Question for all of you Yorkie Owners Out there.
 

I recently went on vacation and I left my Teddy with my boyfriend. I was gone for about 10 days. I called just about everyday, and checked on Teddy like a good mommy would do. Well, on a particular Friday, I called, and called his cell phone, and he didn't answer. I was kinda of worried, but I figured that he had just fallen asleep, and couldn't hear the phone ring. I called him when I woke up Saturday morning and finally got a hold of him. He had gone out to an office get-to-together after work and drank a little too much and didn't make it home. I asked him then if had stopped at home prior to going to the party, and he said no. I wasn't :mad: but really :mad: ! I couldn't believe that he had been so irresponsible to leave Teddy at home in an Apt for over 24hrs! Yet he couldn't see why I was that upset! Needless to say, I told him that I would never leave Teddy with him again. Of course he apologized, but my Question to everyone is: Did I overreact? Or was I just in being soo upset?

you werent too harsh on him.. i would of been so mad too...very irresponsilble and no excuse for that...he is dead wrong. :mad:

I would be just as mad :mad:

A dog cannot be left alone for 24 hours, no matter what the circumstance is! I wouldn't leave my dog with him either! I hope he made it up to you at least :p

cant make that to me thats for dam sure....

I would have been so mad he probably wouldn't be my bf anymore. That was very irresponsible.

Bad, bad boyfriend. I hope the mess he cleaned up helped him learn his lesson. And I hope it was a BIG mess too!!!

I would be angry also. That was very irresponsible of him.

I totally understand your reaction! What he did was completely irresponsible!

No, you didn't overreact. I would have "overreacted" and evicted him from the premises and my life.;)

nope-- I get angry when snickers in the house for more than 6 hours let alone 24!

Oh, I would be FURIOUS. Doesn't he know how much your furbaby means to you?? I would be so insulted that my bf couldn't control his alcohol intake one night for the sake of my dog. How long have the two of you been together? If he were my bf he'd probably be getting walking papers.

:eek: Mad wouldn't have begun to describe my reaction!! Patrick and I both begin feeling panicky if we are away from Toto for over an hour!!! :mad: I would "kick him to the curb" .... hope you have never considered having human children with this man!! :confused:

I shouldn't even reply, but here goes...
Yes, you have every right to be upset, leaving your baby that long alone. He's probably upset because you went on vacation with out him. Why else would he go out & not come home. I'd be just as upset he didn't answer the phone.What if you had an emergency, & really needed to get a hold of him. I went out of town years ago, came home & found out EX HUBBY had an affair. That's why he didn't answer his phone or come home. I started checking his phone, & there was a seductive message from his mistress. I'm not saying he's guilty of this, but he is guilty of neglect. You were only gone for 10 days, you mean to tell me, he couldn't refrain from going out for a week.
That would be an EX boyfriend if it were mine.

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I would have acted the same way, that was for wrong of him to do that!

I would've freaked out~:eek:

no you didn't over react

I don't think you over reacted. Having the responsiblity of taking care of a dog is no difference than having the responsiblity of taking care of a child. He wouldn't have left a child alone for that long and nor should he have your 4 legged baby. I probably would've been so mad that I would've dumped him right there and then!

no you didn't over react. I freak out every time my hubby picks on my babys.

I'm a firm believer in "Nobody cares about or want to take care of your dog." I would personally not leave my dog with anyone for that long other than people that are paid to do that sort of thing. Your family, friends or co-workers, boyfriends etc don't want to be saddled with the responsibility of caring for your dog no matter how much you think they do.

So she's gone for 10 days and he's supposed to sit around waiting for her to come home? He's not allowed to go out just because she's out ot town? That's laughable.

I agree with this

You missed the point
 

She DID not expect him to NOT go out......she just felt like he would be more responsible concerning the dog......but, hey.....when there is alcohol involved.....nothing else matters......

Right?????:thumbdown

Daisy's Mom
 

I do not think you overacted at all! I would have been furious:mad: We do not even leave our dogs for more than 4-5 hours alone. I agree I would not trust him to care for you baby again!
Lisa

I don't think you overreacted at all - I would be furious too! Was he kept in a crate the whole time? That would be pure torture!

And I don't think anyone was saying that he shouldn't have gone out at all - but maybe he could have saved the drinking bender for another night when he wasn't looking after the dog? How do people get so drunk that they can't make it home? Do they forget where they live? Do they forget how to call a cab? I have little respect for people who drink themselves into oblivion...

AND, it doesn't matter if people want to watch your dog or not - if someone SAYS that they will watch it and they LOVE and RESPECT ME, then I expect them to take great care with something that they know is important to me. If they don't want to watch your dog - they should flat out say so.

The original question "would you be mad if" was a valid question, but I think this may have evolved into bigger questions.

What do you do when you have to be away. In life, that happens, so how well prepared are we as Dog owners to deal with it.

To answer the question "would you be mad if" Yes, I would be mad! He accepted the responsibity to take care of the dog. Taking care of the dog means ensuring that the dog has food, water and gets taken outside to go potty as well as giving attention. Being gone for 24 hours is not acceptable. If he was not up to the responsibility, he should have said no.

It is a fact, there will be time that you have to go somewhere and can not take your furbaby with you. All of my family lives out of state, so taking her to my family is not an option.

So far, I have either taken Katy with me or made arrangements for one of my dear friends who has a Yorkie as well to baby sit (she understands the needs of a Yorkie). I have not yet had to leave her for an extended amount of time. I am not sure where I will take her when that happen.

I also have been sending Katy to Doggie Day Care once a week. In the event that we have to go and she stays there, I know that she will be well cared and that it is not a strange place for her to be. She has friends there and loves it.

Would I be mad if something like that happened to me? Yes, of course I would. My furbabies are just as important and special to me as my skinbabies are - I would never leave any of them home, alone, for that long (it's bad enough I have to leave the furbabies at home while I work). I am lucky in the fact that my best friend lives less than a mile from my house and I have a sister and a brother who live within 3 miles so when we are out of town either traveling for baseball tournaments or just on vacation and Gabby and Gage can't go with us, I still enjoy the trip because I know I've left them in very capable, responsible hands. Between the 3 of them, Gabby and Gage are seen after several times a day (my brother, who is single, even stays the night at my house so they aren't alone).

Now, to address the issue of his going out - no, I don't think she said in her original post that he couldn't go out while she was out of town. She did mention that she asked if he went by before he went out and he told her no. I bet, if he had gone by to check on her baby, fed, freshened the water, taken him outside, she probably wouldn't have been as mad - just my thoughts on it. By all means, he was not a "prisoner" to her furbaby while she was out but he did promise a responsibility to her and he let her down. If I had to guess, that's why she got so upset - the fact he let her and her furbaby down. Face it, when it comes to our furbabies, we are all guilty of getting on the defensive side when things don't go "just so" when we leave the responsibility of their care to someone else.

One more thought.....LOL
 

Ok....since it was 24 hours since he fed the yorkie or let him pee......or out of the cage....

Well then, you know what they say about "pay backs"......hummmmmm wonder what she can "withhold" from HIM for 24 hours........hummmmm a toilet......the television......McDonalds............hummmmmm wonder....what else...??????? SEX! SEX.....

opps.......I did not say that......Sorry, just could not resist....

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I hope your baby:aimeeyork had the squirts all over his favorite cd\'s, dvd\'s, gameboy, pillow. toothbrush, whatever and etc.!!! If he wanted to get drunk he could have done that at home with a couple beers or whatever and watched a ballgame with your puppy in his lap! Has he even apologized??? I\'d be stickin\' my size 5 -okay size 6-in his A$$!!! you oughta get him all worked up and tie his A$$ up to the bed and leave him there for 24 hours and see if he likes it!!!:D

I think sometimes this is the case, but not always. My parents love to keep my baby. They even ask me sometimes if she can come spend a few days with them, even if I\'m not going anywhere or doing anything. THey just love her that much. But I wouldn\'t leave her with just anyone. But I also think that if someone agrees to care for your dog, they should do that. She didn\'t say he couldn\'t go out...and she probably would not have cared, had he just gone home first to feed and take the dog out. To completely ignore it is neglect. If he didn\'t want to take care of the dog, he should have said so before she left & she could have made other arrangements for it.