, her incision looks great, and with the onesies she can't lick it. As for me I'll call the VA on Monday and see if I can get an appointment for my knee, figures the only part of my knee that's still me, is what gets messed up, but I guess I should be grateful that it's not the replacement. Thank you for the well wishes, and I'm glad Gizmo got to go out, but sorry for you hurting. I know what it's like to do too much too soon. Cheers Quad & Gina
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11-09-2013, 09:00 PM | #9 |
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| I hope you told her seizures and all that are not "normal" in yorkies.
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11-09-2013, 09:21 PM | #10 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Central Texas
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| Sad Sad Sad
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11-09-2013, 09:28 PM | #11 |
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| I hope so too! So Sad! |
11-10-2013, 05:44 AM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: South-East England
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| Aww, yeah so many people don't bother to get educated but the best we can do is help educate them and not judge them on their ignorance they can't help it, they've been conned by the bad breeders. When I got my girl, I was told she was the runt of the litter, and the smallest puppy out of all 3 litters the mum had ever had. Her litter mates were bigger, and she was not purposely bred to be tiny. I knew what I was getting into, she is a very healthy puppy though and I did not pay more or less for her based on her size, actually she was very inexpensive compared to what people pay in the US for yorkies. Someone who brags about paying a lot of money for a tiny dog doesn't know, they don't have the education and think it's normal, they don't see the con artistry in it, or the fraud. The poor puppy is in ill health and most likely came from a unscrupulous breeder that was purposely abusing poor dogs to make tiny puppies without caring for the welfare, and seems like they were greedy as well, charging that much for a runty sick little pooch. Next time, if you see her just be nice and help her understand, educate in a nice way and perhaps direct her toward this website or somewhere she can get help and information. I can't feel bad for her because it sounds to me like she is just as much a victim as the puppy is...If she knowingly went and got a 'teacup' dog, knowing the health problems and not caring at all because she wanted a fashion statement, then yeah I'd be angry too but it just sounds like a case of misinformation,fraud,uneducated owner. |
11-10-2013, 10:08 AM | #13 |
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| Some people really just don't know and others just don't care. When we first moved here last year our neighbor who is a very sweet lady came over and was admiring Kyra and Laddy. She said how pretty they were and then told me her daughter has two but they are teacups. Mind you Kyra weighs between 2.12 and 3lbs depending on when she eats. She said her daughters both weigh around 2lbs but have shorter hair so look alot tinier. Since then I have been able to educate both her and her daughter about this. So far her daughters pups have not had any major illness thankfully and I pray they don't. Then there was the lady who I feel knew better but was one of those who used her "possessions" as a status symbol, who looked at my two like they were diseased and told me "Mine is a teacup". I just looked at her and said "No such thing" and walked away.
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11-10-2013, 10:18 AM | #14 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| I think in a none rude way I would have told her seizures are not normal and that yorkies are just yorkies no matter there size but sometimes I'm over spoken on dog stuff
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11-10-2013, 12:25 PM | #15 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Redondo beach
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| I actually told her Gizmos story of how he almost died because of what the breeder had done to him, and that no it was not the breed that causes those things, but the way they are bred can likely lead to them. Unfortunately here where I live, is right next to palos verdes, it's like the Beverly Hills of the coast, and people do purposely buy these pups as accessories. You see them quite often in my area, and unfortunately it encourages breeders to keep up the practice :-( if you look for yorkies in Southern California on any advertising sites, like Craig's list or the recycler, there are tons of people selling so called micros and teacups :-( |
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