Our first post with a happy ending
 

New YorkeTalk and for that matter Yorkies. So how did we end up here? Well let me tell you a little story.

About 4 weeks ago we were having work done on the yard and house. One of the workers knocked on the door and asked if our dog had gotten out.
Well, no, we didn't have a dog. We have a LARGE cat. Maybe he though he was a dog. Nope. There standing at the door was this little mess.
Dirty, stinky, matted. She was friendly as all get out and didn't appear to be starving.
So, we gave her a bath, took pictures, and canvased the neighborhood knowing that this was someones furbaby. After about 4hrs of searching
and posting found dog notices we decided to call the local shelter and our Vet. Shelter was full and advised us to hold on to the dog. So off to
our Vet we go, hoping that she was chipped. No chip. A quick exam, nail trim, and $50 later she was back at our house.
Now the wife heads to the pet store to pick up food, dish, water bowl, treats and toys. Wait honey.. she is only a visitor. The owner will claim her.
So, here we are 4 weeks later, not a call, no one has reported her missing. We call the shelter and the Vet nothing. Multiple attempts to reunite
her with her family. I can not fathom sending her to the shelter. She is too cute, smart, playful and house broken.
Another trip to the Vet for shots, ultrasound as they thought she might be pregnant(luckily no).
So here we are 4 weeks later. New parents to "Geni-Bean". A well behaved, loving, devoted little 2-3yo girl.
We are very happy and so is she. So we will be here reading and learning all we can to provide a happy and healthy home for our Geni-Bean.

Congratulations! I wish someone will drop a Yorkie at my door!

Thanks Potter. We are happy to have Geni-Bean. I am not sure how I feel
about her former family. I cannot imagine someone not wanting this little
girl. She is about 2yrs old.. does have some dental woes that we will get
fixed. She is just so loving and friendly. She is sitting next to me loving on
the wife and I. We did try very hard to find her former family. Now we will
give her all the love we can and enjoy her company.

Gene, Janeen and Geni-Bean

Yay! For you and especially for Geni-Bean.

How strange that this has happened yet again here today.... Have you checked Craigslist etc?

It seems this pup, housebroken and all, has come from a family who cared. Yorkies are not easy to potty train so they obviously spent a good amount of time training this pup. I can't imagine they aren't missing their baby.

I'm glad your taking good care of this lost pup but I hope you continue to look for the owners. We've had pups missing weeks, months and yes years find their way back home.

Dirty, stinky and matted says everything I need to know about previous owner. Congrats on your little Gena-Bean. Enjoy your new friend.

That can happen in just hours outside in the woods and such. It doesn't tell you anything about the owners!

Seriously? Do you read the posts here about missing pups? My Lacey was unrecognizable after just a few days, she was matted, stinky and an absolute mess. Yorkies and long hair dogs in general are prone to get rustled up and disheveled when they are running around lost.

lynzy420, I have indeed checked craigslist and have canvased the
neighborhood twice a week for the past 4 weeks. I would never keep a pet
from her family. I could have just taken her to the shelter where they would
have put her down. We have tried everything we could to try and find this
little girls owners. We have spent many hours looking, posting flyers and
visiting Vets in the area. But I guess that is not good enough and yes I know
it does not take long for them to get matted, stinky and dirty.

I guess we are not welcome here after all.

Disappointed.

You are very wrong in your opinion that
dirty, matted and stinky= neglect.

http://http://www.yorkietalk.com/for...neglected.html

I posted this thread back in 2012 about AnnaBelle. She was lost for just 24 hours.

Here are the pictures that didn't attach properly. Do you see how much a dog can change in just 23 hours and not from neglect. Never assume anything :(

Gene, I'm sorry you are feeling "unwelcome". That is certainly not the case! I think what others were trying to point out is that you should not give up the search for the pups owners. There may be someone out there who is heartbroken over their loss. I don't thinks anyone here doubts that you've tried hard to locate them. Having said that, welcome to YT! This is a great site, I hope you stay.

The comments were not directed to you. We were just trying to point out that what appears to be neglect is most likely the result of being lost. If you truly did look for the owners and they were not located that is a different story. You are actually the second person today that found a lost dog and the other person pretty much brought the dog in, renamed it and claimed her as their own.

Did either of you read my first post? We have been looking for over 4
week. Yes, I have had many dogs in the past and have seen them get the
way you stated in less than 6hrs. My comments about the previous family is
why are they not looking as hard as we are. If they show up they are
welcome to take her back. AS I STATED, we would never keep her from her
original family. But as it seems you do not feel we have done enough what
would you suggest? Would you have spent hundreds of dollars to make
sure she was healthy? Would you walk with her every night for the past 4
weeks asking people if this was their dog or if they knew someone who had
lost her? Would you go to 10 different Vets searching?

We believe we have put forth a greater effort to find her original home. No
one seems to know or want her. We have done more than most. We will
keep her here and healthy, should the original owner show up and want her
back we will give her up. In the mean time we will keep her safe and learn
about Yorkies from somewhere else.

Some welcome. Sheez.

I don't think anyone was intentionally trying to make you feel unwelcome. They just want to make sure you covered all your bases, which I think you did. Who knows how far she traveled. There may well be a loving family out there missing their dog, but you did all you can to help return her to her family and all you can do is wait and hope for the best.

I'm not sure why you are being so defensive. No one was trying to say you are a bad person or did anything wrong.

Exactly irony? Coincidence or???

Is this pup's name Maggie too?

I'm not trying to be rude, I'm trying to tell you I've been there and my pup ended up many, many, many miles from him and was taken in by a cop, I can not tell you how many places we searched nonstop and still kept missing her. I can tell you the reunion was extremely emotional...and if I had never found her I would never have had peace. I literally could not sleep, I looked in places that I needed a gun to look. Believe me I'm speaking from experience.

There was a dog recently found here after more than five years.

I'm not saying your NOT doing the right thing, I'm telling you a well trained dog comes from a family that cared.

Why am I being so defensive? If you read the post I was very clear that we
have searched high and low for 4 weeks. How many people do you know
that would do that? Look at the posts in this thread. I would have thought
people here would have been a little happy that this little girl didn't end up
dead on a road or worse.

So now lynzy420, are you accusing me of something? I do not know
anything of a Maggie. Obviously you have an agenda. I will no longer play
into it.

Just in case you want to doubt my character any further. Have at it.

Respectfully,

Gene

Hi Gene, I felt the same as you are feeling when I first joined. On this site you have to read everything with a grain of salt. You will get replies from different members saying the same thing. I don't think they read all the replies before they reply. Some people do sound like they are attacking, but it's hard to read their tone. Everyone on here loves their babies and only want to help. I hope you will continue on this site because you will get a ton of helpful advice.

Maggie

Here's a lost Yorkie. Could this be her?
http://columbia.craigslist.org/laf/4421715961.html

Here's another one
Lost Mini Yorkie

And another one

Lost Yorkie

Actually, I think most people were responding to the person who said matted dog automatically equals to an abusive previous family. No where in your original posts did you state that, so the comments weren't addressed to you. As for the others offering suggestions as to where to look for her owners... I can tell you as a somewhat long time member that none of those were meant as an attack on you. You're doing a great job looking for this little girl's family! They were only trying to help. 4 weeks sounds like a long time to you, but for us old timers to this forum, we've seen forum members search years for a lost pup. In our minds we think there may be someone even miles and miles away frantically looking for their baby. So we feel for them, but we also feel for you too. Who couldn't help getting attached to these little ones. I know I couldn't! They're irresistible. :love:

Certain posts where not directed at you but the person who said dirty matted and stinky is all she needed to know about the owners.

gmohr, what can I say. That is about the normal welcome to Yorkie Talk, I am not sure why I stay here anymore. Thank you for your great effort, I know you and your wife have gone above and behond. Sorry Yorkie Talk I am out of here, way to much judgement for me.

Thank you Pinkpatty. I guess I should really follow megansmomma's tag line.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then
beat you with experience~Mark Twain~

I spent 21yrs defending this country. I retired from the Army and have never
been treated with the disdain I have here.

I am sorry you feel the same way. I just thought people would be happy for
the little girl.

Gene
SFC(R) US Army

Welcome gmohr. I want to thank you for taking care of this sweet baby and trying as hard as you have to find the owner. Hopefully you will find them. But, until then. Just love her. She is probably missing her family as much as they miss her. But, with your love she will be ok. She did not end up in a Shelter, not left out in the elements, left to be hit by a car. No. You took her in and gave her hope and love. So for this I applaude you.

Thank you for taking her in and searching for her owners. And most of all thank you for your service to our country.

Gene - WELCOME to YT :)! I'm so glad you found us and I hope you look around and find some good stuff that will help you in caring for your new kiddo. And can I say - BLESS your big hearts for taking her in and taking such beautiful care of her - thank you thank you thank you. Stray dogs often go un-caught and just keep wandering, making them worse off every day they're on their own. She is so lucky to have found you!! :)

Btw, you did an awesome job of trying to find her owner - that's basically what I do too when I find a stray - call the shelter, do CraigsList, put up posters etcetera.

It sounds like you and your wife have been adopted ;). You'll have to post a picture of her at some point, would love to see her.

I don't think that you understand who posts work. When someone quotes a member they are pointing out/directing a response to that particular person and addressing what that particular person posted. If you go back and read you will see that is exactly that is going on here. But I did check Craigslist and there are several Yorkies in your area that have been posted being lost. Did you happen to follow the links to take a look if any of them are your girl?

Glad that you liked my tag line. Mark Twain was a very smart man :p